DOE staff was flooded with existing research that affirmed renewable energy is reliable (Appendix B of the new grid study lists more than 30 examples of this research), and (energyandpolicy.org)
Despite all the doomsday scenarios of electricity blackouts thrown into Travis Fisher's 2015 grid study for IER, (energyandpolicy.org)
With Fisher at the helm, the DOE grid study ordered by Rick Perry could serve as a convenient excuse when the Trump administration's «review» of the Clean Power Plan culminates in a real plan to «suspend, revise, or rescind» the rule. (energyandpolicy.org)