As EPA readies climate rule, Obama and Trump eras linger – Roll Call

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Johnson and other Republicans said the renewables, broadly considered to be wind, hydropower and solar, are too unreliable to trust as stable power sources.

Though wind and solar are intermittent sources, large battery systems can store electricity for down periods, and renewables last year surpassed nuclear power as a larger source of electricity, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Renewables, which the EIA considers wind, hydropower, solar, geothermal and biomass, generated about 22 percent of electricity in the country last year, more than nuclear (18.2 percent) or coal (19.5 percent).

Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., said his home district, in the state's north, is not ideal for wind or solar power. "We're not in a windy region, and we don't have sun for a significant amount of the year," Tiffany said. "It just isn't the best place for these intermittent sources of power."

The areas of the country with the strongest potential for wind power are the regions that stretch from the U.S.-Canada border, through the Great Plains states and down to Texas.

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