Day: August 1, 2026

Texas Holding Consumers Hostage for $33 B in a High-Voltage Heist

Energy News Beat Texas ratepayers are on the hook for a $33 billion high-voltage transmission expansion that critics call a classic power grab—funneling guaranteed returns to transmission monopolies, condemning thousands of acres of private land, and primarily enabling more intermittent wind and solar that many of today’s assets won’t economically or physically outlast another decade. […]

President Trump Should Look at the Refinery Costs Prior to Ordering an Investigation

Energy News Beat In late June 2026, President Donald Trump publicly singled out ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP, accusing the “big Oil Companies” of failing to lower gasoline prices at the pump in line with falling crude oil costs. In comments to the media and on Truth Social, he argued that with oil prices dropping […]