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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Louisiana scores another investment in clean energy
Louisiana Economic Development advances a broader strategy to reform state tax incentives, invest in development-ready sites, and attract high-quality jobs.
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U.S. energy tax loopholes face new GOP push
The Certainty for Our Energy Future Act, introduced May 9, would eliminate certain wind and solar tax incentives while restricting access to clean energy benefits for entities tied to countries like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
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Trump signs into law three resolutions nullifying Biden-era energy conservation standards
The resolutions repeal conservation standards targeting gas-fired water heaters, walk-in freezers, and commercial refrigerators, among other things.
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Trump may zap 'Energy Star' efficiency program that some say ruins appliances and isn't needed
The Energy Star decal is a widely recognized label on appliances, but consumers have found appliance performance has degraded as the manufacturers try to reduce the energy and water use of their products to keep up with the EPA.
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Push on again to test Ohio gasoline for quality
While an opportunity for a statewide program already exists under state law, two senators want each county to be able to implement its own testing procedures after recent reports of contaminated fuel have surfaced.
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Natural gas supporters argue judge is intentionally delaying fight over I-2066
Until the order is officially filed in the court record, challengers cannot ask the state Supreme Court to consider an appeal.
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16 states, DC sue Trump over 2021 EV charger funds, most haven’t built chargers
A majority of the coalition, including lawsuit leaders California and Washington, has failed to build any chargers using $3.3 billion in awarded funds over the past four fiscal years.
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NOAA will cease updating its “billion dollar disaster” tally that researcher says is flawed
Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., retired professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, published a study in Nature last summer, arguing that the methodology NOAA uses in the tally lacks scientific integrity.
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Reports say corporations retreated from net zero, but critics say ESG policies still enforced
Blacklisted: The Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company notified the American Energy Institute it wouldn't be renewing the pro-oil group's insurance due to it "promoting social/political causes related to energy production."
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Lion Electric bankruptcy raises concerns over state's EV incentives
Once a cornerstone of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s green agenda, Lion Electric’s Joliet plant will auction its equipment on May 15 after declaring bankruptcy, despite a $50 million state incentive.