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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Power prices on the largest electric grid in the United States — PJM Interconnection, which serves 13 states and the District of Columbia — jumped a staggering 76% in the first quarter of 2026. Wholesale power averaged $136.53 per megawatt-hour (MWh), up from $77.78/MWh in the same period of 2025, according to the grid’s independent […]
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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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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has delivered a stark warning: global oil demand is now on track to contract sharply in 2026 amid the ongoing Strait of Hormuz supply shock triggered by the Iran war. What began as a geopolitical disruption has morphed into a full-blown demand destruction event, with high prices, scarce supplies, and […]
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ENB Pub Note: Just a friendly reminder that we have been tracking a national security issue in California. The following is from Ronald Stein on America Outloud, and we recommend following and subscribing! California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is isolated from the other 49 States by […]
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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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The Trump administration continues its aggressive use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to stabilize surging oil prices and provide relief to American consumers amid ongoing global supply disruptions tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of an additional 53.3 million barrels of crude oil from […]
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PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest regional transmission organization, is confronting a historic shift from electricity surplus to structural scarcity. A new special report released by PJM on May 6, 2026, titled Powering Reliability Through Market Design, details how unprecedented demand growth—fueled largely by hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure—combined with accelerated retirements of dispatchable generation […]
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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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