Energy
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Feds order grid overhaul to speed AI data center development
Under the new orders, the nation’s six regional market operators have 60 days to comply with a requirement that they must either legally justify their existing grid connection rules or file sweeping tariff overhauls directed specifically at large energy users.
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Trump admin to lower housing costs by removing Biden-era green energy mandates, HUD secretary says
The cost of compliance, according to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott, adds $31,000 to the cost of a home and adds to the housing shortage Americans are facing.
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Reserves and fracking prevented energy crisis, but challenges lay ahead despite ceasefire: experts
The double blockades on the Strait of Hormuz produced the world's largest disruption in energy supplies, yet the situation never produced the global energy crisis that some predicted. There are several reasons, including U.S. stockpiles proving more robust than expected. As for now, those supplies have been severely depleted.
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Biden Energy Department ill prepared to combat fraud as it spends billions on infrastructure
Watchdog report gives harsh assessment to agency under Secretary Jennifer Granholm, from cybersecurity to foreign theft.
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Report: California among most unaffordable states for energy
ALEC notes that the states with the highest electricity prices, including California where it costs 19.65 cents per kilowatt an hour, use Renewable Portfolio Standards and cap-and-trade programs.
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Wyoming governor’s speech erupts into fight over future of fossil fuels, carbon capture
To reach the International Energy Agency's carbon-reduction targets 70 to 100 carbon capture facilities will have to come online every year for the next 27 years. Installing the technology on a single power station in Wyoming would cost nearly $468 million.
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Report: Oklahoma's electricity rates fourth lowest in the nation
ALEC used 2022 U.S. Energy Information Administration statistics to measure the pennies per kilowatt hour. Oklahoma's cost was 8.52 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Arizona Chamber writes Biden admin warning about EPA proposal
The opponents say it could make certain projects harder to abide by environmental standards and have the potential to harm economic development.
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Biden administration approves major wind project off the coast of New York, New Jersey
In October, New York state officials turned down the developers' request to renegotiate contracts over concerns about increasing rate payers’ energy bills, which were already some of the highest in the country.
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Pennsylvania Democrat gov tries new way to make companies pay for emissions after court reject plan
Shapiro is looking to implement an alternative cap-and-trade program, which seeks to achieve emissions reductions through another avenue than the plan the state court shot down.
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Biden using wartime powers to expand green agenda raises concerns of overreach, best use amid wars
The law was utilized again during the COVID pandemic. Under its authority, Biden increased vaccine products and distributed 500 million COVID tests.
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Ford 'right-sizing' Michigan EV plant, slashing 800 jobs
The $210 million awarded to Ford from the Critical Industry Program could be canceled if the proposal contained any material misrepresentation.
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Alaska's Hill delegation introduces measure to open Arctic to drilling, reinstate canceled leases
Alaska’s 2023 Right to Produce Act would reinstate the leases awarded under former President Donald Trump and reverse the proposed ban.