Tag: policy
Texas biggest energy hog for 56th year in a row, but energy efficiency making inroads at state level – EIA
Electricity sales in states with efficiency mandates are 55% of total retail electricity sales The United States consumed about one per cent less energy in 2016 – with Texas the biggest user for the 56th year in a row – and that trend may accelerate as more states adopt energy efficiency policies and programs, according […]
Trump “energy dominance” goal just more empty political rhetoric, not policy
Way to decrease global economic power of OPEC is investment in clean technologies By Maximilian Auffhammer Energy dominance. A nice sounding slogan and empty policy goal. A reporter recently called me and asked me what I thought of the term “energy dominance”, which had been recently introduced by President Trump and his cabinet. I had […]
Alberta oil & gas sector asks Alberta, Canada to trim regulations, compliance costs – CAPP study
Capital spending in Canada forecast $44 billion in 2017, 46% decrease from 2014 The provincial government and the energy industry could create more than 24,000 new jobs for Albertans and grow the province’s economy by nearly $5 billion, according to a new report from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Industry continues to face […]
Notley energy report card: Progressive Conservatives give D grade
Under a United Conservative Party banner, “the carbon tax will be done” – Rick Fraser School’s out and the Alberta NDP government of Rachel Notley is just past its midway point. It’s time for opposition parties to hand out their mid-term report cards on how the NDP have done so far on energy policy. This […]
Notley energy report card: Alberta Party gives B- and F grades
“We can’t simply, like united right would have us believe, just turn back the clock and hope everything will be okay.” – Clark With the spring legislature session recently ended and the school season drawing to a close, it’s a great time for opposition parties to hand in report cards on the Alberta government handling […]
American oil in the global economy: markets, policy, and politics
US has 50% of global refining capacity and produces 56% of global oil products By Sarah Ladislaw, Adam Sieminski, Frank Verrastro, Andrew Stanley The rapid rise in unconventional oil output in the early part of this decade returned the United States to a prominent position as a major oil supplier. Over the course of the past […]
Latest EDF methane study overstates emissions from refineries, NG power plants
EDF authors spend significant amount of last two pages of report making the case for more aggressive regulations By Jackie Stewart, EnergyInDepth After spending $18 million on 16 previous methane studies with the stated purpose to “influence government policy concerning…the regulation of fracking,” the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has come out with yet another methane […]
Oil/gas in Norway: A pioneering carbon approach that works
Norway’s approach demonstrates that carbon price alone will not drive change The climate debate within the industry is over – petroleum-producing nations and upstream companies must act to reduce their carbon emissions, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie. Wood Mackenzie assesses the lessons that can be learned from Norway’s long-standing cost on carbon. In the wake […]
Taking a closer look at Donald Trump’s blueprint for US energy
Keeping oil and gas growth pace, but spurring rebound in coal production could be challenging, regardless of policy President Trump wants to create federal government policy that powers a recovery in domestic fossil fuel production, driving renewed drilling and mining investment, and creating new jobs in mines and on rigs. Will these policies — likely […]
European style energy policy is the wrong fit for America
Obama admitted thanks to America’s shale revolution, US manufacturing added over 800,000 direct jobs by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), EnergyInDepth Last year, I joined a bipartisan group of members from the House Energy and Commerce Committee on a trip to Portugal, Belgium, and the Ukraine to discuss our mutual energy interests and Russia’s aggression in […]
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