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How Long Until Diesel Relief? Not This Winter, and Probably Not Before the Second Half of 2027
Diesel is $6.26 a gallon, $2.55 more than a year ago, and U.S. stocks just hit the lowest level for this time of year in EIA records. Wholesale prices have eased since our Oct. 14 report, but the IEA still says lost inventories are unlikely to be rebuilt before the second half of 2027. Here […]
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Chip Stocks Sink and Texas Power Stocks Slide. Did Voters Really Hit Pause on Data Centers?
The Nasdaq 100 fell more than 6 percent on Thursday morning. Wall Street is pointing to both Democratic wins and chipmaker earnings. Here is what moved on the election and what did not, what Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa can actually do, whether public pensions are really dumping AI stocks, and who ends up paying for […]
Germany Has Huge Spike in Energy Prices — So Who Is to Blame?
Germany’s wholesale electricity market delivered a textbook lesson in the limits of intermittent renewables in late October 2026. Day-ahead prices collapsed to an average of roughly €13 per megawatt-hour (MWh) on October 25 amid strong wind and solar output, with many 15-minute intervals clearing near zero. Four days later, on October 29, the average hit […]
AI / Data Center
Chip Stocks Sink and Texas Power Stocks Slide. Did Voters Really Hit Pause on Data Centers?
The Nasdaq 100 fell more than 6 percent on Thursday morning. Wall Street is pointing to both Democratic wins and chipmaker earnings. Here is what moved on the election and what did not, what Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa can actually do, whether public pensions are really dumping AI stocks, and who ends up paying for […]
Democrats Now Run Congress. Here Is What That Means for Your Gas Pump and Power Bill
Democrats won both chambers, but the White House still holds the veto pen. We ran the override math, checked how past split governments got deals done, and lined up the energy fights that matter for prices: tax credits, permitting and LNG. By Energy News Beat | Nov. 4, 2026 | Results as of mid-morning Central […]
Who Pays for the Data Center’s Power Plant? PJM Owes FERC an Answer Thursday
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 […]
Who Pays for the Wires? Data Centers, Distant Power and the Transmission Bill on Your Meter
Data centers are being built where land, fiber and tax breaks are, not where the power plants are. Moving that power takes new capacity, new high-voltage lines and new substations. This report follows the money from the PJM capacity auction to the Dominion transmission rider, the MISO, SPP and ERCOT long-range plans, the FERC rules […]
The Five Most Promising Russian-US Economic Opportunities
ENB Pub Note: An interesting article from Andrew Korybko’s Substack newsletter. With Russia and Ukraine potentially interested in finally ending the war, this could be a bright spot. Doing business with Ukraine and Russia rather than bombing each other. Although Putin might agree to some trade-offs in Ukraine as the quid pro quo for these […]
