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Monday, February 2, 2026
The Battery Farm Proposal on Behan Road: It’s Really About Data Centers

This is the third installment of a series relating to a proposal to install a 600Mw Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on 52 acres on Behan Road in Nunda Township….


Thursday, January 29, 2026
Pritzker Profile in Political Courage: Prevarication on Education Tax Credit

On July 4, 2025, the FY2025 Reconciliation Act was signed into federal law. Among its provisions, the law created a federally funded tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary…


Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, Part 2: The Brave New World of Batteries

In my last Reick Report I discussed recent “energy” legislation passed in the October veto session. I put “energy” in parentheses because the bill wasn’t about energy so much as…


Monday, January 26, 2026
S.B. 25 – “Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act.” Affordable? Hardly

President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the inaptly named 2022 “Inflation Reduction Act,” provided tax credits and other incentives to help accelerate the transition to alternative sources of energy like…