Natural Gas, Which Saved the Day, Blamed by NERC? Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: NERC, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation, has put out a report that seems to blame natural gas for an almost blackout last year but it isn’t so.] Less than a year ago,
Read More...Natural Gas Now Best Picks – September 2, 2023 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week: another dangerous Upstate solar fire, the inconvenience of whales, grid rescue again and again
Read More...Americans have identified reliability and affordability as top energy priorities, and are increasingly concerned about the potential impact on both from renewable-only energy policies, according to a new poll published by Morning Consult and conducted on behalf of the Electric Power Supply Association. Approximately half of the 2,205 respondents say their reliability unease has grown
Read More...Summer is here and the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) warns that two-thirds of the United States can see energy shortages if demand surpasses normal summer peak demand. According to NERC’s 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment, the growing gap between available supply and peak demand is caused by the early retirements of firm generating capacity, including
Read More...Natural Gas Now Best Picks – January 28, 2023 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week; Mississippi solar madness, fat cat power seekers, water questions and tipsy towers. Look for these
Read More...Grid Going Sickly Green and Needs to Be NERCed and FERCed David Wojick, PhD Journalist and Independent Policy Analyst … … … [Editor’s Note: The electrical grid is sick and getting sicker, according to David Wojick, and only tangible action by an outfit called NERC (or FERC) can save the thing.] It is no secret
Read More...Climate Act Benefits Mostly Imaginary But Costs Will Be Real Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: A utopian “Clean Heat for All Challenge” plan advanced by New York agencies to implement the state’s Climate Act shows us benefits are few but costs are real.]
Read More...Climate Misinformation Yields Big Lie on What Is Dangerous Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: It is profound climate misinformation to suppose global warming is such a threat that any action, no matter how risky, is somehow preferable to doing nothing.] I
Read More...Thruway EV Charging Dilemma: NY Jumping Without A Parachute! Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Empire State Gov. Kathy Hochul is making promises New York cannot keep as her proposal to charge EVs along the Thruway reveals a stunning incapacity to do so.]
Read More...Hochul Obsession with Climate Leadership Will Harm New York Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is obsessed with being a “climate leader.” That’s what political correctness demands in the Empire State and New Yorkers will pay.] The
Read More...California Is No Model, So Why Does New York Still Mimic It? Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: California is the last place any state should look for ideas unless programmed failure is the objective, but that’s exactly what New York looks
Read More...California issued a flex alert to conserve energy, less than a week after state officials announced a plan to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. The alert came as a heat wave threatens the state with rolling blackouts due to increased cooling demand and a lack
Read More...The U.S. Department of Energy recently sent letters to New England governors urging them to take measures to shore up their oil and natural gas supplies ahead of the coming winter. Energy Sec. Granholm wrote: “I urge you to consider what additional steps you can take in the coming weeks to improve preparedness, including using
Read More...In a move that is somehow both predictable and baffling, attorneys general from California, Oregon, and Washington filed a motion with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging the agency to reject a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion project on the grounds that “the project does not serve the public necessity or interest,” even though the
Read More...California is once again struggling with an energy supply crisis, causing the state to look to natural gas power generation facilities to try to prevent blackouts and brownouts. As Politico recently reported, ”California scorns fossil fuel but can’t keep the lights on without it.” Officials have warned that up to 3.75 million homes – about
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