Energy
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Data centers remain highly unpopular with Wisconsin voters
The University of Marquette Law School poll asked 850 registered voters about their preferences from March 11-18.
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Feds give early approval to Nevada hydropower project
Project comes as Western states grapple with an unprecedented strain on water supplies.
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Rio Grande plant expansion approved
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted March 12 to authorize NextDecade Corp. to begin construction on the fourth and fifth production units at the company’s 984-acre tract near the Gulf of America along the Brownsville Ship Channel.
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Virginia gas prices rise, still remain below Maryland
GasBuddy said the national average for gasoline rose more than 23 cents over the last week to about $3.68 a gallon.
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Arizona utility proposes rate hike to maintain grid reliability
Last June, APS filed paperwork with the Arizona Corporation Commission to increase its rates by 14%. However, state Attorney General Kris Mayes filed expert testimony opposing the hike last week, saying it should be limited to 3%.
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Hochul to seek delays in New York climate change law
"I think we need a longer runway," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in remarks in Buffalo. "All the goals we’re supposed to meet would have to be met by 2030, 2031. That’s not possible without prices going up."
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Louisiana preparing nuclear energy framework as power demand grows
Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois said the governor has made clear he sees a future for the state in the domestic resurgence of nuclear power and has directed state agencies to develop a plan for what that could look like.
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Trump steamrolls over California’s anti-fossil fuel crusade to get oil flowing from offshore rigs
Were it not for the fact that California GDP accounts for 14% of the U.S. total, and is home to military installations and key shipping ports, Trump might be happy to let the state run its energy industry into the ground. But with its impacts reaching beyond state borders, Trump is taking action.
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Trump considering temporary U.S. energy shipping waivers
The president said in an early-morning network interview he would “take a look” at suspending the Jones Act for 30 days, potentially allowing foreign-flagged oil and gas tankers, which are cheaper to charter than U.S.-owned vessels, to ship gasoline, diesel, and other liquid fuels between domestic ports.
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Demand-based energy payment system delayed in Nevada
The change comes shortly after the energy company admitted to overcharging Nevadans for over two decades and after approval to increase its revenue.
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Grassroots campaign fights carbon capture amid accusations it is only a front for climate groups
Louisiana is cultivating a carbon capture and sequestration industry that has many locals concerned over safety and risks to water. Left-wing climate groups are also fighting the industry out of an opposition to all fossil fuel projects. Now, those locals are being accused of being a front for anti-fossil fuel interests.
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24 AGs question federal funding of orgs refusing to remove climate agenda from manuals for judges
"The organizations producing these manuals and pushing their climate agendas on judges must be investigated and all funding to them should stop," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said.
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Trump’s release of strategic oil reserves will lower stockpiles below Biden administration's levels
By the time President Donald Trump took office in January 2021, approximately 47 million barrels had been added to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and as of March 6, it held 415,442,000 barrels of oil. The release of 172 million barrels will bring it down to less than it was at the lowest point of the Biden administration.