Donald Trump can huff and puff until he is blue in the face
about the wonders of burning coal to make electricity, but experts in the field
of renewable energy tell Inside
Climate News that 2018 was a “fulcrum year” for energy generation in
the United States. The old paradigm that has been in place for 100 years was
ushered out and replaced with a new paradigm that will prevail into the
foreseeable future.
“2018 has been a turning point, as some utilities are
beginning to make decisions based on the market of the future rather than that
of the past,” says Howard Learner, president and executive director of the
Environmental Law & Policy Center. The Midwestern states are ground zero
for the transition to renewable energy. “In the Midwest in particular,
renewable energy is a win-win for utilities and the ratepayers at this point,”
says Travis Miller, director of utilities research at Morningstar.
