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If This Arizona Energy Plant Shuts Down, The Consequences Will Be Dire

Via The Daily Caller: The increasing debate about Arizona’s energy future has become a test case for the current administration’s pledge to support energy diversity. Basics like energy security, reliability and affordability are common sense goals for energy policy. These priorities take on far greater complexity in Arizona than perhaps anywhere else in the nation. […]

Washington to Hear From Coal Country in Clean Power Plan Meeting in Wyoming

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: The federal agency responsible for the emissions-cutting Clean Power Plan will hold a public meeting today in Gillette, one of only three across the country this season as the agency plans to dissolve the Obama-era rule. The Clean Power Plan would have dealt a painful blow to one of Wyoming’s key […]

Don’t Be So Fast to Count Coal Out

Via The Columbia State: Coal still supplies 20 percent of the electricity generated in South Carolina, about 30 percent nationally, and it remains the dominant fuel globally for power generation, at 40 percent. But lurking in the background are efforts to keep it in the ground. Although coal is the mainstay for large parts of the […]

EPA Head to Visit Wyoming Coal Country

Via U.S. News & World Report: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will visit Wyoming‘s main coal producing region later this month. Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. John Barrasso says Pruitt’s visit on March 29 will be an opportunity to showcase the state’s world-class coal operations and cutting-edge energy research. Pruitt’s visit will highlight Wyoming’s coal-mining operations, […]

Coal Retirements Threaten U.S. Electric Grid Reliability and Resiliency

Via Forbes: We’re hearing more and more concerns about the reliability and resiliency of the U.S. electric power system, as recently illustrated by the so-called “bomb cyclone” that struck the northeast early this year.  Electric grid operators reported that coal use soared during the cold snap in the Midwest and East Coast, showing the importance of […]

Coal Cuts Dangerously Clip Texas Power Capacity

Via Newsmax: As reported in the Hoston Chronicle (chron.com), “Texas’ electricity grid operator expects the state’s power demand to hit an all-time high this summer, possibly requiring customers to reduce power consumption and triggering emergency measures to keep electricity flowing through the grid.” Titled “A Summer Bummer Looms,” the article goes on to say that the […]

A Modest Plan to Save Coal

Via The Wall Street Journal: Americans take electricity for granted. When we flip a light switch or turn on a television, we expect it to work every time. A resilient and reliable energy grid to deliver affordable electricity is critical for the well-being of society, the expansion of the economy, and the security of the nation. […]

Storm Warnings for the SS Grid

Have we successfully weathered doubts about grid resilience and reliability? We’ll know more after FERC digests the assessments from grid operators that were due Friday. But Beltway pundits appear to have already consigned fears over possible brownouts and rate hikes to yesterday’s news. The Department of Energy’s staff report concluded that the SS Grid was […]

Rick Perry Seeks New Path to Save Coal

Via The Houston Chronicle: Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pushing the development of a new generation of coal power plants while seeking to slash spending on technology that many government officials and analysts view as critical to coal’s survival a low-carbon world. The effort represents another move by the Trump administration to fulfill its promises to […]

The Great Game 2018

Ever since the 19th century, when European powers vied for dominance in The Great Game, Central Asia and the Middle East have offered rival empires the prize of abundant natural resources. Armed conflict has often been the result. If Japan and Germany were resource self-sufficient, a second world war might have been avoided. Today the players […]