Why Reliable Energy?
Reliable Energy, Inc. is dedicated to promoting a safe, reliable, and affordable energy supply through active legislation and regulatory efforts combined with a grassroots strategy.
Energy experts, such as the North American Electric Reliability Commission (NERC), have warned that maintaining a consistent power supply has become increasingly challenging for our nation’s grid operators. Among these operators, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), which provides services in 15 U.S. states, including Indiana, has identified a pressing need for additional power resources. According to MISO and other grid operators, the decision to replace reliable power sources with intermittent sources like wind and solar is contributing to the unreliability of the electrical grid.
Reliable Energy advocates for an “all of the above” energy strategy that utilizes the state’s abundant resources, such as coal, while also promoting innovation. It is essential to ensure that Hoosier households and manufacturers have access to reliable power and are not exposed to rolling blackouts, as experienced in California. The state’s extreme weather conditions, with hot summers and cold winters, make maintaining a consistent power supply imperative.
Reliable Energy emphasizes the importance of a reliable energy supply and advocates for affordable electric rates. In recent years, Indiana’s utility rates have significantly increased due to the closure of many of the state’s coal plants. As a result, Indiana’s ranking for utility rates has dropped to 29th in the country, a significant decline from its previous position as the fifth lowest. Please take a look at the chart below.
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“As this Commission considers other potential reforms related to regional transmission planning and development, it is imperative that incentives like the [Construction Work in Progress] Incentive, Abandoned Plant Incentive, and [regional transmission organization] participation adder are all revisited to ensure that all the costs and risks associated with transmission construction are not unfairly inflicted on consumers while transmission developers and owners stand to gain all the financial reward.”
Mark Christie
FERC Commissioner
12/20/2023
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MISO’s Direct Loss of Load (DLOL) analysis points to a growing reliability gap in our energy mix.
Wind and solar capacity values drop sharply in several seasons... solar falls to around 0.4% in winter, and wind declines into the single digits in some cases by 2043.
By contrast, dependable resources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas deliver strong performance across ALL seasons. Notably, as the chart shows, some of the highest capacity values year round are coal and nuclear.
The key takeaway: a reliable grid depends on resources that are there when you need them.
LEARN MORE: energybadboys.substack.com/p/more-is-less-with-wind-and-solar?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Appreciate Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita stepping up to challenge the Biden administration’s EPA Electric Effluent Limitation Guidelines rule. 💪
Mandating costly, unproven technologies that could force coal plant shutdowns is a real threat to reliability, especially as electricity demand continues to surge. Policies like this, coming out of the Biden EPA, risk making the generation gap worse at exactly the wrong time.
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After a recent visit to Hallador Energy Company’s Merom Generating Station, which generates over 1,000 megawatts of power, students from the DePauw University Geology & Environmental Geoscience program highlighted the company’s efforts to generate electricity while working to do so in an environmentally responsible way.
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Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak, a former North Dakota Public Service Commissioner, stated during a Congressional hearing with the U.S. Secretary of Energy that improving grid reliability and affordability requires stopping the retirement of resources already in operation.
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Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak nails a key issue in her op-ed. Once dispatchable plants like coal retire, replacing that firm, reliable capacity isn’t easy. That’s exactly why she’s pushing legislation to address the reliability gap before it widens further.
OP-ED: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/21/meet-energy-demand-need-everything-weve-got/
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Hoosier coal miners visiting the Indiana Statehouse to voice their support for commonsense legislation aimed at ensuring Indiana depends on reliable energy.
