Administrator Zeldin Explains Why America Needs Reliable, Durable Baseload Power

NOTE: If you need captions, please click the CC button on the player to turn them on. Rhode Island Senator Sheldon WhiteClub loves to falsely tell the public that offshore wind is the cheapest form of energy. He couldn’t be more wrong with his numbers. It’s no great mystery why he didn’t want to engage at a Senate EPW hearing regarding his bonkers logic (beyond asking Administrator Zeldin a dumb question of whether “18” is more than “9”). He knew the Administrator came loaded with receipts and his explanation dissecting the Senator’s math and comparing energy sources would have made him look far more foolish than the purple haired lady from Connecticut. Kudos to Utah Senator John Curtis for wanting to actually engage on this important topic more substantively.    Here’s the issue for Senator WhiteClub: He deliberately omits much of the other costs of wind, including the cost of “firming”, which is necessary to convert wind into a dispatchable power supply. Because the wind doesn’t always blow, there is a cost of storing it. When you look at the costs of an energy source, it’s important to look at the “all-in” numbers, and if you are trying to get educated on this stuff, don’t let your brain waste space on any info from WhiteClub. For more about EPA: http://www.epa.gov/ We accept comments according to our comment policy: https://www.epa.gov/web-policies-and-procedures/epa-comment-policy