Mitch Rolling is a founder, and Director of Research at Always On Energy Research, where he models energy proposals, analyzes the energy industry and electricity policy, and writes about energy and environmental issues. His research has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. Mitch and his colleague Isaac Orr co-authored an award-winning report highlighting the impact of Minnesota’s 50 percent renewable energy proposal and have designed several energy models to analyze the impact of energy proposals in twelve states and Environmental Protection Agency regulations in the Midcontinental Independent System Operator (MISO) and Southwest Power Pool (SPP). Mitch graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in history, and he earned an MS in Finance and Economics at West Texas A&M University in 2022.