The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) decried the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) newly proposed waste prevention and resource conservation regulation on venting and flaring gas on Friday, warning that it undercuts energy companies.
“This proposed rule is an arbitrary atte... Read More »
Duke Energy Progress (DEP), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, announced on Wednesday that it ranks third in the country for solar energy connected to the grid according to Smart Electric Power Alliance’s (SEPA) Top 10 solar utility list.
Duke Energy ranked third in the nation for the increas... Read More »
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Petroleum Supply Monthly report, published on Tuesday, Canada supplied 43 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports in 2015, the highest share on record, with no signs of slowing.
U.S. gross crude oil imports averaged 7.4 million barr... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Q4 2015 Quarterly Coal Report (Abbreviated) on Tuesday, with observed data regarding coal consumption, imports, exports and prices, while also reporting a decrease across the industry.
The EIA stated that all data for last year is st... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) released its 2016 Quarterly Well Completion Report, First Quarter recently, finding that natural gas well completion decreased by 70 percent compared to Q1 levels last year during the same time.
“America’s shale energy revolution has helped the U.S. low... Read More »
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently asked residents to take extreme care during power outages, which have become increasingly common due to inclement weather this spring.
The Pennsylvania PUC urged residents to call their utility companies directly during a power outage be... Read More »
Several industry representatives critiqued the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s (PUCO) decision to approve Purchase Power Agreements (PPAs) for FirstEnergy and AEP on Thursday, warning that the PPAs were deeply flawed and will hurt consumers.
Representatives from the PJM Power Providers Gr... Read More »
Consumers Energy announced on Saturday that its prices have dropped to a nearly 20 year low, with the natural gas company reporting that keeping prices low boosts the local economy.
"We are committed to delivering natural gas safely, reliably and affordably, knowing that our work to reduce costs... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Friday announced that natural gas-fired generation is expected to surpass coal generation on an annual basis starting in 2016.
The forecast was included in the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
For decades, coal was the outright mo... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced this week that total electricity sales fell 1.1 percent in 2015, marking the fifth time in eight years that electricity sales have fallen.
This drop in sales reflects declining sales in the industrial sector and little to no growth in resident... Read More »