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24Aug

Europe’s Energy Crisis Underscores the Need for Fuel Diversity

The energy crisis in Europe keeps getting worse. Months of warnings are now becoming grim reality. European power prices are now equivalent to more than $1,000 per barrel of oil. The price of natural gas is 13 times its normal seasonal price. As winter draws nearer, so does the pain of crushing energy costs. Britain […]
  • On August 24, 2022
  • Austria, electricity prices, Europe, France, Germany, inflation, Italy, natural gas, Russia, the Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vladimir Putin
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17Aug

Halting Federal Coal Leasing During a Global Energy Crisis

Last week, a federal judge made history – in a dreadful way – by reinstating an Obama-era moratorium on federal coal leasing. Setting aside the outrageous shattering of both judicial limits and established precedent, the meritless ruling comes at a remarkable time. The U.S. is facing an energy affordability crisis, a deepening grid reliability crisis, […]
  • On August 17, 2022
  • federal coal leasing, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan, Sally Jewel, wages
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10Aug

Global Coal Use is on the Rise  

While domestic energy policy continues to dominate headlines, it’s important policymakers don’t lose perspective on global energy reality. For all the talk of energy transition, the global story is one of energy addition where renewable sources of power are largely being added in addition to existing infrastructure and fuels. The world can’t pump enough oil, […]
  • On August 10, 2022
  • Bloomberg, China, energy addition, energy transition, Europe, Germany, International Energy Agency (IEA), Javier Blas, Russia, The Washington Post, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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04Aug

Supercharging the Reliability Crisis

For all of the focus on energy policy in Washington, attention to the unfolding grid reliability crisis remains alarmingly absent. In fact, some of the principal causes of the crisis are receiving fresh reinforcement while substantive efforts to address the forces weakening the nation’s supply of power have yet to materialize. Even as grid regulators […]
  • On August 4, 2022
  • coal combustion residuals (CCR), Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Inflation Reduction Act, James Danly, John Moura, Michael Regan, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
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27Jul

Surging Natural Gas Prices Underscore the Need for Fuel Diversity

Consumers are finally getting some relief at the gas pump but the prices for natural gas and electricity are now soaring. As the economy treads water, fighting off recession, a new variant of energy-driven inflation is knocking at the door. With the U.S. now the world’s largest LNG exporter, and the U.S. gas market increasingly […]
  • On July 27, 2022
  • Champion Energy, electricity prices, fuel diversity, John Ballenger, natural gas, New Hampshire, Texas, The Texas Tribune, Wall Street Journal
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13Jul

European Energy Independence with U.S. Coal

This week, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, warned that the global energy crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better, adding the coming winter for Europe, “will be very, very difficult.” His remarks reflect the increasing likelihood that Russia will completely cut off the flow of its natural gas […]
  • On July 13, 2022
  • coal exports, Europe, European Commission, Fatih Birol, Federation of German Industries, Germany, International Energy Agency (IEA), National Mining Association (NMA), natural gas, polling, Rich Nolan, ZERO Lab at Princeton University
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06Jul

Coal Remains Globally Essential

Perhaps The Economist announcing an “end to coal” last year was just a bit premature. As The Wall Street Journal just reported, from Asia to Europe and the U.S., coal is once again having a moment. Energy shortages, rediscovery of the importance of energy security and energy-driven inflation are all driving a new, voracious appetite […]
  • On July 6, 2022
  • Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), PJM Interconnection, The Economist, Wall Street Journal
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30Jun

Reining in the EPA

Today, in a majority decision in West Virginia v. EPA, the U.S. Supreme Court placed important limits on the authority government agencies have to unilaterally issue transformative regulations of vast economic and political significance. The court ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn’t have the authority under the Clean Air Act to force […]
  • On June 30, 2022
  • Chief Justice Roberts, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Michael Regan, Supreme Court
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22Jun

Voters Want Action on Grid Reliability

Americans are deeply concerned about the reliability of the nation’s power grid and the affordability of their electricity supply. They’re so concerned, even frustrated, with warnings over the potential for rolling blackouts – or worse – they now want government action to fix the problem. According to national polling from Morning Consult, nearly 8 in […]
  • On June 22, 2022
  • Alexander Bethe, electricity prices, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), German Association of Coal Importers, Germany, grid reliability, John Bear, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Morning Consult, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), polling, Rich Nolan, Robert Habeck, Texas
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15Jun

The Nation Braces for Blackouts

Warnings of blackouts this summer are quickly becoming a dangerous reality for much of the country In the Midwest, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which manages the region’s grid, issued a warning of tight capacity conditions on June 13 as the grid struggles to keep up with soaring demand from a heatwave. Utilities were […]
  • On June 15, 2022
  • baseload power, blackouts, California, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Europe, grid reliability, Michael Regan, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Texas, Utilities District of Western Indiana (UDWI)
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