Diesel is $6.26 a gallon, $2.55 more than a year ago, and U.S. stocks just hit the lowest level for this time of year in EIA records. Wholesale prices have eased since our Oct. 14 report, but the IEA still says lost inventories are unlikely to be rebuilt before the second half of 2027. Here […]
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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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Heating oil is $6.11 a gallon in New England, up 77% in a year. The offer of up to 315,000 barrels marks the first time the reserve has been used to fight prices, Maine’s senators say. It is small next to the region’s needs, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright used it to push the Constitution […]
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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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A Kern County oilman briefed two Cabinet secretaries on a plan to store sunlight as heat in old California oil fields for weeks at a time. The physics is real, and a national lab study backs storage on a terawatt-hour scale. But the only funded test is a 100-kilowatt pilot, and some of the biggest […]
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Governor Maura Healey is asking the Trump administration to move faster on a natural gas pipeline expansion she once made a political career out of opposing. The request landed on October 1, about a month before the November 2026 general election, in a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging federal agencies to clear reviews […]
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President Donald Trump announced Monday that Mesabi Metallics will construct a roughly $15 billion steel complex in Iowa—described by the White House as the largest steel plant in U.S. history. Combined with additional investment to complete the company’s Minnesota iron ore operations, the integrated project is valued at about $18 billion. The plant is slated […]
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Diesel prices in the United States have smashed records, topping $6 per gallon nationally and exceeding $7 on the West Coast, while inventories sit well below five-year averages. Truckers, farmers, freight operators, and industrial users feel it first. The pain is global: European and Asian markets have also hit or approached records as middle-distillate supplies […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity announced on September 24, 2026, that it intends to help fund 31 grid-improvement projects across 26 states under the Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK) initiative. The package totals $5.25 billion—$1.9 billion in federal funding and $3.35 billion in […]
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Kirk Edwards, President of Latigo Petroleum, stops by the Energy News Beat Podcast In this episode of the Energy News Beat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Kirk Edwards, President of Latigo Petroleum, to discuss the critical energy challenges reshaping global markets. From diesel shortages and geopolitical tensions to drone warfare targeting refineries, the […]
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