Europe’s refinery rethink is real, smaller than the headlines, and exactly the argument California needs to hear. The state cut 21.5% of its refining capacity in seven years, 64% of the entire national decline, and now buys a fifth of its gasoline across a three-week ocean voyage with no pipeline to fall back on. By […]
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Brent topped $116 on claims Riyadh has not confirmed. A U.S. letter to Tehran and Qatari mediators point one way, a market bracing for post-election strikes points the other, and the bill lands at the diesel pump. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 30, 2026 | AAA read Oct. 30, 2026, morning CT; EIA data […]
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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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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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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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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud By Yoshihiro Muronaka, and Ronald Stein. We highly recommend subscribing and reading everything from them! When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February, the world relearned a lesson it keeps forgetting: crude oil, by itself, moves nothing. Trucks, tractors, aircraft and […]
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Saudi Arabia hasn’t confirmed the East-West pipeline attack, and Brent slipped about 1.5% as hopes rose for talks in Tehran. What it means at the pump and in your portfolio. By Energy News Beat Futures as of about 7:05 a.m. CT Monday, Oct. 26 (Yahoo Finance; OilPrice.com); attack status as of 7:15 a.m. CT. If […]
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The county still counts Bellflower’s 1,768 acres, a project it revoked on Oct. 7. Here’s what that means for neighbors, for your power bill, and for anyone watching Southside Virginia energy. By Stuart Turley, Energy News Beat A reader asked us a simple question: how much more solar can Brunswick County, Virginia, actually take? The […]
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