Archive for
May, 2009
12 entries in this archive. Displaying 1-10 of 12
"Rise in taxes on US petrol 'not' feasible - Energy secretary alters stance on fuel policy" -- so ran the above-the-fold headline in today's Financial Times. A little misleading, to be sure, as DOE Secretary Steven Chu did not...
Posted Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 6:50 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Gas Prices
In many ways, energy markets are in a state of constant change. Technology, regulation, innovation, economics and geopolitical developments are constantly shaping and reshaping our view of the market—in the present and the f...
Posted Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at 12:20 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Natural Gas
Memorial Day weekend is a good time for barbecues, beaches, and baseball. It’s also the traditional start of the summer driving season, and while gas prices are not in the headlines the way they were a year ago, nor are they as ...
Posted Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 am | Filed in: Electrification, Gas Prices, Legislation
Kudos to House Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV), who announced yesterday (as reported this morning in Environment & Energy Daily, http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/2009/05/21/ ) that he intends to have his Committee r...
Posted Thursday, May 21st, 2009 at 7:38 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply
With the introduction of cap-and-trade legislation in the House of Representatives last week, and the ongoing mark-up of comprehensive energy legislation in the Senate, it seems fair to say that congressional efforts to move forwa...
Posted Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 11:16 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Transportation
Two automotive engineers, E.D. Tate and Peter J. Savagian, recently presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers entitled “The CO2 Benefits of Electrification E-REVs, PHEVs, and Charging Scenari...
Posted Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 12:56 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification, Transportation
"We cannot afford to develop sudden amnesia about what happened only a year ago. Indeed, we may not have to worry. Oil prices are up by 70 percent since February. Can we continue tempting fate?”
Fredrick W. Smith, Cha...
Posted Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Oil Prices
There was good news and bad news yesterday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee mark-up of a transmission title in the pending comprehensive energy bill. First the good news:
Supporters of the national int...
Posted Thursday, May 14th, 2009 at 4:01 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
When it comes to energy policy, the upcoming Memorial Day holiday is significant in a couple ways.
First, House Democratic leaders are busy trying to advance a climate change proposal before the Memorial Day recess. Perhaps y...
Posted Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 10:59 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Environment, Gas Prices, Legislation, Oil Prices
«Previous Post Next Post»
Financial Times
