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Today's Marketplace section of the WSJ has two articles well worth reflecting on. The first, by Ryan Tracy and Deborah Solomon, reports on the formal issuance of what's commonly referred to as the Clean Air Act Mercury MACT rule...
Posted Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 9:06 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Natural Gas, Policy
Two big stories this weekend -- reporting on EPA regulations of utilities and maneuvering over the Keystone XL pipeline planned to bring oil sands-derived petroleum south from Canada into the United States. They're related, as w...
Posted Monday, December 19th, 2011 at 7:20 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Energy Supply, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
Interesting piece in today's NYT by Sabrina Tavernise (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/towns-fighting-to-stand-ground-against-gas-drillers.html?_r=1&src=rechp) reports on concerns of residents living near new natural gas ...
Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electrification, Natural Gas, Policy
Normally, the big energy news over the weekend at this time of year would be the results of the United National Climate Conference to implement the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, since a large porti...
Posted Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 5:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Renewables, Uncategorized
An important piece by Matt Day in the weekend WSJ: King Coal's Throne Under Threat that focuses on the impact of pending EPA rules limiting emissions of conventional pollutants. Day notes that
power plants are already ratch...
Posted Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 6:21 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil, Renewables
If you missed Saturday's WSJ, you missed a lot of energy news:
1. Ana Campoy and Stephanie Simon reported on a dispute in Oklahoma over a wind farm that may interfere with oil production. The Osage Nation owns the mineral r...
Posted Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electric Utilities, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence
Two questions. What is the price you pay to run a load of laundry at home? Now, what is the actual cost of running that load of laundry?
Recently, IBM unveiled the results of its 2011 Global Utility Consumer Survey, reveali...
Posted Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 at 12:58 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity
By the time August arrived, the thick of summer had ensnarled the nation in a record-breaking drought. Nearly 12 percent of the United States experienced “exceptional” drought conditions in July – the National Drought Miti...
Posted Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 at 1:15 pm | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Energy Supply
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