More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
People used more electricity than ever last year, about 2% more, an increase of about as much as Canada uses in a year.
Supporters of the change said the fixed-rate fee brings California utilities into line with many utilities in other states.
People used more electricity than ever last year, about 2% more, an increase of about as much as Canada uses in a year.
A bill passed during a special session updated and expanded data reporting requirements for the oil industry. Some of that data was discussed at a Tuesday committee hearing.
In February, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential report that Iran's estimated stockpile of enriched uranium had reached 27 times the limit set out in the 2015 accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
A D.C. Circuit panel said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers followed the law in analyzing the impact of the project.
CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit reversed a Wisconsin federal court’s injunction in favor of environmental advocates who say a proposed land swap’s powerline would run through a wildlife refuge on the Mississippi River; the injunction kept a utility company from doing any construction in the refuge. In this two-page ruling, the appellate panel says the district court made no finding that the environmentalists are likely to succeed on the merits, a necessary element to win a temporary injunction.
The agreement comes with a commitment to bar Pioneer’s founder from working with Exxon over allegations he colluded to reduce production to increase profits.
The gas stations accused Costco of undercutting their business by selling gas below a statutory minimum price. The Seventh Circuit decided it wasn't so simple.
NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit found that a bankruptcy court should not have denied the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s motion to abstain in this dispute between ERCOT and an energy company, which couldn’t pay its nearly $300 million bill in the fallout of the 2021 winter storm in Texas. ERCOT is not entitled to immunity, but the Supreme Court requires abstention under guiding case law.
The new rule, which implements provisions of last year's Fiscal Responsibility Act to expedite the environmental review process, was welcomed by environmental advocates but rebuked by the chair of the Senate Energy Committee.
Two nuclear reactors overlooking the Pacific Ocean are good to go for another five years.