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More than anything, the Department of Energy’s Friday’s approval of the Freeport facility to export Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) underscores how quickly things change.
Like many other facilities around the country, Freeport...
Posted Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 at 1:42 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Demand, Natural Gas, Policy
Within the next few weeks, an unsuspecting car buyer will cross an important threshold, without even knowing it. Somebody will purchase the 100,000th plug-in electric vehicle sold in the United States since the technology became c...
Posted Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 1:20 pm | Filed in: Oil Dependence, PEV Sales, Policy, Transportation
For decades, oil and gas development projects have enjoyed the benefits of a particular financing/taxing structure known as a Master Limited Partnership (MLP). MLPs—which originated in 1981, and have been used frequently by foss...
Posted Friday, May 17th, 2013 at 6:57 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Biofuels, Policy
Today saw a victory for energy security, electric vehicle owners, and the environment, as HB 1247, Colorado’s Innovative Motor Vehicle Tax Credit, was signed into law. While the State of Colorado is already an established leader...
Posted Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at 2:45 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Policy
“There is a better way. Rather than waiting for tomorrow’s technology, the federal government should use the tens of billions of dollars it spends today on trucking and delivery services to promote the alternative fuel technol...
Posted Friday, May 10th, 2013 at 11:59 am | Filed in: Energy Security Trust Fund, Legislation, Policy
Today’s Short Term Energy Outlook held few surprises, except to reaffirm the nation’s new energy paradigm. By the numbers:
Predictably, natural gas prices are projected to see some modest gains through 2014. Average Henry H...
Posted Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 3:09 pm | Filed in: Energy Demand, Energy Security, Policy
President Obama’s FY2014 budget request was released on Wednesday, and has been torn apart from every angle for all possible reads on its many implications. There are winners and losers across the board but there’s one thing w...
Posted Friday, April 12th, 2013 at 7:46 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Security Trust Fund, Innovation, Policy
Energy journalist Jennifer Dlouhy said it best in her twitter feed: @jendlouhyhc: “In @Energy confirmation hearing drinking game, "nat gas" "all-of-the-above" guarantee inebriation http://bit.ly/12DJ5qI.” Inebriation might ...
Posted Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at 9:06 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Security Trust Fund, Legislation, Policy
By now, the sea change which has occurred thanks to the domestic energy boom, driven by a seemingly overnight revolution in “unconventional” extraction technology, is old news, and its staggering impact is already here. Just c...
Posted Friday, April 5th, 2013 at 11:36 am | Filed in: Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy, Transportation
The Energy Security Trust, as outlined by President Obama in his State of the Union address, calls for a portion of federal revenue generated through domestic energy production to be directed to support the research and developmen...
Posted Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 12:41 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Security Trust Fund, Oil Dependence, Oil Production, Policy
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