The Net-Zero Illusion: Gordon Tomb on Green Mandates and the Grid
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On this episode of the Powering America Podcast, host Brian Hyde sits down with Gordon Tomb, Senior Fellow at the Commonwealth Foundation, to examine the real-world impact of state renewable energy mandates. Drawing on decades of experience in the utility and nuclear sectors, Tomb details how policies like Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards have saddled ratepayers with billions of dollars in added costs while wind and solar still generate just 4% of the state's electricity. The conversation explores the engineering reality of power density, the scapegoating of AI data centers for high electricity prices, and why affordable, reliable power depends on unleashing natural gas and expanding advanced nuclear energy.
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