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Widely reported is the news that natural gas futures in the US broke the $2 floor and were down to $1.984 per million British thermal units (Btu) yesterday for May delivery. And that's the Henry Hub price; in the Rockies, the pr...
Posted Thursday, April 12th, 2012 at 5:52 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Supply, Natural Gas
Does cheap natural gas represent an unalloyed good for American energy security and economic health? Or is it an easy quick fix, lulling us into a false sense of security that will prove damaging down the road? Those are the q...
Posted Monday, March 26th, 2012 at 6:47 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas, Policy, Renewables
Michael Birnbaum and Anthony Faiola's piece in this morning's WaPo, "Solar industry faces subsidy cuts in Europe," is well worth a read, particularly for the comment of David Baldock, identified as executive director for the Ins...
Posted Monday, March 19th, 2012 at 8:59 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Policy, Renewables
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
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