The Chinese Communist Hedgehog’s Dam Project

The Chinese Communist Hedgehog’s Dam Project

Doing a minor cleanup on personal transportation this week, here in the beloved City of La Crosse, I have one perennial gripe: road construction that takes an entire season. The saying goes, there are two seasons: winter and construction. Winter lasts three months,...
Automobile Preferences and Adolescent Food Fights

Automobile Preferences and Adolescent Food Fights

Last week, The Wall Street Journal quietly mentioned that the transition to electric vehicles died months ago. “After the highly anticipated EV boom in the U.S. fizzled out, President Trump and Congress set out to eliminate state and federal regulations they...
Defending Utilities and RTOs

Defending Utilities and RTOs

This week, I’m providing the other side of last week’s Less for More Train. From my 30 years of observation in and around the utility industry, utilities were driven into the oncoming mess of less reliability for higher electricity costs. I use the word...
All Aboard the Less for More Train

All Aboard the Less for More Train

Michaels Energy was founded in 1984 in the wake of the 1970s energy crises when fear of energy starvation gripped the nation and world. Forecasts indicated natural gas and crude oil reserves would soon be depleted. Policymakers were so freaked out that, for a short...
A Dive Into Nuclear Power Financials

A Dive Into Nuclear Power Financials

Saving the best for last, there was a session at the Mid-America Regulatory Conference entitled Nuclear, Go Small or Go Home. I could call that false advertising because there was almost no discussion on SMRs, or small modular reactors. Only a University of...
Precedented Times in the Utility Space

Precedented Times in the Utility Space

This week, I am just about wrapping up everything from the Mid-America Regulatory Conference held in Indianapolis. However, there is so much content that I’m saving the best (nuclear power) for last, next week. Cyber Threats An early session featured a panel of...