Britain is required to have the capability to restore 60 percent of regional demand in every region within 24 hours, and 100 percent of GB demand within five days, by Dec. 31, 2026. The United States has black-start plans, but no national five-day standard. Official UK guidance tells families to be ready for three days […]
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With roughly 50 days remaining until the European Union’s full ban on Russian LNG imports takes effect on January 1, 2027, the bloc has already spent more on Russian liquefied natural gas this year than it did in all of 2025. German campaign group Urgewald, analyzing Kpler vessel-tracking data, estimates that EU ports received 12.89 […]
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Kyuden Energy Partners and Homer City Generation announced a long-term operations-and-maintenance agreement today, according to a company release provided to Energy News Beat. The full wire had not been posted as of this writing. The 4.4-gigawatt campus is under construction in Indiana County, Pa., on the site of a retired coal plant, with first power […]
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German automakers put China and a brutal electric-vehicle price war first, and they are right to. Energy costs show up most clearly in the chemicals plant, in Britain’s steel towns, and at the California pump. California drivers paid $5.6349 a gallon for regular gasoline on Nov. 12, $1.73 above the U.S. average of $3.9081. Diesel […]
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AAA’s national regular average stayed under $4 on Nov. 11, at $3.9429 a gallon, after falling to $3.9788 on Nov. 10 for the first time since July 19. Diesel is $6.1306. Crude’s November slide was built on hopes the war was winding down. After Mohsen Rezaei’s denial of U.S. claims of talks, that trade is […]
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Four tankers that left Russia declaring U.S. destinations have turned away, the Wall Street Journal reports. Two are headed to Brazil, one has reached Egypt, and the fourth was listed for South America in Kpler data cited by the Journal on Nov. 10. No barrels have landed here. Diesel is still $6.13 a gallon — […]
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Shelby County Judge Jonathan Spann closed the second case without prejudice and denied a 300-foot work-zone order. The condemnation fight continues. The utility’s own words are what raised the convenience question. By Energy News Beat | As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, 4:13 PM CST We covered this article first on the Energy News Beat […]
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Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa pledges a Day One emergency order to freeze electricity rates. Texas households already pay more per kilowatt-hour than they did in 2020, but far less per kilowatt-hour than Californians, and ERCOT’s January outlook is comfortable. California’s 2000–01 record is a warning, not a prediction: freeze retail prices while costs rise, and the […]
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A $480 million Energy Dominance Financing loan will modernize Arena Energy platforms off Louisiana. Peak output is projected at up to 38,600 barrels a day — a real add, not a price mover. Secretary Wright told Fox Business it will lower pump prices. Today’s first sub-$4 national average since July has other causes. By Energy […]
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This roundtable discussion brings together energy industry leaders and policy experts—Jason Isaac (Founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute), Tim Stewart (President of the US Oil & Gas Association), David Blackmon (Forbes and Daily Caller contributor), and Stu Turley (Energy News Beat Podcast Host)—for a candid post-election analysis of the energy landscape facing America. […]
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