A viral post says every base must run 90 days without the civilian grid. The real policy is newer, vaguer and still being priced. Your household plan should not wait for it. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 27, 2026 On Oct. 26, Glenn Beck posted on X that “the Pentagon just launched a program […]
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EPA wants to scrap the “super emitter” leak program and ease the rules for marginal wells that make about 6% of America’s oil and gas. The savings are real, they are lumpy, and most of the money lands on wells that belong to the biggest operators. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 If […]
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Refining profit nearly doubled to $6.06 billion on 98% utilization and a third-quarter record 41% distillate yield. Record output is the good news. The margin is the warning. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 Company results from Phillips 66’s Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1, filed Oct. 28, 2026; diesel, utilization and capacity data from […]
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Dominion’s 2026 filing puts 39.2 GW of new generation and storage on the Virginia grid at a $183.4 billion portfolio cost, a present value in 2026 dollars. In nominal dollars its own table takes a typical 1,000 kWh bill from $180.31 to $283.65 by 2046; deflated at the filing’s 2% escalator, that is about $191 […]
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Yemen’s Houthis say they hit Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery. Saudi Arabia has confirmed interceptions, not damage. Crude fell Tuesday on diplomacy and rose Wednesday on fear, while the national average held at $4.25 a gallon. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 | AAA read 6:14 a.m. CT Yemen’s Houthis say they hit Saudi […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud By Yoshihiro Muronaka, and Ronald Stein. We highly recommend subscribing and reading everything from them! When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February, the world relearned a lesson it keeps forgetting: crude oil, by itself, moves nothing. Trucks, tractors, aircraft and […]
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PJM wants up to 6.8 GW of new backstop power to cover a shortfall driven by data centers. FERC put the plan on hold over who gets the bill, and DOE says households should not. This was first run on the Energy News Beat Substack. Here is what is at stake for the 13 states […]
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Trump’s tariffs and China’s steel glut are squeezing Canadian mills from both sides. Algoma’s blast furnace is shut, Stelco lines sit idle, and LNG Canada Phase 2 is going back to a Chinese fabrication yard. By the ENB Research Desk for Stu Turley. Data as of Oct. 26, 2026 (CT). Bottom line up front The […]
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Henry Hub futures slid to about $2.51 as warm forecasts trimmed heating demand. Here’s what that means for your heating bill, your power bill, and EQT’s all-stock deal for Range Resources. By Energy News Beat Natural gas fell Monday morning. The front-month Henry Hub futures contract fell more than 4% to about $2.51 per million […]
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Saudi Arabia hasn’t confirmed the East-West pipeline attack, and Brent slipped about 1.5% as hopes rose for talks in Tehran. What it means at the pump and in your portfolio. By Energy News Beat Futures as of about 7:05 a.m. CT Monday, Oct. 26 (Yahoo Finance; OilPrice.com); attack status as of 7:15 a.m. CT. If […]
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