Although the cessation of governance-related media releases suggests a full retreat, IS remains active in military campaigns and eager to rise again by taking advantage of local grievances. According to a field commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the last Islamic State (IS) holdouts will lose control of Raqqa, the group’s self-proclaimed capital,… Keep reading →
Important numbers in the ongoing public debate over whether to increase oil and natural gas development offshore: 1 million+ – U.S. offshore has accounted for more than a million barrels of oil per day for the past 20 years. 11 percent – Estimated growth in overall U.S. energy demand between 2016 and 2050, with more than 66 percent of… Keep reading →
The House is not in session this week. The Senate is in session.
The oil and gas industry has a massive wastewater problem. And if the growing dialogue about new ways of dealing with it are any indication, it may get worse if we aren’t careful. Cost concerns, pressure to conserve water, and other factors have led some oil and gas companies to consider new ways to manage… Keep reading →
Myanmar’s growing humanitarian crisis is fueling calls for jihad by global extremist groups and threatening to draw Middle East and Asian fighters into a new front. The Myanmar military’s crackdown on the Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority group, has emerged as a major policy dilemma for the Trump administration as it seeks to calm the… Keep reading →
U.S. energy regulators have asked for public comment on a rule proposed by the Secretary of Energy that would require organized grid operators to pay certain electric generators for their grid reliability and resilience benefits.
Ohio voters continue to oppose bailouts for nuclear plants. As a statewide poll showed this summer, a new poll by API Ohio shows big opposition to a proposal to let nuclear plant owner FirstEnergy charge its customers a special fee to increase funding for its plants in three counties that are near FirstEnergy’s headquarters and its Davis-Besse and Perry… Keep reading →
It appears that the DOE has structured the proposed new regulations after those compensation mechanisms available to generators that offer environmental benefits, such as production tax credits and revenues from renewable energy credits.
In a ruling highly anticipated and hotly debated in the solar industry, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined in a unanimous 4-0 decision today that foreign imports of solar modules caused “serious injury” to U.S. companies under Section 201 of the 1974 Trade Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry formally proposed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) take swift action to address threats to U.S. electrical grid resiliency. Pursuant to his authority under Section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, the Secretary urged the Commission to issue a final rule requiring its organized markets to develop… Keep reading →
