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Methane Rollback: EPA Puts $45 Billion on the Table. Here Is Who Saves
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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Electrical Generation / Utilities
Dominion’s Plan Adds 39 GW of Power. Your Bill Adds $103 a Month.
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 […]
Mitsubishi Power Deliveries Stretch to 2031 as Gas Turbine Shortage Hits Data Centers and Utilities
Demand for natural gas turbines is outpacing manufacturing capacity, with Mitsubishi Power telling attendees at Singapore International Energy Week that new large-frame units ordered now face delivery around 2031. Akihiro Ondo, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, made the comment on the sidelines of the event on October 27, 2026. “We’re talking about […]
AI / Data Center
Mitsubishi Power Deliveries Stretch to 2031 as Gas Turbine Shortage Hits Data Centers and Utilities
Demand for natural gas turbines is outpacing manufacturing capacity, with Mitsubishi Power telling attendees at Singapore International Energy Week that new large-frame units ordered now face delivery around 2031. Akihiro Ondo, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, made the comment on the sidelines of the event on October 27, 2026. “We’re talking about […]
Houston’s $70.7B Bill
CenterPoint just raised its 10-year spending plan to $70.7 billion to wire up data centers and other big loads. Here is how that money finds its way onto the delivery charges in Houston power bills. By Energy News Beat. Data as of Oct. 27, 2026. If you live in the Houston area, part of every […]
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 […]
