Gov. Mark Gordon defends his “all of the above” green energy boondoggle as good policy. But ratepayers are learning the hard truth that wind power is neither cheap nor effective.
What is the point of these arbitrary goals, other than to provide politicians like Gov. Murphy and President Biden with opportunities to virtue signal to well-funded environmental groups during their next re-election campaigns? No one seems to want to admit it, but it must be said that offshore wind serves absolutely no purpose at all on a power grid that cannot be filled more cheaply and effectively by an array of other power generation sources. It is without doubt an ineffective, enormously costly solution to a problem that simply does not exist. So, no one should mourn the apparent financial troubles of this unneeded industry, and utility ratepayers should demand that their elected representatives simply hang up the phone when company executives call seeking more subsidies.
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The last few months have seen a parade of troubling news related to the health of the offshore wind sector, as rising inflation, mucked-up supply chains, and high interest rates have rendered big projects planned for the U.S., UK, and German offshore regions uneconomic. The remedy sought by big players in the industry like Siemens, […]