“We have an politicized “all the above” electricity policy to the detriment of natural gas direct use. If energy diversity for electrical generation is desirable, then alternatives to electricity be also be desirable. This is especially true when considering diversity of energy delivery mechanisms (pipelines and wires) and the fact that customer outages are predominantly due to downed wires, not generation outages.”

Last month, US Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry held a hearing before the House Energy & Commerce Committee. None examined the very important issue of over-electrification.where public policies discriminate against direct-use natural gas.

The concept of an “all-the-above energy policy” was a recurring theme of Secretary Perry’s hearing with the House Energy & Commerce Committee on Thursday October 12 ^[1] This is a popular fiction; like another of Secretary Perry’s reoccurring themes that energy is not a free market.…

[Editor note: Mark Krebs has been a leading advocate (see here) for free-market decision-making between natural gas and electricity in homes and places of business, challenging the ‘deep decarbonization’ push of energy interventionists to disciminate against fossil fuels at point of use. This is the first of a two-part post.]

“Grid reliability should not eclipse energy reliability; especially during weather emergencies. Yet, much of the discussion looks like more of the same rent-seeking by interests looking for rebuilding damaged electricity infrastructure with inherently unreliable wind and solar generation based ‘microgrids’.”

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is undertaking an in-depth review of the laws and regulations affecting electric energy. Much of that review is through a series of hearing that started last July. The objectives for this series of hearings were officially stated as follows:

Today, the nation’s electricity industry is undergoing a period of transformation due to technological innovation and market competition, creating tremendous benefits to American consumers.

The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).

A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.

Some of the more important articles in this issue are:

Study: Wind Projects lead to an Increase in Suicides

“Green Energy” Fails Every Test

Wind is an Irrelevance to the Energy and Climate Debate

Wind Power: A Fraud Promulgated by Fools based on a Fantasy

‘Completely perverse’ wind energy subsidies are not reducing emissions

The “Clean Power Plan’s” False Health Claims

Pruitt Is Right To Withdraw Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’

GOP US Tax Bill Overhauls Energy Taxes

4.5± Miles Deep Geothermal Project in the Netherlands

Invenergy VP slanders real estate wind expert

Jacobson sues authors of peer-reviewed critical energy paper

A Deceptive New Report on Climate

The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change

EPA Stops “Sue & Settle” practice with environmental groups

Letter to Pruitt re Endangerment Finding (with Scientists’ signings)

EPA Announces New Advisory Boards

Superior teaching video about Climate Change

NASA satellite spots cause of unprecedented spike in atmospheric CO2

Australian Submission on Climate Change Policies

Excellent: Interview with István Markó (re Climate Change)

The UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud

Greed Energy Economics:

‘Completely perverse’ wind energy subsidies aren’t reducing emissions

GOP Tax Bill Overhauls Energy Taxes

Invenergy VP slanders real estate wind expert

The True Cost of Wind Electricity

‘Home grown’ claims of renewable energy industry questioned

Ratepayers paying too much for electricity

The Real Cost of Offshore Wind

Wind PTC: Excessive Benefit Demands Repeal

Local Residents Shouldn’t Subsidize Wind Turbines

Jacobson sues authors of peer-reviewed critical energy paper

Turbine Health Matters:

Study: Wind Projects lead to an Increase in Suicides

The “Clean Power Plan’s” False Health Claims

Important health decision revoking a wind permit

U.S.…

“India’s chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian has declared that India will fight against the ‘carbon imperialism’ being imposed on it. He affirmed the country’s plans to promote clean coal and suggested the development of a global coal alliance that can counter the renewable push by climate alarmists.”

India and the U.S. are about to deepen their economic ties—thanks to a government that supports free trade and conventional energy sources. A tradition continues: This year marks the 70^th anniversary of the U.S.-India partnership—a partnership that began in 1947 when President Harry S. Truman welcomed Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Speaking at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters that the U.S.-India partnership is set to get stronger in the next four years.…