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Betting big on natural gas

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

Energy over the weekend

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

Regulating energy; balancing interests

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

Energy over the weekend

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

Energy over the weekend

Saturday's WSJ - "Court Overturns Clearance for Offshore Wind Farm" - federal appeals court told the FAA to redo its review of the Cape Wind project. The $2.6 billion project has been trying for years to become the first commerc...

Posted Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at 4:48 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Electricity, Energy Supply, Environment, National Security, Natural Gas, Renewables

Time for a sharp focus

There's a very nice piece in this morning's WaPo by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, entitled, "Private secctor hesitates in financing clean-tech firms": "As federal stimulus dollars for investment in renewable energy begin t...

Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 5:12 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy

Fracking fracas

The NYT Energy & Environment blog has a piece today on upcoming hearings on what is the main energy issue, by far, in the U.S. today: hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas from shale formations. New York’s charged...

Posted Thursday, September 29th, 2011 at 12:36 pm | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Environment, Natural Gas

The SEC and energy policy

Deborah Solomon has a must-read piece in today's WSJ. Banner headline in the Marketplace section: "SEC Drills Down on Fracking." In a move reminiscent companies disclosing their liabilities under a potential carbon pricing/...

Posted Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 6:56 am | Filed in: Natural Gas

Natural Gas: Game Changer or False Hope?

This morning, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met to hear from experts regarding the potential of natural gas in future energy markets. The panel included experts from the Energy Information Administration, Dow...

Posted Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Natural Gas

The critical path on energy

This morning Jeffrey Ball has a good piece in the WSJ that should be grounds for hope on the critical path item on US energy security. We've written in the past about the criticality of natural gas to future US electricity price...

Posted Thursday, May 26th, 2011 at 7:05 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Environment, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil Dependence, Policy

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