Category: Energy Policy

America’s Biggest Utility Sees Blackouts Ahead: Americans Must Prepare Now for Grid Strain, Natural Disasters, and Emerging Security Risks

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Exelon Corporation, America’s largest electric utility by customer count, is sounding the alarm. Its CEO, Calvin Butler, has warned that the United States could face blackouts as early as 2027. This comes amid surging electricity demand — driven heavily by AI data centers — and chronic underinvestment in new power generation and grid infrastructure. At […]

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Trump Says US Will Be Reimbursed 20% Rate for Hormuz Traffic

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President Donald Trump announced today that the United States would reinstate a blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz while demanding a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo shipped through the critical waterway. Trump declared the US would become the waterway’s “GUARDIAN,” positioning the move as reimbursement for security costs amid heightened US-Iran […]

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California is ramping its war with the White House over Energy

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California is escalating its legal and political confrontation with the Trump administration over energy policy. As detailed in a recent OilPrice.com analysis, Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration and state officials are pushing back hard against federal actions favoring fossil fuels, including the reallocation of offshore wind funds, challenges to the California Coastal Commission, and the use […]

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Progressives and Socialist Democrats set to recharge the Green New Deal for the AI era

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A fresh wave of progressive Democrats, including self-described democratic socialists, is poised to reshape the Democratic Party’s approach to climate and energy policy. Fresh off primary victories that unseated moderate incumbents in safe blue districts, these lawmakers aim to revive and expand the Green New Deal (GND) to address the explosive energy demands of artificial […]

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The Coal Reality that Western Policy Ignores

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An in-depth look at the July 2026 brief by the National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA), Dr. Lars Schernikau, and Portia Roberts, with updates on U.S. policy and global fleet management. Dr. Schernikau has been on the Energy News Beat Podcast, and we highly recommend buying his book.  In a world racing toward ambitious net-zero […]

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Anas Alhajji Asks the Right Questions: How Long Can Strong U.S. Petroleum Product Exports Continue Before Causing Domestic Shortages and Price Spikes?

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Energy markets are flashing warning signs as U.S. petroleum product exports remain near record highs while domestic inventories tighten amid escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East. Veteran energy analyst Anas Alhajji (@anasalhajji) highlighted these concerns in his July 9, 2026, Daily Energy Report on X and Substack, posing a series of pointed questions that […]

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