Energy News Beat I have always thought of California as a place that is known for its tech savviness, vibrant music scene, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, and its open values. Incidentally, it’s also the place where many of my American friends reside. Unfortunately, in recent years, the state embraced an ideological extreme becoming the center […]
Energy News Beat January 3, 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel UpdateNote: Retail prices are in nominal terms and are not adjusted for inflation. U.S. retail gasoline prices in 2023 averaged $0.43 per gallon (gal) less than in 2022, according to data from our Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update. This […]
Energy News Beat Afederal appeals court rejected a petition Tuesday to rehear a case related to a natural gas ban proposed by the City of Berkeley, California, which the panel ruled was illegal last year. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ultimately denied Berkeley’s petition for rehearing en banc — a motion that received support […]
Energy News Beat The world’s largest plant that converts coal into ethanol has begun its test runs at a facility in southeastern China, local media has reported. The technology developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) is the only in the world to have reached the industrial level so far. The world is […]
Energy News Beat Every few months, the House Committee on Homeland Security has published a new section of a report documenting both the deliberate mismanagement and the incompetence currently sabotaging the nation’s border security and immigration system. The architect of both is Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It is hard to think of a single appointed official […]
Energy News Beat OAKLAND — PG&E customers are ringing in 2024 by paying a fresh round of skyrocketing electric and gas monthly bills that are rising far faster than the Bay Area inflation rate. The increases in monthly PG&E charges officially became effective on New Year’s Day and are slated to begin appearing during the […]
Energy News Beat WASHINGTON — The federal government’s gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion, a record high that foreshadows the coming political and economic challenges to improve America’s balance sheet in the coming years. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a report Tuesday logging U.S. finances, which have become a source of tension in a […]
Energy News Beat (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. will book fourth-quarter charges of $3.5 billion to $4 billion, citing assets it sold in the Gulf of Mexico and policies in California prompting the company to slash investments in the state. Source: Chevron Chevron said Tuesday in a filing it will impair some of its U.S. oil […]
Energy News Beat Poland’s LNG imports via the Swinoujscie terminal rose almost 6 percent in 2023 compared to the year before, boosted by shipments from the US, according to Orlen. The Swinoujscie LNG terminal received 62 cargoes or about 4.66 million tonnes of LNG in 2023, Orlen said in a statement. This compares to 58 […]
Energy News Beat The following commentary was written by Shelley Hudson Robbins, Project Director at the Clean Energy Group. See our commentary guidelines for more information. The North Carolina Utilities Commission just dropped a riveting order outlining the nightmare scenario that played out in control rooms and meeting rooms one year ago as Duke Energy struggled […]
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