In the wake of fuel shortages arising from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the US Customs and Border Protection extended and expanded its September 8 waiver of the coastwise trade provisions of the Jones Act.
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Jones Act Waiver Extended In The Wake Of Irma And Harvey
By SUSAN LAFFERTY, DAVID MCCULLOUGH | EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLPSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By Energy Tomorrow Blog
With the impacts of Hurricane Irma still to be seen, today’s energy infrastructure network, innovations, technology and knowledge appear to have gained from past big-weather events allow some cautious optimism. That’s the conclusion of a pair of energy experts who briefed reporters during a conference call designed to provide context to the efforts of industry and communities… Keep reading →
EPA Waives RFS Requirements For States Affected By Hurricane Harvey
By LAUREN GRAHAM, PH.D. | BERGESON & CAMPBELL, P.C.
The EPA exercised its emergency fuel waiver authority to help ensure an adequate supply of fuel throughout the South, Southeast, and the Mid-Atlantic in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Harvey Update: Price Impacts And The Need For Patience, Consideration
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports on rising gasoline prices in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and notes that the storm’s impact on prices is similar to the big hurricanes of 2005, Katrina and Rita. EIA: Compared with other hurricanes that have made landfall in the United States since 2000, Hurricane Harvey’s impact on U.S. Gulf… Keep reading →
Oil And Gas Update – Hurricane Harvey Drives Oil, Nat Gas Prices Up And Down
By GEORGE BIBIKOS | COZEN O'CONNOR
Hurricane Harvey ravaged southeastern Texas, affecting oil, natural gas, and gasoline prices all over the country.
Despite the end of CIA support to the rebels, Washington can still counter the Islamic State by coordinating more deeply with Israel and Jordan, and by managing other regional actors. In July 2017, the Trump administration ended the four-year-old CIA program that provided direct assistance, in the form of salaries and arms, to various Syrian… Keep reading →
Secretary Perry Continues To Ignore The Evidence On Grid Reliability, Even His Own
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Late Wednesday night, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its so-called “study” on grid reliability. Secretary Perry commissioned the report in this April memo, asking the DOE to investigate whether our electric grid’s reliability is threatened by the “erosion of critical baseload resources,” meaning coal and nuclear power plants. Perry took the unusual step of… Keep reading →
DOE Opens The Door To Major Energy Market Reforms
By PAUL GAUKLER, MEGHAN CLAIRE HAMMOND, SHEILA MCCAFFERTY HARVEY, JEFFREY MERRIFIELD, ANDREW WEISSMAN | PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
The Department of Energy’s much-anticipated study on Electricity Markets and Reliability focuses on protecting the resilience of the grid and sets the stage for debate at FERC.
Time Will Tell If Trump Infrastructure Executive Order Shortens Federal Reviews
By KEVIN ASHE, NORMAN CARLIN | PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
New EO aims to hold federal agencies to a two-year timeline for completing environmental review and issuing approvals for infrastructure projects.
Here’s Why Putting More Tax Dollars Behind Coal Is Such A Wasteful Proposition
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice just pitched a coal boondoggle to President Donald Trump. And boy oh boy, it’s a doozy. Justice, who made news recently for announcing at a Trump rally that he was switching from the Democratic to the Republican party, is a billionaire climate denier who owns a host of companies, including… Keep reading →
