ENB Pub Note: This article was run on RealClear Energy by Dan Doyal, who was a guest on the Energy News Beat podcast. This is a great update on New York. We highly recommend Dan and RealClear Energy. Finally, there’s been a counterpunch in New York’s climate politics. A father and son with mineral rights […]
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Lake Tahoe residents on the California side of the iconic Sierra Nevada lake are facing a major energy transition. Approximately 49,000 customers served by Liberty Utilities must secure a new primary power source by May 2027 after NV Energy announced it will end its long-standing wholesale electricity supply agreement. The change stems from a decades-old […]
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In a 218-203 vote on May 13, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would greenlight year-round, nationwide sales of E15 gasoline—a blend containing 15% ethanol. This is also part of Big Oil companies and refineries ganging up on smaller refineries, trying to wipe them out. That is also a major point I […]
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A viral X post from @WallStreetApes on May 11, 2026, has spotlighted a growing tension in rural Georgia: the use of eminent domain by Georgia Power to acquire land and easements for high-voltage transmission lines. The lines are needed to support surging electricity demand, much of it from new hyperscale data centers driven by the […]
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Australia’s own Treasury has run the numbers on a nightmare escalation of the Iran conflict — and the result is a doomsday scenario that would send global oil prices to $200 a barrel, throw the world economy into chaos, and expose just how fragile Australia’s energy position has become. In its annual budget papers released […]
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The European Commission has just proposed handing out billions more in free carbon emission permits to European industry under its flagship Emissions Trading System (ETS). According to Bloomberg, the updated benchmark values for 2026–2030 would deliver roughly €4 billion ($4.7 billion) worth of additional free allowances to manufacturers covered by the cap-and-trade program. The official […]
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The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued a rare Level 3 Essential Action Alert—its highest-urgency notification—warning that the explosive growth of data centers, particularly those powering AI training, cryptocurrency mining, and traditional computing loads, is introducing new risks to the bulk power system. Issued on May 4, 2026, the alert highlights “customer-initiated large […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally run on David Blackmon’s Substack, and we highly recommend subscribing. Ethonal needs to go away and have an organized move out of the market. This needs to be shut down, as it is worse for the environment, and ruins cars and shortens their useful life. Unless you are […]
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San Antonio is at the center of Texas’ booming data center surge, driven by AI and hyperscale computing. Roughly two dozen facilities in far western Bexar County already draw about 324 megawatts (MW) from CPS Energy. Projections show new centers could add another 2,700 MW by the end of 2028 and push total demand above […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally posted on the Hill by Sen. Alan Armstrong. I am reaching out to him to get him on the podcast. We recommend reading The Hill. I didn’t come to the Senate from politics — I came from the field. I started as an engineer in Oklahoma’s energy sector […]
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