Morgan Evans

From assisting natural gas and electric utility customers in paying higher-than-usual energy bills, to decorating Ronald McDonald Houses for the holiday season, the energy industry has once again stepped up to the plate to spread cheer this holiday season.  Jackson, MI-based Consumers Energy said it would provide $7.25 million to help Michiganders struggling with winter…

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) doused its rules regulating natural gas utilities in red ink, adding requirements to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and striking “natural” from natural gas. In what the Colorado Energy Office called a “key step” in achieving the state’s GHG Pollution Reduction Roadmap, the CPUC earlier this month finalized rules…

The American Gas Association (AGA) called the plan of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to electrify all new or recently renovated federal buildings “impractical, unscientific and expensive.” Earlier this month, the Biden administration unveiled its Federal Building Performance Standard (BPS), which aims to achieve “zero” direct on-site emissions, aka Scope 1 emissions, in 30%…

A bill qualifying natural gas as green energy and allowing state agencies to lease land to develop oil and gas has passed the Ohio legislature and was awaiting a signature from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.  Under current Ohio law, state agencies are not automatically required to lease land for oil and gas exploration and production…

Following “aggressive grid management planning,” the Texas electrical grid is prepared to meet the winter 2022-2023 forecast peak demand of nearly 67.4 GW, the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said. ERCOT late last month released its Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) report, in which it detailed the 87.3 GW of resources that are…

Sen. Pat Toomey last week introduced a bill that would create “regulatory certainty” for all U.S. pipeline construction, including the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The Republican Senator representing Pennsylvania’s 15th District introduced the bill to limit regulatory and litigation delays as a result of “outdated laws,” the Senator said. Such laws would include the…

Residents with new homes in 2023 in Marin County, CA will do their cooking with electric appliances after the Board of Supervisors in November voted to ban natural gas hookups in new buildings.  The county, a peninsula sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, is expected to adopt Ordinance No. 3776 in January.…

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously early this month to enact a ban on all new oil and natural gas drilling in every zone across the city and create a 20-year timeline to phase out exploration and production (E&P) at existing wells. City Planning Case (CPC) 2022-4864-CA amends the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC)…

PJM Interconnection LLC, which serves 65 million across the Mid-Atlantic, said it is armed to combat winter, with adequate fuel and energy supplies to meet a forecast peak demand of about 137 GW. The regional transmission operator serves customers in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West…