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Deep Freeze in U.S. Creates Heating Squeeze for Homeowners and Utilities

Via The New York Times: Homeowners, businesses and utilities across much of the United States were keeping a close watch on fuel supplies Wednesday as a record-setting cold snap caused demand for heating oil and natural gas to soar. With heating units in homes and commercial buildings running furiously to fend off the deep freeze, […]

America’s Power Grid Shows Signs of Strain Amid Deep Freeze

Via The Seattle Times: America’s power grid is starting to show signs of fatigue as the nation grapples with a record-breaking cold snap. In the Midwest, some natural-gas plants are having trouble getting supplies, forcing outages and increased use of fuel oil, Dustin Smith, a spokesman for the Southwest Power Pool, said on Tuesday. Some […]

Coal, Oil Get a Boost from Northern Cold Snap

Via Utility Dive: Brutal cold weather across portions of the country is altering the power mix for some electric grids, with oil leading over gas in ISO New England and coal doing the same in PJM. Despite the cold, there have not been any difficulties in continuing to supply fuel to power plants or electricity to […]

Barry Butterfield: Energy Diversity Still Needed

Via The Omaha World-Herald: The Nebraska Public Service Commission’s recent approval of a Keystone XL pipeline route across Nebraska has revived concerns about energy production and its environmental impact. Nevertheless, nuclear and coal still matter. In 2015, these two sources accounted for 87 percent of the energy generated in Nebraska. Nationally, they supply over half […]

Coal Mining Remains Significant Source of Revenue for Montana

Via The Independent Record: Although coal mining and the production from coal-fired power plants has declined in Montana, taxes on coal still remain a significant source of revenue for the state, bringing in $81 million to state and local governments in 2016. A report produced for the Environmental Quality Council, which is made up of […]

They Said Trump Couldn’t Reinvigorate Coal Industry – Did He?

Via Conservative Daily News: Experts said that President Donald Trump could not reinvigorate the coal industry with his deregulatory agenda – they were wrong. The Economist tweeted that “There is no reason to expect that Donald Trump’s decision will invigorate coal mining, as he claims it will” “Hogwash. These actions won’t save coal or help […]

The Vortex Validation

January 3, 2018 What a year it was that just ended.  After seeing an election that embarrassed the political “experts”, we enjoyed a booming economy that embarrassed the economic experts. That gifted student of failure Casey Stengel said it best: “Nobody here knows anything.” Energy experts found their own platitudes exposed by reality.  None is […]

Under Trump, Things Looking up for Coal Industry

Via The Free-Lance Star: THERE IS no question that the future is brighter for our nation’s coal industry. Changes in policy, regulations and markets are contributing to a stronger domestic coal industry. The U.S. economy is growing again. Global economic activity is increasing. The business prospects of other countries that use our coal for electricity, […]

Trump’s Energy Success

Via The American Thinker: Just six months ago, the Trump administration was attacked for its “slow start.”  It was said to be “in disarray,” in “chaos,” “at war” with itself, and incapable of governing.  Now the list of successes has piled up, making it clear that, if the trend continues, President Trump will become one […]

Planning America’s Energy Future Requires Caution, Common Sense

Via The Spectrum: The captain of the HMS Titanic, Edward John Smith, famously said, “I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern ship building has gone beyond that.” His confidence at the time was understandable, given that the general public had yet to experience a large-scale maritime catastrophe. Curiously, the more […]