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 […]
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Panels, Chinese-linked inverters, rush interconnections, and what Iran-linked water cyberattacks teach ratepayers, utilities, and data-center investors This is the introduction for the Energy News Beat Research Desk on The Energy News Beat Substack. We are providing deeper dives for paid subscribers on Energy Topics, and this was requested by a paid subscriber. Bottom line up […]
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Virginia’s new Energy Plan promises to protect family budgets but never shows a household bill. It models 10,000 MW of import capacity, while PJM lists 5,992 MW; prices solar 41% below Dominion’s own filing; and leaves about $40.6 billion of Dominion spending outside the proposed rate freeze. Here are the six biggest holes. The full […]
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I was on a roll today. “Virginia Gov Drives the Net Zero Budget Like a Shoppin Cart” In this week’s Energy News Beat podcast, host Stu Turley tackles the critical energy challenges facing America, from skyrocketing diesel prices and refinery closures to the political policies driving energy costs higher. With diesel at $6.32 per gallon […]
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the U.S. is talking about “reopening every refinery we can.” With diesel at $6.32 and U.S. plants already running hard, ENB checked which shut refineries could realistically return, and how fast. If you drive a diesel pickup, run a farm or haul freight, here is the number that matters this […]
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Washington has the authority and a $1 billion DPA fund for refinery projects, and it is talking with shut refineries about restarts. Valero’s idled Benicia plant is part of the talks, but the owner is weighing redevelopment and the state is paying for imports. If you drive in California, you pay for the state’s refinery […]
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger ran on lowering energy costs. Her Oct. 19 merger testimony asks for a base-rate freeze and bigger bill credits, plus a zero-carbon data center subsidiary, heat pump and EV rate If you are a Dominion Energy customer, the “typical” bill for 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month was $149.92 in July 2025. On July […]
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On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it will use up to $42 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funding to advance the long-stalled Constitution Pipeline. The 125-mile natural gas line would move up to 650,000 dekatherms per day of Marcellus Shale gas from northeastern Pennsylvania into New York, connecting […]
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In this episode of the Energy Newsbeat podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with David Blackmon (Forbes contributor and Energy Impacts podcast host) and Mike Umbro (energy innovator and founder of California for Energy and Science) to explore a groundbreaking solution to California’s energy crisis. The conversation centers on Geologic Thermal Energy Storage (GeoTES)—a revolutionary […]
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Vice President JD Vance says the administration “has used” the Defense Production Act to expand Delek’s 74,000-barrel-a-day plant in East Texas. Diesel is $6.32 and nobody has published the dollars, the barrels or the start date. Here is what is real, what is not yet, and whether one small refinery can be the start of […]
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