ENB Pub Note: This is an article from America Out Loud by two Great energy leaders, Ronald Stein and Dr. Lars Schernikau. Both have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast and are highly recommended to follow. Electricity demands are growing worldwide, and the unpopular questions around what it truly takes to power our modern […]
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Texas is facing explosive electricity demand growth from the Permian Basin’s oil and gas operations, data centers, manufacturing, and electrification. In response, ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) have fast-tracked the 765-kV Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan (STEP)—including the Permian Basin Reliability Plan (PBRP)—a massive build-out of high-voltage transmission lines designed to import […]
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just released its World Energy Investment 2026 report, the 11th edition of its flagship annual benchmark on global capital flows in the energy sector. Released amid the ongoing Middle East conflict and heightened energy security concerns (including disruptions linked to the Strait of Hormuz), the report projects total global […]
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The world is once again staring down the barrel of an energy crisis. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed amid escalating tensions from the Iran conflict, global markets are in panic mode over potential disruptions to oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies. Prices are spiking, supply chains are under threat, and governments are […]
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China’s power sector delivered a clear reminder in April 2026 that even the world’s fastest-growing renewable energy giant still leans heavily on coal when the wind doesn’t blow or nuclear plants go offline for maintenance. According to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, thermal power generation (overwhelmingly coal, with a smaller share of natural […]
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A new analysis from the Energy Institute at Haas at UC Berkeley quantifies what many in the energy sector have long known: the shale gas revolution, powered by hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, has delivered extraordinary savings to American consumers. According to Lucas Davis’s May 2026 working paper and accompanying blog post, shale gas has […]
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The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has quietly conceded that the extreme “doomsday” climate scenarios that have driven global energy policy, media headlines, and trillions in spending for more than a decade were never realistic. In a major update to its modeling framework for the upcoming Seventh Assessment Report (CMIP7), the IPCC […]
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Hungary’s newly elected government is already testing Brussels’ resolve on energy policy. In a move that could signal growing fractures within the EU, Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s administration has signaled it will continue purchasing Russian energy if it remains the cheapest and most reliable option—directly challenging the bloc’s binding phase-out rules under the REPowerEU framework. […]
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The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has issued a rare Level 3 Essential Action Alert—its highest-urgency notification—warning that the explosive growth of data centers, particularly those powering AI training, cryptocurrency mining, and traditional computing loads, is introducing new risks to the bulk power system. Issued on May 4, 2026, the alert highlights “customer-initiated large […]
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Maryland ratepayers are staring down an estimated $1.6 billion hit to their electric bills over the next decade—roughly $345 per household—to fund transmission upgrades driven largely by data centers in Northern Virginia. The state’s Office of People’s Counsel (OPC) has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), arguing that PJM Interconnection’s […]
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