Dive Brief: Reliability risks are spreading across the bulk electric system, driven by soaring peak demand forecasts and lagging resource additions, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Thursday in its annual […]
GE Vernova Q4 gas turbine orders surge 74%
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. GE Vernova plans to close its acquisition of Prolec GE early next month, improving its competitive position in fast-growing international […]
US Oil Drilling Continues to Flounder
The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose by 2 this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the […]
Customers, don’t expect electric bill relief in 2026: ‘The cake is baked.’
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Rising energy demand, inflation, grid investment, extreme weather and volatile fuel costs are increasing the cost of electricity faster than […]
Winter Weather Knocks as Much as 25 Bcfd Off U.S. Gas Output
Rystad Energy tracks 82 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) of flows from interstate pipelines in our North America Gas dashboard. We see an initial loss of about 2 Bcfd from the […]
The POWER Interview: A Path Forward for Geothermal Energy
Among the companies working on advanced geothermal tech is Rodatherm Energy Corp., a privately held company with a primary focus on the Great Basin region in the Western U.S. The Utah-based company, […]
Why Oil Reacts Violently at “Random” Levels
The Illusion of Randomness in Oil Markets Anyone who trades crude oil futures has seen it happen. Price sells off hard into a round number, stalls, and then snaps violently higher. Or […]
Why Some Cold States Are Making It Cheaper to Run a Heat Pump
New discounts can make heat pumps go from a bad investment to a good idea. via NYT > Climate and Environment https://ift.tt/3IgL21B
The rise of permissionless DERs
Distributed batteries are having a big moment. On one hand, companies like Base Power and Tesla have leaned into large residential batteries that export power back to the grid, but need permits […]
Producers Rush to Hedge amid Exploding Natural Gas Prices
After the Henry Hub natural gas price for February doubled, oil-and-gas producers aggressively locked in hedges. Cold weather caused the largest one-week rally since at least 1990. Oil and gas producers leaned […]