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U.S. Energy Information Administration

24Sep

Balance is Good! Dispatchable Fuel Diversity to the Rescue this Winter

Just imagine the outcry if there was an energy price spike during this unprecedented economic crisis. What if the price at the pump jumped to $5 per gallon or electricity prices suddenly jumped by 50%? With the nation already reeling and tens-of-millions of families barely staying afloat, spiking energy prices would likely be the straw […]
  • On September 24, 2020
  • Adam Waterous, affordability, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), EQT, fuel diversity, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), natural gas, Pioneer Natural Resources, PJM, Scotiabank, Scott Sheffield, Steve Schlotterbeck, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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18Jun

Maintaining the Foundation for Recovery

This week Congress set its sights on COVID-19’s impact on the energy industry. Committees in both the House and Senate heard expert testimony on a sector that has felt the pain of economic upheaval just as acutely as any dimension of the economy. While the coal industry was recognized as an essential industry by the […]
  • On June 18, 2020
  • baseload power, Congress, COVID-19, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, montana, Morning Consult, Nebraska, north dakota, polling, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senator John Barrasso, Senator Steve Daines, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming
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13Dec

Investors First, Ratepayers Second

New natural gas power plants are being added to the electricity grid at a remarkable speed and scale. And while it’s been fashionable to believe the overwhelming impetus for this building spree has been cheap natural gas that could potentially save consumers money, while also reducing emissions, that line of thinking now has nearly as […]
  • On December 13, 2019
  • electricity grid, emissions, Global Carbon Project, market system, natural gas, S&P Global Market Intelligence, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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21Nov

Breaking News: Fuel Targeting Doesn’t Work

A report issued this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that U.S. carbon emissions from energy increased in 2018. You heard that right. Emissions are up, despite the near constant vilification of coal and hundreds of millions spent by activists like Michael Bloomberg. And to be clear: that’s hundreds of millions spent not […]
  • On November 21, 2019
  • carbon capture, coal, emissions, Environmental Science Technology, natural gas, oil, technology, U.S. Energy Information Administration, USE IT Act
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02Oct

The Case for Carbon Capture Has Never Been Stronger

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2019 International Energy Outlook projects that global energy consumption will increase 50 percent by 2050. Electricity consumption is expected to jump an even more staggering 79 percent. Should electrification take off – as many experts expect it will – and there is a decisive shift to electric vehicles, as well as […]
  • On October 2, 2019
  • carbon capture, electric vehicles, Fatih Birol, innovation, renewable energy, renewables, Secretary Rick Perry, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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26Sep

Charting a Replicable Path Forward

U.N. Climate Week has delivered no shortage of rhetoric and theatrics, but not nearly enough focus on energy reality and replicable solutions. Amid the summit, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its International Energy Outlook, projecting that global energy consumption is expected to increase 50 percent by midcentury as the global population surges towards 10 billion. […]
  • On September 26, 2019
  • coal, Fatih Birol, oil, U.N. Climate Week, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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