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DOE Closes $5.1 Billion Loan for Alliant Energy: Adding Firm Power, Cutting Costs, and Strengthening the Grid in Iowa and Wisconsin

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage139

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 […]

America closes refineries while the rest of the world races to build them

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage160

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 […]

The UK’s Renewable Push Hits a Grid Bottleneck — and the Unreliable Scenario It Is Creating

October 25, 2026 Clark Savage273

Britain has spent years accelerating wind and solar deployment under Clean Power 2030 and net-zero targets. The generation numbers look impressive on paper. The grid, however, was not built for them, and the mismatch is now producing record costs, regular curtailment of green power, emergency interventions, and growing questions about reliability. Felicity Bradstock’s October 25, […]

PG and E Q3 Core EPS Falls to 41 Cents as Wildfire Fund Costs Jump 64%

October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 Clark Savage314

California’s biggest utility missed Wall Street by a penny but held its 2026 and 2027 outlook. For customers, the bigger story is a typical 500 kWh bill of $203.54 a month and wildfire costs that keep landing on ratepayers. PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) reported third-quarter results on Thursday, Oct. 22. Non-GAAP core earnings came to […]

Diesel Crisis: Can America Reopen Refineries Before Energy Security Collapses

October 22, 2026 Clark Savage378

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 […]

Could the DPA Reopen Benicia? The Legal Path Exists. Will Valero and California Play Along?

October 21, 2026 Clark Savage443

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 […]

Permitting Reform Could Impact Consumers on Their Power Bills

October 17, 2026October 17, 2026 Clark Savage441

America does not primarily have an energy shortage. It has a permitting shortage. A new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposal to streamline expansions of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities highlights both the opportunity and the limits of piecemeal reform. As energy analyst Stuart Turley notes, LNG expansion alone will not lower costs for consumers […]

What Net-Zero Policies Add to Your Fuel and Power Bill, State by State

October 14, 2026 Clark Savage713

California’s Cap-and-Invest and Low Carbon Fuel Standard added about 47 cents a gallon in July (CEC). Washington’s carbon auction and clean-fuel rules add roughly 36–74 cents. The federal RFS is a separate 1-to-45-cent fight over gross credits versus net pump pass-through. We map the published estimates, keep taxes and refinery closures in their own buckets, […]

California’s energy crisis could bring the West Coast to its knees

October 13, 2026 Clark Savage327

ENB Pub Note: This article is from America OutLoud, by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. Both have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast, and we recommend reading their work. California is the 4th largest economy in the world and an “ENERGY ISLAND that is separated from the other 48 continental States by the Rocky […]

Who Pays For Data Center Power, and 9 other huge stories on the Energy News Beat Stand Up

October 13, 2026 Clark Savage634

Hat tip to the Daily Caller and Simon August, Energy Reporter Data centers are powering the AI revolution—but who’s paying the bill? In this episode of Energy News Beat, host Stu Turley digs into a $29.4 billion question that’s about to hit your electricity bill. Federal regulators just rejected most of PJM’s plan to make […]

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DOE Closes $5.1 Billion Loan for Alliant Energy: Adding Firm Power, Cutting Costs, and Strengthening the Grid in Iowa and Wisconsin

America closes refineries while the rest of the world races to build them

The UK’s Renewable Push Hits a Grid Bottleneck — and the Unreliable Scenario It Is Creating

PG and E Q3 Core EPS Falls to 41 Cents as Wildfire Fund Costs Jump 64%

Diesel Crisis: Can America Reopen Refineries Before Energy Security Collapses

Could the DPA Reopen Benicia? The Legal Path Exists. Will Valero and California Play Along?

Permitting Reform Could Impact Consumers on Their Power Bills

What Net-Zero Policies Add to Your Fuel and Power Bill, State by State

California’s energy crisis could bring the West Coast to its knees

Who Pays For Data Center Power, and 9 other huge stories on the Energy News Beat Stand Up

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