Ken Peterson

Filmmaker and businessman Ken Peterson appeared on The John Curley Show on Monday, May 4, to discuss the findings of his 2025 documentary, “What Does It Cost?” Peterson explained that the net-zero plans in Washington State and Oregon would cost $1 trillion and that the results on global temperature would be “imperceptible and unmeasurable.” “Nowadays, everybody and their brother is talking about affordability,” Peterson told Curley, “…but then, somehow or other, the legislature passes policies that are antithetical to affordability.” Haven’t seen the documentary yet? Watch it here:

The following opinion piece, by Ann Donnelly originally published in The Columbian, reviews the findings of our report, “The Crippling Costs of Electrification and Net Zero Energy Policies in the Pacific Northwest.” Read the report here and watch the documentary here. Oregon’s and Washington’s legislatures have passed electrification mandates, with deadlines for net-zero emissions by 2040 in Oregon and 2030 in Washington, and for carbon-free emissions by 2040 in Oregon and 2045 in Washington. But what will these mandates cost? Until now, we haven’t known. We finally have an educated estimate, based on sound modeling, transparent methodology and reasonable assumptions. But the sponsors of the study are not those responsible for knowing the answer, such as state policymakers, Bonneville Power Read More ›

In April, Ken Peterson appeared on [un]Divided’s Sundays with Subscribers, hosted by Brandi Kruse. In this teaser, Peterson and Kruse discuss the land mass that wind and solar would require in the Pacific Northwest and the infinitesimal effects net zero energy policies will have on global climate. Watch “What Does It Cost?” below:

On April 25, Ken Peterson, director of the new documentary “What Does It Cost?“, appeared on The Jason Rantz Show to discuss the crippling costs of net zero energy. In this 10-minute segment, Peterson explains how net zero energy policies in the Pacific Northwest will have a devastating effect on taxpayers’ wallets while only having an infinitesimal effect on the global climate. Watch “What Does It Cost?” below: