Energy
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Power load growth forecast drops slightly
The 2026 Long-Term Forecast is lower than 2025 in the near term through 2032, due to updated forecasting processes, including electric vehicle and economic forecasts, and improved vetting of requested adjustments for data centers and other large power generators.
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With U.S. leading oil and gas production, environmental outcomes better for world energy: study
Of the world's top three producers, the U.S. has an Environmental Performance Index more than 9 points higher than the global average, and way ahead of of the next largest producers -- Saudi Arabia and Russia -- who are below the global average, an analysis by the Institute for Energy Research shows.
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Winter weather to disrupt U.S. gas production, increase prices
“This deep freeze is hurting production, especially for natural gas,” Price Futures Group analyst Phil Flynn wrote in his daily market commentary.
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Alternative energy proposal presses on, clears environmental panel
The Commonwealth Foundation, a policy group focused on fiscal conservancy in state government, in a release said PRESS – as the proposal is colloquially known – would “impose $155 billion in additional statewide electricity costs for businesses and households.”
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EV plant jeopardized as local leaders call for continuation of tax credits
Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., said at a recent conference the cuts could “imperil” the project.
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Interior Department proposes restoring oil, gas drilling in Arctic after Biden restriction
The proposal is regarding 13 million acres of government-owned Arctic land that is part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
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Pennsylvania could ban plastic bags
The proposal by Sen. Judith Schwank, D-Reading, would prohibit retailers from providing plastic bags at the point of sale. They may offer recyclable paper bags for a small fee, with exemptions for produce, frozen foods, and prescription medications.
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EPA’s Zeldin strategizes changes to Obama-era climate rule that would withstand enviro litigation
Statements EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has recently suggest that the review of the 2009 endangerment finding, a key component of climate policy, will follow a transparent by-the-books process. Emails exchanged by Obama officials in 2009 suggest the finding was developed with the goal of supporting climate-change policies.
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Lawmakers report stock in energy, tech companies
Energy companies appeared frequently as well. Dominion Energy was reported by five Republican and four Democratic lawmakers, while Duke Energy, Chevron and ExxonMobil were also listed by multiple members.
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Texas’ US senators, congressman from Houston file bill to protect LNG
Texas Republicans U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn filed the Protect LNG Act in the Senate; U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, filed companion legislation in the House.
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Energy company to ask FERC to reinstate permits to get Constitution Pipeline rolling again
The latest development comes after the Trump administration withdrew its opposition to a wind energy project off the coast of Long Island.
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Big Oil says South Carolina courts should not decide global warming issue
“It’s a scientific policy issue that should be decided by the political branches: the executive branch and Congress,” Chevron attorney Ted Boutrous told South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Roger Young in a hearing.
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Charleston case against Big Oil on the docket Thursday, Friday
In the lawsuit filed in 2020, the city said the companies contributed to greenhouse gas pollution, global warming, and climate change by selling fossil fuel products.