Reliable and affordable energy should be a fact of life in our country. And for most of America, it is. But under California’s Green New Deal experiment, reliable power has become uncertain, with millions of people experiencing emergency power usage warnings across the state last month. The state itself forecasts a potential shortfall of 1,700 to 5,000 megawatts of power this year, with that shortfall expected to increase through at least 2025.
This is the ultimate outcome of the Green New Deal — a policy platform that picks winners and losers in clean energy and forces rapid changes without first building the infrastructure necessary to accommodate demand. GND policies also fail to take into consideration the full life cycle costs of renewable technologies. While the goal of sustainable, cleaner energy is one we all share, our country needs an all-of-the-above energy plan that unleashes American innovation, capitalizes on the potential of nuclear energy, and expands domestic energy production to secure America’s energy independence.
