A letter from the Vice President is the most senior American outreach to Tehran in months, and crude drifted lower on the news. The same reporting says Washington and Israel are still preparing a week of strikes after the Nov. 3 election. Both things are true, and the gap between them is what you are […]
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October’s Commodity Markets Outlook lifted Brent to $91 for 2026 and marked European gas up 27%. It also cut Henry Hub, the one energy forecast that fell. The stage of the gas business that Africa’s offshore fields most need is the one stage the Bank’s lending rules still bar. By Energy News Beat | Oct. […]
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On October 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a $5.1 billion, 30-year loan package to Alliant Energy subsidiaries serving Iowa and Wisconsin. The financing supports new natural gas generation, energy storage, and upgrades that will add more than 2.6 GW of firm or upgraded capacity—enough to power the […]
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Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) is set to scrutinize NextEra Energy’s proposed roughly $67 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy in an evidentiary hearing beginning November 17, with a decision deadline in mid-January 2027. The deal, announced in May 2026, would create one of the largest regulated U.S. electric utilities, serving about 10 million customer […]
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Britain’s operator says it will hold a 5.9 GW cushion this winter. An analyst working from its own workbook gets 0.5 GW. Prepared by ENB Research Desk for Stu Turley. Data as of Oct. 28, 2026 (CT). ENB opinons are labeled as Stu’s Take 1. Bottom line Verdict in brief Verdict: both grids remain inside […]
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A viral post says every base must run 90 days without the civilian grid. The real policy is newer, vaguer and still being priced. Your household plan should not wait for it. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 27, 2026 On Oct. 26, Glenn Beck posted on X that “the Pentagon just launched a program […]
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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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Refining profit nearly doubled to $6.06 billion on 98% utilization and a third-quarter record 41% distillate yield. Record output is the good news. The margin is the warning. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 Company results from Phillips 66’s Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1, filed Oct. 28, 2026; diesel, utilization and capacity data from […]
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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 […]
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Yemen’s Houthis say they hit Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery. Saudi Arabia has confirmed interceptions, not damage. Crude fell Tuesday on diplomacy and rose Wednesday on fear, while the national average held at $4.25 a gallon. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 | AAA read 6:14 a.m. CT Yemen’s Houthis say they hit Saudi […]
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