{"id":6799,"date":"2014-04-14T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:44:25","slug":"fossil-fuel-industrys-tired-battle-against-clean-energy-is-also-a-losing-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/04\/14\/fossil-fuel-industrys-tired-battle-against-clean-energy-is-also-a-losing-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Fuel Industry&#8217;s Tired Battle Against Clean Energy is Also a Losing One"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6801\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/04\/Alternative_Energies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6801 \" alt=\"Source: Alternative Energies\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/04\/Alternative_Energies-1024x666.jpg\" width=\"389\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/04\/Alternative_Energies-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/04\/Alternative_Energies-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Alternative Energies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/oil-and-gas-industry%E2%80%99s-assault-renewable-energy\">assault<\/a> on successful renewable energy legislation continues, long after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awea.org\/Advocacy\/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=5217\">facts<\/a> have proven that state renewable policies deliver clean, affordable, and reliable energy solutions that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nema.org\/Policy\/Documents\/National-NEMA-NAM-Memo.pdf\">majority<\/a> of Americans support. Apparently, the fossil fuel industry and its so-called \u201cfree market\u201d allies didn\u2019t get the memo.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a great line in the opening scene of Ridley Scott\u2019s 2000 blockbuster <i>Gladiator<\/i> where a soldier says to his general, as they are about to slaughter an overmatched foe, \u201cPeople should know when they\u2019re conquered.\u201d The general replies, \u201cWould you? Would I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So I can\u2019t really blame the fossil fuel industry for fighting old battles in an effort to undo approaches that have increased investment in renewable energy in states around the country, created thousands of jobs, and continue to lower energy costs with each passing day.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The usual targets of their attacks are state laws that require a certain percentage of the state\u2019s total energy generation to come from renewable sources like solar, wind, or hydropower. Ohio is the most recent battleground, where state legislators began hearing testimony <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/04\/10\/roberto-rocks-the-house-and-the-senate-too-why-protecting-ohios-clean-energy-standards-is-imperative\/\">last week<\/a> on S.B. 310, a law that would freeze Ohio\u2019s energy efficiency and renewable energy standards at their 2014 levels. Sometimes called renewable portfolio standards (RPS) or renewable energy standards (RES), these laws are in place in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.cfm?id=4850\">30 states<\/a>. They have not only proven economically successful across the country, but they are popular in both red and blue states alike.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, for example, <a href=\"http:\/\/climateandenergy.org\/blog.1049875.new-poll-data-shows-kansas-supports-renewable-energy-law?act=view\">a scientific poll<\/a> found that Kansas\u2019 2009 renewable energy law enjoys overwhelming support across political lines: 73% of Republicans, 75% of Independents, and 82% of Democrats support the law. In fact, two-thirds of those polled said they would support increasing the state&#8217;s renewable energy law, even if it increased their energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>This is Kansas, mind you \u2013 not California \u2013 whose State Legislature is virtually 100% conservative Republican.<\/p>\n<p>In Texas, which is the largest generator of wind energy in the country, the Republican comptroller has <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/04\/29\/the-oil-and-gas-industrys-assault-on-renewable-energy\/#more-4066\">touted<\/a> the state RPS as an economic driver: \u201cAfter the RPS was implemented, Texas wind corporations and utilities invested $1 billion in wind power, creating jobs\u2026and increasing the rural tax base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows that Texas\u2019 history is deeply rooted in oil and gas. But the state RPS is popular among elected officials that have witnessed the remarkable economic boom it sparked. Texas has already surpassed the RPS goal set for 2015. More than 1,300 companies <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/12\/30\/texas-is-a-leader-in-clean-energy-jobs-lets-keep-it-that-way\/\">employ<\/a> more than 100,000 Texans in industries directly and indirectly related to renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s Public Utilities Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puc.texas.gov\/industry\/electric\/reports\/scope\/2009\/2009scope_elec.pdf\">concluded<\/a> that mass deployment of wind reduces the price of electricity for the entire market \u2013 each 1,000 MW of wind lowers the wholesale price of electricity by $2.38\/MWh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/03\/18\/colorado-a-case-study-in-clean-tech-planning-and-execution\/#more-3768\">Colorado\u2019s program<\/a> has also been a success. The American Wind Energy Association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awea.org\/Resources\/state.aspx?ItemNumber=5233\">estimates<\/a> that the state\u2019s RPS is supporting nearly 4,000 direct and indirect jobs and generating a billion dollars in capital investment along with millions in leasing revenue for landowners who benefit from the policy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2011\/12\/19\/392410\/grover-norquist-spreads-lies-about-renewable-energy-standards\/\">There are other analyses<\/a>, too, that show that RPS laws actually reduce energy prices, and the overall cost of renewable energy continues to fall. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/news\/details\/beitrag\/us-solar-power-costs-fall-60-in-just-18-months_100012797\/#ixzz2yOr8jBTB\">Solar panel prices dropped 60%<\/a> between 2011 and mid-2012 \u2013 and they continue to plummet. Austin Energy is in talks to purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/austin\/news\/2014\/04\/01\/as-solar-power-gets-cheaper-austin-energy-gains.html\">half a billion dollars of solar energy from SunEdison<\/a> at an astoundingly cheap $50\/MWh (for comparison, natural gas is currently priced at more than $65\/MWh).<\/p>\n<p>But still, the attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/04\/07\/ohios-clean-energy-standards-under-attack-again-by-alec\/\">keep coming<\/a>, full of questionable studies from fossil fuel-funded think tanks.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t blame them. I\u2019ve been fighting for what I believe in for decades, and I\u2019ve had more defeats than wins. But I never gave up, and neither will the fossil fuel companies. What\u2019s different now, however, is that the evidence against them is so convincing that voters, energy customers, and most everyone else recognize that opposition to renewable energy is based on lost corporate profits. Cries of \u201chigher energy costs\u201d and \u201clost jobs\u201d are no longer credible arguments against the clean energy revolution. They may never know they\u2019ve been conquered, but everyone else will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The assault on successful renewable energy legislation continues, long after the facts have proven that state renewable policies deliver clean, affordable, and reliable energy solutions that the majority of Americans support. Apparently, the fossil fuel industry and its so-called \u201cfree market\u201d allies didn\u2019t get the memo. There\u2019s a great line in the opening scene of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42996,254,84830,177],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-power","category-energy-efficiency","category-grid-modernization","category-renewable-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fossil Fuel Industry&#039;s Tired Battle Against Clean Energy is Also a Losing One - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/04\/14\/fossil-fuel-industrys-tired-battle-against-clean-energy-is-also-a-losing-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fossil Fuel Industry&#039;s Tired Battle Against Clean Energy is Also a Losing One - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The assault on successful renewable energy legislation continues, long after the facts have proven that state renewable policies deliver clean, affordable, and reliable energy solutions that the majority of Americans support. 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