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California Grid to Maintain Reliability Despite Drought

July 7, 2015 by Karen Henry

Despite a drought that has lowered hydroelectric generation in California, the bulk power system in the state is not expected to lose grid reliability this summer, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and reported by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Overall, NERC expects more than 72 GW ... Read more »

Natural Gas Prices to Remain Low on Record Storage Levels

June 10, 2015September 1, 2022 by Josh Kessler

Despite a 31 percent decrease in the number of operational natural gas exploration rigs, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the US achieved the largest ever net weekly natural gas injection level: 132 billion cubic feet (Bcf). A combination of increased production, increased imports and moderate power burn resulting ... Read more »

Summer Power Prices to Fall 24%

May 27, 2015 by Josh Kessler

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reports that peak electricity prices are down an average of 24 percent from last year, driven in part by falling fuel and capacity prices. Prices are down across all regions, led by the heavily gas-dependent ISO-New England region, which experienced a 34 percent drop ... Read more »

The Aging Energy Infrastructure Challenge

May 27, 2015 by Josh Kessler

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz presented recommendations from the Quadrennial Energy Review to Congress on May 21, reported Forbes. Although Moniz noted that electricity consumption has been flat for the past 10 years, he discussed several challenges that the country will need to address in the coming years, including climate change, ... Read more »

Projected Electric Capacity Additions Are Below Recent Historical Levels

May 13, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

In the coming decades, additions to US electricity generation capacity are expected to be lower than in the recent past. In the Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s Annual Energy Outlook 2015 Reference case, which reflects current laws and policies and does not include EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, total generating capacity ... Read more »

Three Insights from EIA’s May Energy Outlook

May 13, 2015October 18, 2022 by Josh Kessler

Risk of Natural Gas Price Increases The Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s price model shows that natural gas prices are likely to increase beginning this month and will trend upward through the end of next year. Perhaps more importantly, the potential magnitude of a price increase is far greater than a ... Read more »

EIA: Size of Commercial Buildings Continues to Grow

May 11, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Increases in the size of commercial buildings have outpaced increases in the number of those buildings over the past decade, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). CBECS estimates that there were 5.6 million commercial buildings in the United States in 2012, totaling ... Read more »

States Use Energy Resource Permanent Funds for Various Purposes

May 1, 2015April 5, 2022 by Karen Henry

Eight states have permanent funds primarily funded by oil, coal or natural gas tax revenues, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). These funds are set aside by national, state and local governments for strategic or long-term use. Similar to an endowment, states typically only spend the earnings and ... Read more »

US Energy Demand Slows

April 30, 2015April 5, 2022 by Karen Henry

US energy consumption is expected to grow at 0.3 percent per year through 2040 and is not expected to return to the growth rates seen in the second half of the 20th century, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Reference case projections in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2015 ... Read more »

US to Eliminate Energy Imports, EIA Predicts

April 15, 2015April 5, 2022 by Karen Henry

Projections show the potential to eliminate net US energy imports between 2020 and 2030, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015). The projections are based on continued growth in oil and natural gas production, growth in the use of renewables and the application of demand-side efficiency. ... Read more »

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