AI
Trump’s Gas Agenda
Daily Standup Top Stories Trump Energy Agenda Will Have A Heavy Natural Gas Focus November 26, 2024 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: This article is from David Blackmon on Forbes. I agree with David on his […]
FirstEnergy
AI
Trump and the AI Power Boom Are Putting Utility Climate Goals at Risk
Big US utilities’ climate goals are in peril as artificial intelligence turbocharges electricity demand and Donald Trump’s reelection signals policy shifts that would favor fossil fuels. These companies all have ambitious targets to cut their carbon emissions, most […]
Electrical Generation / Utilities
FirstEnergy gave $1 million to boost Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s campaign before scandal, document shows
Versions of this story were published by Floodlight, Energy News Network and the Ohio Capital Journal. A surge in FirstEnergy political spending ahead of the utility’s push to secure a legislative bailout for its […]
Big Oil Companies
Exxon Doesn’t Want Hess??
Daily Standup Top Stories CERAWEEK-BIG OIL EXECUTIVES PUSH BACK AGAINST CALLS FOR FAST ENERGY TRANSITION March 19, 2024 Mariel Alumit HOUSTON, March 18 (Reuters) – Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on […]
Coal
Up to 58 GW faces retirement in PJM by 2030 without replacement capacity in sight: market monitor
About 24 GW to 58 GW of thermal resources — or 12% to 30% of the PJM Interconnection’s installed capacity — are at risk of retiring by 2030 without a clear source of replacement generation, […]
Electrical Generation / Utilities
FirstEnergy indictments allege corruption went back more than a decade
An Ohio grand jury has handed up a 44-count indictment against three players in what is likely the biggest bribery scandal in state history. And when the 50-page indictment was unveiled Monday, it provided […]
Cyber Warfare
Extremists have developed ‘credible, specific plans’ to attack the US power grid, DHS says in new warning
Dive Brief: Domestic terrorists have developed “credible, specific plans” to attack the U.S. power grid and view it as a “particularly attractive target given its interdependency with other infrastructure sectors,” according to a security briefing […]