Isaac Orr

Minnesota

Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment

Podcast Co-Host at In The Tank Podcast

I grew up on a dairy farm in WI. Co-Founder at Always On Energy Research. Geology enthusiast. Tweets and typos are my own.

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Articles

ISAAC ORR And MITCH ROLLING: Trump EPA Cleans Up Biden’s Blackout Blunder

1 week ago | dailycaller.com | Isaac Orr

The Environmental Protection Agency announced it will scrap the Biden administration’s unworkable greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants and all other greenhouse gas regulations for new and existing fossil-fueled power plants. In doing so, the Trump EPA will save American families hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary costs and prevent the Biden rules from causing massive rolling blackouts in America’s heartland.
Energy Efficiency: The Latest Utility Fudge Factor

2 weeks ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

A quick programming note:We picked up a few projects on short deadlines last week and didn’t have time to get an article up. We apologize for any disappointment, but we feel like we've got a banger for you today. This week, we’re here to clue you into one of the latest new tricks that vertically integrated Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs) are using to fudge the numbers in their Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) to make them look more reliable and lower cost than they truly are: energy efficiency.
The Big Beautiful Bill Must Stop Subsidizing Unreliable Power Grids

4 weeks ago | hotair.com | Isaac Orr
A Massive Win and Five Slides From Our Report on Arizona Public Service's Push For Net Zero

4 weeks ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

Before we dig into the billion-dollar boondoggle that Arizona Public Service (APS) has in store for its customers, we’d like to take a moment to share with our Energy Bad Boys family that we scored a massive win last week. Writing on Twitter, Congressman Josh Brecheen stated that Mitch’s graph of the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) extensions was shown to countless people in the Republican conference and helped turn the tide on sunsetting the phaseouts sooner than Congress had initially planned.
Analysis of Governor Shapiro's PACER and PRESS Proposals

1 month ago | commonwealthfoundation.org | Isaac Orr

The Price Tag: Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania Climate Emissions Reduction Act (PACER) and Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) proposals would impose $157.2 billion in new electricity costs on Pennsylvanians through 2035—$155 billion from PRESS compliance and $2.2 billion from PACER, even after a 70 percent rebate.
Wind and Solar Fanboys Are Big Sad

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

“To the people of this country, I have but one answer on this subject. Judge me by the enemies I have made. Judge me by the selfish purposes of these utility leaders who have talked of radicalism while they were selling watered stock to the people and using our schools to deceive the coming generation.”-Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Wind and solar advocates are Big Sad.
GOP's "Phase Out" of IRA Subsidies Isn't Good Enough

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

This week, the House Republicans released their initial draft reconciliation package for the energy subsidies in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Unfortunately, it appears they are not working to immediately eliminate the IRA subsidies for wind and solar, but are instead looking to "phase them out" starting in 2028 and completely eliminating them by 2032. This is simply not good enough because we’ve seen this movie too many times already, and it’s a bad one.
The Great STATE of Alberta!

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

In one of the most remarkable political turnarounds we’ve seen, on April 28, 2025, Mark Carney of Canada’s Liberal Party won the election to continue serving as Canada’s Prime Minister.
El Blackout: Everything you need to know about Spain’s power outage

1 month ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Isaac Orr

https://energybadboys.substack.com/p/el-blackoutBy Isaac Orr and Mitch RollingExcerpt:On April 28th, 2025, 50 million people in Spain, were affected by a massive country-wide blackout.
El Blackout

1 month ago | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr

A quick note: Hi everyone, we’re back to once a week just in time for the Spanish blackouts. We couldn’t have written this piece without the help of our friend Guillem Sanchis Ramírez, a Spanish nuclear engineer who works with the non-profit Econucleares, an organization working to save Spain’s nuclear plants. If you like this article and you have the means, please send them a little dinero.