Every Who down in Whoville liked cheap, reliable energy a lot … But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT! The Grinch hated cheap energy! The whole reliable energy season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
With apologies to Dr. Seuss, in this version of the story, the Grinch isn’t just a lone scrooge. He’s all those green energy advocates who’ve promoted mandates such as Nevada’s renewable portfolio standard. It requires that the state obtain 50 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. The Legislature passed the mandate in 2019, and state voters enshrined it in the constitution in 2020.
“A strong RPS means a reliable grid,” claimed a 2019 information sheet from the Western Resource Advocates, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club…