trending Market Intelligence /marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/DaBOOAR3x7duBv83rsVx0A2 content esgSubNav
In This List

PM Edition: Senators aim to stymie gas exports; Europe fights wind opposition

Podcast

Next in Tech | Episode 49: Carbon reduction in cloud

Blog

Using ESG Analysis to Support a Sustainable Future

Research

US utility commissioners: Who they are and how they impact regulation

Blog

Q&A: Datacenters: Energy Hogs or Sustainability Helpers?


PM Edition: Senators aim to stymie gas exports; Europe fights wind opposition

Top News

US Senators push to block key gas infrastructure involved in export projects

Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren plan to introduce legislation to block compressor station construction for pipeline projects that would export natural gas. The two Democratic senators could slow or halt the construction of new U.S. LNG terminals and cross-border pipelines by prohibiting the construction of natural gas compressor stations linked to export projects.

To lift anti-wind sentiment in Europe, developers get creative

New wind project construction numbers in Germany are tumbling due to anti-onshore wind groups' concerns over noise, shadows, aesthetics, species protection and economic disadvantages, and the country has added just 86 new wind turbines so far this year, compared with 1,405 in 2017. In the Netherlands, developers have adopted financial stakeholder models for the local community, such as crowdfunding or cooperative shareholding, to minimize friction.

Proposal to forgive co-ops' federal coal debt to promote renewables faces hurdles

A proposal by several Democratic presidential hopefuls and environmental groups aimed at helping rural electric cooperatives transition away from coal-fired plants to renewable generation sounds relatively straight forward but, in reality, faces a number of challenges that put the viability of such an option in question.

Blackjewel coal shipments continued at lower rate as competitors stepped up

Blackjewel LLC's two Powder River Basin mines continued to deliver coal at a reduced rate as other coal producers stepped up to supply additional coal to their utility customers, an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis of federal fuel contract data shows.

Other energy headlines

* U.S. crude oil inventories, excluding the strategic petroleum reserve, climbed by 2.9 million barrels from the week prior to 425.6 million barrels, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Oct. 9 "Weekly Petroleum Status Report." Total gasoline inventories declined by 1.2 million barrels to 228.8 million barrels, while distillate inventories fell by 3.9 million barrels to 127.3 million barrels.

* A section of one of the world's top-producing basins is ripe for consolidation, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey said in an Oct. 9 note, noting that "the southern Texas side of the play remains heavily fragmented with many smaller public/private [explorers and producers] scattered throughout," and upcoming mergers and acquisitions are possible as small- to mid-cap explorers and producers are punished by public markets over lower prices.

* If convicted, two Dakota Access pipeline protesters could face up to 110 years in prison. A federal grand jury indicted them on charges related to energy infrastructure opposition tactics.

ChartWatch

SNL Image

Facing low-price headwinds, drillers in the Utica Shale pulled fewer permits in September compared to the same month in 2018.

Research and Data

Data Dispatch: NextEra becomes 1st US power company to join $100B market cap club

Financial Focus: Gas flaring in Permian and Bakken states soars 51% in 2018 versus 2017

Pick of the day

State fires National Grid auditor for plagiarism, 'pervasive lack' of analysis

The Daily Dose, PM edition has an editorial deadline of 1:30 p.m. ET. Links are current as of publication time, and we are not responsible if those links are unavailable later.