As temperatures continue to plummet to abominable levels in Michigan and throughout the Midwest, Consumers Energy announced its public appeal for customers to voluntarily reduce natural gas usage during an emergency will end at midnight tonight.
Temperatures well below zero led to a spike in dema... Read More »
ExxonMobil started construction on a new crude oil refinery unit at its Beaumont, Texas, facility that will increase crude refining capacity by more than 65 percent, or 250,000 barrels per day.
It is the third crude unit at the facility. It became necessary due to increased crude oil production ... Read More »
A panel of energy veterans convened in Washington by the Bipartisan Policy Center on Thursday said the high-stakes balancing act between energy development and environmental protection would continue to complicate the market as it shifts toward renewable energy and exports.
While the United State... Read More »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Pacific Union College announced Tuesday that they are collaborating on a project known as a Resilience Zone in Angwin, Calif., to support wildfire prevention.
The project will allow the company to continue providing electricity to community resources if... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final Environmental Impact Statement for the Driftwood LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility and pipeline project near Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Driftwood project, which includes a 96-mile pipeline, would export 27.6 million tons of LNG annuall... Read More »
Tallgrass Energy and Kinder Morgan struck a deal that will increase crude oil capacity at facilities in the Western United States.
As part of the deal, Tallgrass Energy would convert portions of its Pony Express Pipeline System to crude oil service, while Kinder Morgan would do the same with por... Read More »
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) signed Monday a modified Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Plan (IREP) for Mountaineer Gas Company.
The IREP uses a surcharge, which was authorized by the Legislature in 2015 by passage of Senate Bill 390, for the expedited cost recover... Read More »
El Paso Electric will generate 50 additional megawatts (MW) of capacity by 2022 and 320 MW by 2023 for a total of 370 MW.
The energy mix will include solar, battery storage, and natural gas. Specifically, following the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP), the company purchased 200 megawat... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute's (API) fourth-quarter 2018 Quarterly Well Completion Report recently reported that America is continuing to gain ground as the world leader in natural gas and oil production.
“The data for the fourth quarter report confirm the rise in natural gas and oil well c... Read More »
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently accepted Avista Utilities’ 2018 natural gas Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which outlines how the company plans to meet meeting customer demand over the next 20 years.
Avista is required to file a natural gas IRP with the Idaho PUC every ot... Read More »