Sitemap - 2023 - Thoughts About Energy and Economics

The potentially deadly combination of two EPA proposed policies: the carbon and methane rules

Natural gas expected to generate half of U.S. electricity in 2024 and EPA announces new methane rules that will reduce natural gas supplies

COP28 seeks to stop U.S. natural gas production to lower world CO2 emissions while new EIA study shows natural gas reduced U.S. CO2 emissions

Biden invokes Defense Production Act to manufacture heat pumps

U.S. power grid at risk for outages this winter, says NERC

No peak oil and no energy transition in sight

FERC calls for reliability standards for wind, solar and battery storage systems

Gas stoves save billions of lives around the world but are being banned in the U.S.

Texas' plan to attract new natural gas-fired generation is unique

Zero chance of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, says the U.S. Energy Information Agency; ExxonMobil and OPEC agree

Texas vows to fight EPA's plans to kill coal-fired power generation 'all the way to the Supreme Court'

ERCOT is pulling out all the stops to avoid another winter emergency

Signs of energy sanity: China says phasing out fossil fuels is unrealistic and top EU official says U.S. gas will be needed for decades.

China's massive fleet of coal-burning power plants is not a problem for the environment, according to Reuters

What keeps the lights on?

The Texas Dunkelflaute

Federal subsidies for EVs could result in economic disaster

Power grids are using more natural gas as wind power fails in summer heat

FERC is planning a national power grid that includes Texas, they just aren't admitting it

Grid operators and 21 States say to EPA: STOP NEW POWER REGS!

Texas grid reaches record high generation as wind power fails

Portable gasoline generators are next to be banned

The US is energy independent but the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is still important for energy security

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: DOE continues to show no intention of refilling it

White House report lets truth slip out: Economic impact of climate change is negligible

Americans love their gas stoves

EPA proposes anti-fossil fuel regulations "to limit climate change" that will destroy US power grids

DOE proposal may be largest land grab in US history

Natural gas is here to stay, say oil giants

EPA hearings on proposed carbon pollution standards: Day 2 had a sprinkling of sanity

Gas stoves are bipartisan!

EPA Hearing "Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants"

Public hearing on EPA's proposed carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, June 13, 14 and 15, 2023

Gas stove bans are one more step toward eliminating all natural gas use

Anti-fossil fuel groups intend to stop LNG exports, starting with Freeport LNG in Texas

ExxonMobil develops fracking technologies to significantly increase production from shale wells

Electric vehicle boom may 'force' China to burn more dirty coal, says Bloomberg Green

'Net Zero by 2050' is Failing

Mountain Valley Pipeline approval is included in federal debt ceiling deal

Politicians that hate the US oil and gas industry are still trying to ban exports

Hydrogen: Its many colors are becoming a shell game to hide the carbon to get federal subsidies

Texas made it illegal to make fossil fuels illegal in Texas

EIA makes an astonishing forecast for 2050: U.S. will export more natural gas than it consumes

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: DOE shows no intention of refilling it but instead relies on an accounting trick

Most of U.S. faces possible blackouts if summer temps spike, says NERC

Energy Factoid: U.S. natural gas prices expected to increase

EPA proposed new rules to limit carbon emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants

FERC Commissioners warn Senators that U.S. power grids face "reliability challenges"

The war on natural gas: New study finds no health effects from cooking on natural gas stoves

ERCOT warns summer outages possible due to EPA "Good Neighbor Plan"

Natural gas pipelines have been compromised by the "electrify everything" movement

Stop calling natural gas "natural," demand anti-natural gas groups

Energy Factoid: Dunkelflaute is the German word for why wind and solar power are failing in Europe

Energy Factoid: FERC approves two Texas LNG projects & Energy Secretary backs Mountain Valley Pipeline

Congressional abuse of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a national security threat

Energy Factoid: SpaceX rockets are powered by fossil fuels

Good news for natural gas: California gas ban gets a setback today and more

Energy Factoid: EIA projects increased associated gas production through 2050

Grid operators are sounding alarms about the increasing instability of US power grids

Energy factoid: Your iPhone defaults to "clean energy" for recharging

Energy Factoid: The US "Shale Revolution" is a truly amazing story of American entrepreneurial spirit and technological innovation

Interview with Mark Stansberry on "The Energy Fellows Podcast"

It's official : EIA says there will be no energy transition in the U.S. by 2050

EIA headline is "Renewable generation surpassed coal and nuclear in the U.S. electric power sector in 2022" but natural gas is the largest generator of electricity

Energy Factoid: U.S. natural gas production grew by 4% in 2022 and higher growth is possible now that the Mountain Valley Pipeline cleared a legal hurdle today, March 29, 2023

Energy Factoid: The world depends on fossil fuels

Energy Factoid: China has five times more coal-fired power plants than the U.S. and is aggressively building more while the U.S. closes them

Energy Factoid: U.S. power grids are adding natural gas generation as they become increasingly unstable due to over-reliance on wind and solar

Energy Factoid: U.S. exports of refined petroleum products set a record high in 2022

Energy Factoid: The copper required to replace 80% of fossil fuel energy today with wind and solar highlights the impossibility of the task

Energy Factoid: Department of Energy Says Natural Gas is Lowest Cost Home Energy Source

EIA’s "Annual Energy Outlook 2023" refutes IRA's claim of carbon reductions

Energy Factoid: The Least US interstate natural gas pipeline capacity on record was added in 2022

Want Less of Something? Tax it

The War on Natural Gas Ramps Up

Warning From The Nation's Largest Power Grid Is a Wakeup Call

ERCOT Has A Plan to Improve Texas Power Grid Reliability

Update on U.S. Refinery Capacity: Good News For a Change

The Texas Power Grid Was Minutes From Collapsing in 2021 and Declaring an Emergency in 2022