America Can Save the Electric Grid or the Wind and Solar Grift, Not Both – Energy Bad Boys

Unfortunately, many Republican members of Congress don’t seem to understand that federal subsidies for wind and solar included in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are the driving forces behind the emerging reliability crisis, and any continued support for these taxpayer handouts will bring America’s grid closer to the brink of blackouts. The region most at risk, which includes roughly the southern two-thirds of Illinois, is the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), which could see rolling blackouts during normal summer and winter grid conditions as early as the summer of 2025, meaning it won’t take a freak winter storm or heatwave to strain the grid.