The claim that renewables are responsible for driving up electricity prices is just too simplistic. : FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows a wind turbine farm near Glenrock, Wyo. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File) California gubernatorial candidate and President of Environmental Progress, Michael Shellenberger recently published two pieces in Forbes in which he claimed that renewables, namely wind and solar, have caused higher electricity prices in the U.S. and abroad.