Fact Checking the Pennsylvania Senate Candidates’ Debate Claims on Energy
By Kiley Bense
If there was a theme of the first debate between Pennsylvania’s candidates for U.S. Senate, it would be lying. The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, and the challenger, Republican Dave McCormick, each accused the other of spreading misinformation about their records. Casey said McCormick has been lying about where he lives, and McCormick touted a website created by his campaign called “CaseyLies.com.”
Related Knowledge Center: ENERGY BASICS: renewables
Renewable energy sources — once the fuel of the future, then practical in specific, narrow applications — are increasingly economic mainstream sources of power generation. Hydropower was long the mainstay of U.S. renewable electricity generation, although wind power surpassed hydro for the first time in 2019, and solar continues its rapid growth. The continued growth of wind and solar, with their fluctuations, is tied in part to improvements in storage technology: batteries.