More: Balderson: Tone deaf green-at-all-cost argument empowered Putin. Policies impacting our power grid must be guided by reality, not green dreams. This bill would require the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, in consultation with various federal regulatory stakeholders to submit a report to Congress identifying risks to the long-term reliability of the electric grid and electricity generation. Recently, I introduced House Resolution 2875, the Grid Reliability and Resiliency Improvements Act. This common sense bill reforms the outdated permitting process, increases domestic energy production, and repeals President Biden’s punitive tax on natural gas. The Lower Energy Costs Act (House Resolution 1), which passed the House with bipartisan support on March 30, is a critical step in the right direction. The way I see it, we have two choices: we can increase our reliance on bad actors for the energy we need or we can unleash the abundant natural resources available here in the United States. While these heavy-handed federal mandates may be well-intentioned, they are impractical, costly, and put American households at a significantly higher risk of power outages. Making matters worse, the Biden Administration is now considering a new rule to require coal and gas power stations to retrofit facilities to cut or capture all carbon dioxide emissions by 2040. Renewables are not enough to keep up with demand. This worsening imbalance is the direct result of misguided policies at the state and federal level. According to DOE, it would take 125 million new solar panels to replace what will be lost from retirements alone. This accounts for over 20 percent of PJM’s current installed capacity. PJM’s own analysis shows that 40 gigawatts of existing generation are at risk of retirement by 2030. The report shows that America’s growing power demands, coupled with the retirement of existing fossil fuel power generation, far outweighs renewable sources’ capacity to keep up. Weeks before the Biden administration made public its new federal mandate, PJM Interconnection - one of the nation’s largest grid operators - released an alarming report about the long-term reliability of America’s power grid. More: Are EV sales declining? Electrifying the car market may be getting harder. The Biden Administration’s new vehicle emissions standards would take the vulnerability of our electrical grid from bad to worse. This proposal ignores a number of important realities, including the fact that our electrical grid does not yet have the capacity to handle the increased power load required to charge this volume of new EVs. On April 12, The Biden Administration’s EPA announced a new rule that will require two-thirds of new cars on the road to be all-electric vehicles by 2032. Opinion: Is light requirement proof Ohio Amish are being targeted for religious reasons? As a Member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, I am taking steps to ensure we keep the lights on in America. Unfortunately, this is becoming less of a certainty as the Biden administration’s rush-to-green agenda pushes the country’s electrical grid to the brink. When the American people reach for the light switch, they should have confidence in knowing that the lights will actually turn on. He is a Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Republican’s district includes all of Licking, Knox, Fairfield, Athens, Morgan, Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum and Perry counties, plus portions of Delaware, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties. Troy Balderson has served Ohio’s 12th Congressional District since 2018.
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