GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 12, 2025: * * * Written by Sarah Montalbano Retirements of coal generators accelerating in 2025 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published last month an article warning that planned retirements of coal-fired electric-generating capacity are expected to increase in 2025. The EIA   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 26 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 4, 2025: * * * Written by Sarah Montalbano Xcel proposes $318M in rebates from nuclear tax credits Xcel Energy proposed to issue a $318 million rebate to Minnesota customers in a press release on Monday. More than half of the refund ($176 million) will come from federal tax credits for nuclear   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Europe's Green Dreams Turn into a Nightmare The European Union's just published Clean Industrial Deal attempts to balance energy security and decarbonization with renewed competitiveness. It aims to mitigate the continent's high energy costs by streamlining permits for renewable energy projects and subsidizing clean-tech manufacturing. Yet, as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak meets with nation's top grid operators to tackle energy challenges Washington, D.C. -- This week, Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) met with energy leaders from across the country to discuss the urgent challenges facing America's power grid and the need for more reliable, affordable energy to meet rising demand. "Our electric grid is at a crossroads, and I appreciated the oppo  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on Jan. 27, 2025, by Connor Chung and Dan Cohn entitled "Another bad year -- and decade -- for fossil fuel stocks." Here are excerpts: * * * As 2024 began, oil majors struck up a confident tune. Higher energy prices had generated strong profits in the wake of the emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic and Russian invasion of Ukraine. To the industry, this moment was   more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on March 6, 2025, by Soroush Basirat entitled "MENA's opportunity to lead the green iron and steel transition." Here are excerpts: * * * The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the opportunity to lead global industry's transition to green iron and steel. As the global iron and steel industry races to decarbonise its production, MENA enjoys significant co  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on Feb. 6, 2025, by Kevin Morrison entitled "Queensland LNG exports: A decade of high domestic prices, falling local demand." Here are excerpts: * * * Queensland marked 10 years as an LNG exporter in January 2025, and has emerged as a key supplier of LNG, primarily to China. Besides boosting Australia's energy trade with Asia's largest economy, the industry has lef  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on March 20, 2025, by Johanna Bowyer entitled "Why are power bills higher now than they used to be?" Here are excerpts: * * * On 13 March, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) laid out benchmark household power bill rises of between 5% and 8% for FY2025-26 in its draft Default Market Offer (DMO), and the Essential Services Commission released the Victorian Default  more

ALBANY, New York, March 26 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Releases Draft Regulations to Collect Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data # Public Comments Accepted until July 1; Information Sessions and Public Hearings Being Scheduled The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the release of draft regulations that would require reporting from certain significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emis  more

SANTA MONICA, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on March 26, 2025: * * * From Strategic Ambiguity to Strategic Anxiety: Taiwan's Trump Challenge By Jude Blanchette and Gerard DiPippo Taiwan's officials are anxious, and rightly so. Taiwan's strategic dilemma is getting worse. Beijing is intensifying its pressure on Taiwan, with Chinese fighter jets and naval vessels testing the island's defenses, while Chinese vessels are implicated in severing Taiwan's und  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger is "Keeping The Lights On" Today, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, questioned witnesses during the Energy Subcommittee Hearing titled, "'Keeping The Lights On' Examining The State Of Regional Grid Reliability." The witnesses included: * Pablo Vegas, President & Chief Executive Officer, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Report: Energy Infrastructure in Dire Need of Reforms for our AI Future America's homes, businesses, and industries rely on the nation's electric grid system, but that system faces big challenges. A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report examines one emerging, energy-intensive industry that could be hamstrung by inadequate energy infrastructure: artificial intellige  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36312) entitled "Oakland Global Rail Enterprise - Operation Exemption - In Oakland, California": * * * On February 4, 2022, Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE), a noncarrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10901 for OGRE to operate over approximately 18.2 miles of track locat  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSFR) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has issued a decision approving the expansion of underground mining operations by Sugar Camp Energy, LLC at Mine No. 1 in Illinois. The decision, published in the Federal Register on March 27, 2025, follows an extensive environmental review process and allows the company to move forward with longwall mining operations covering an additional 22,414 acres. The expansion falls under Significant Boundary Revision (SBR) No. 8 of U  more

LACEY, Washington, March 27 -- The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) has scheduled a hybrid evidentiary hearing for September 3, 2025, to address Puget Sound Energy's (PSE) proposed rate increase related to the Colstrip Adjustment Rider Schedule 141COL. The hearing, detailed in Order 03 of Docket UE-240729, will examine the $4.1 million revenue increase request, which translates to a $0.18 monthly increase for a typical residential customer. PSE filed the rate revision on  more