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  • Blog
    January 25, 2017

    Long Overdue, President Trump Moves Keystone XL and Dakota Access Forward

    Yesterday, on day five of the new Administration, President Trump took steps to fulfill a campaign promise to create jobs and expand the development and use of American energy. With the stroke of a pen, the President signed Executive actions that set in motion the steps and process needed to
  • Blog
    January 17, 2017

    The Costs of Achieving the Obama Administration’s GHG Goals

    Over the last couple of years, we’ve taken some deep dives into the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) analyses of the economic and energy market impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), both its proposed (EIA Analysis Shows EPA’s Carbon Regulations
  • Blog
    January 11, 2017

    Proof that the Army Corps Pipeline Permitting Process is Sound

    We’ve been very frustrated with the continued attempts by the Obama Administration on its way out of Washington to halt critical energy opportunities. That includes blatant political interference to delay a permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corp) had
  • Blog
    January 10, 2017

    Is Energy “Independence” on the Horizon? EIA Thinks So

    The Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of Department of Energy, last week released its new Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017). The AEO’s Reference Case represents EIA’s best prognostication (or educated guess—take your pick) of what energy markets—including supply, demand
  • Blog
    December 20, 2016

    It's a Dangerous Business

    On Fox News Sunday yesterday, Reince Priebus, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for White House Chief of Staff, summed up pretty well the huge challenges Rex Tillerson, the President-elect’s choice for Secretary of State, faced as CEO of ExxonMobil:
  • Blog
    December 15, 2016

    Record Solar Growth, Thanks to Utilities

    Over the past few months, we have demonstrated how outdated net metering policies shift grid costs away from customers with rooftop solar panels to those without such installations. Due to this cost shift, utility regulators in states such as Maine, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere are reexamining their
  • Blog
    December 8, 2016

    NRDC: Repeal the Law of Unintended Consequences

    Some things have to be seen to be believed. Take this doozey of a press release from the Natural Resources Defense Council: “NRDC Report: Tar Sands Tankers in U.S. Waters Could Skyrocket 12-Fold Under Canadian Producers' Plans.” The presser begins with this startling insight: “Canadian oil producers