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Top US regulators don’t back claim that grid faces emergency

Bloomberg Top US energy regulators declined to endorse the notion that power grids face a national emergency during a Senate hearing, tacitly rebuffing President Donald Trump’s argument to prop up struggling coal and nuclear plants. The five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission were testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee when asked by New Mexico Democrat ...

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American gas prices could double by 2040

Bloomberg American gas prices could double by 2040 as the US exports more liquefied natural gas, but consumers will be shielded as production of the fuel increases and trade balances improve. That’s the conclusion from a study commissioned by the US Department of Energy that found an almost 50 percent chance of gas reaching $5 to $6.50 per million British ...

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US lowers domestic, world 2019 crude output forecasts

Bloomberg Next year, the US government doesn’t see global or US crude production as high as it once did. The Energy Information Administration decreased its 2019 forecast for global production to 102.21 million barrels a day, with most of the downward revision from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries. World demand growth is unchanged. At the same time, it sees ...

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