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Wall Street Journal

09Feb

The LNG Export Boom and a Check on Abundance

U.S. electricity demand is about to begin a steep climb, potentially doubling by 2050 on the back of the electric vehicle revolution. As that ascent begins, the U.S. is becoming the world’s largest exporter of liquified natural gas (LNG) just as the shale industry reckons with an end to the boom. As The Wall Street […]
  • On February 9, 2022
  • Asia, electricity prices, Europe, fuel diversity, Mexico, natural gas, Wall Street Journal
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26Jan

Europe’s Self-Made Energy Crisis

The European energy crisis is poised to go from very bad to unimaginably worse. While all eyes are on Ukraine and Russia, Europe’s energy woes are largely self-made, not due to outside forces. Europe has made its own bed, disassembling dispatchable fuel diversity by closing well-operating coal and nuclear power plants. In doing so it […]
  • On January 26, 2022
  • Bloomberg, electricity prices, Europe, fuel diversity, Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University's Kennedy School, Germany, International Energy Agency (IEA), Meghan O'Sullivan, natural gas, plant retirements, Spain, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal
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12Jan

The Loss of Dispatchable Fuel Diversity Reverberates in Europe

U.S. coal generation came roaring back last year, rebounding 17% from 2020 and grabbing market share from higher priced natural gas. The U.S. coal fleet is proving to be an invaluable price shock absorber amid energy-driven inflation here at home and coal is also an equally important missing price shock absorber in Europe. The U.S. […]
  • On January 12, 2022
  • electricity prices, energy transition, Europe, Holman Jenkins, natural gas, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal
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10Nov

Coal’s Importance is Clearer than Ever

It’s a good thing for American energy consumers that John Kerry doesn’t set domestic energy policy. While he believes the U.S. won’t be using coal by 2030, coal is proving just how essential it remains to the nation’s energy security as well as the reliability and the affordability of our energy supply Not only are […]
  • On November 10, 2021
  • China, electricity grid, electricity prices, Europe, fuel diversity, Helen Thompson, John Kerry, Mark Wolfe, natural gas, New England, Texas, The New York Times, U.S. Energy Information Administration, United Kingdom, University of Cambridge, University of Houston, Wall Street Journal
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13Oct

A Responsible Energy Transition Can’t Mean Energy Shocks

The word “transition” suggests a measured, thoughtful change, not a jump cut. That’s why the energy “transition” proposed in the reconciliation package doesn’t feel like a transition at all. It’s an upending of the nation’s energy mix and the jobs that support millions of families. As the global energy crisis deepens, it’s increasingly clear that […]
  • On October 13, 2021
  • Amos Hochstein, Asia, Bloomberg, China, electricity prices, energy transition, Europe, Kathy Bostjancic, Li Keqiang, Rich Nolan, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Wall Street Journal
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22Sep

Europe’s Energy Crisis is all the Warning We Need

The past few weeks have seen Europe drift into an energy crisis of its own making – a perfect storm of bad policy. As wind generation has collapsed across Europe, overreliance on natural gas as a bridge fuel and backstop to renewable intermittency has come home to roost. Tight natural gas supplies, soaring prices and […]
  • On September 22, 2021
  • Bloomberg, energy transition, Europe, Financial Times, fuel security, Goldman Sachs, grid reliability, Helen Thompson, natural gas, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal, wind
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15Sep

CEPP: Accelerating the Grid Reliability Crisis

Senator Joe Manchin made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows this past weekend, making it clear he can’t get behind House Democrats’ proposed Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which would throw $150 billion at utilities to accelerate the pivot to renewable energy. Manchin told Chuck Todd, the plan “makes no sense at all.” He […]
  • On September 15, 2021
  • American Electric Power, Amos Hochstein, California, Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), Europe, Financial Times, grid reliability, Joe Manchin, natural gas, Texas, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal
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01Sep

Reshaping the U.S. Electricity Mix by 2030 is Full of Potential Pitfalls – Just ask European Consumers

Proposing to upend the nation’s electricity mix and do it at warp speed is policy that at the very least deserves transparent discussion and requires extensive planning. Tucked into the reconciliation package is just such a proposal. The Clean Electricity Payment Program will throw vast sums at utilities to transform their generating fleets and do […]
  • On September 1, 2021
  • Angela Merkel, Bloomberg, California, Clean Electricity Payment Program, electricity prices, Energiewende, energy transition, Europe, Germany, grid reliability, Harald Herzig, Mainova, Spain, Texas, United Kingdom, Wall Street Journal
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14Jul

In a Transitioning Grid, Fuel Diversity Matters More than Ever

Grid reliability challenges this summer – from California and the Pacific Northwest to New York – are a clear signal we must better value the insurance provided by a balanced generation mix. But scorching heat aside, February’s catastrophe in Texas, that left 70% of the state without power, continues to sound some of the loudest […]
  • On July 14, 2021
  • affordability, Bloomberg, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid reliability, Jim Robb, Kansas, natural gas, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Oklahoma City, Texas, Wall Street Journal
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16Jun

The Texas Grid is Failing Again

Summer hasn’t even officially started but the Texas grid is already facing another electricity reliability crisis. Warning of potentially inadequate generating capacity, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is once again begging Texans to reduce electricity use. Texans have every right to worry that the grid may not hold up this summer. This week’s […]
  • On June 16, 2021
  • California, dispatchable capacity, Ed Hirs, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Greg Abbott, grid reliability, Texas, University of Houston, Wall Street Journal
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