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Puerto Rico electricity service slow to return after Hurricane Maria

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2/3 of electricity generation located in south portion of island, most of population in north More than one month after Hurricane Maria made landfall, electricity service has not been restored to most residents of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As of Monday morning, the Puerto Rico Electric […]

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Column: Will global warming increase or decrease US energy consumption?

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US energy consumption forecast hard to pinpoint By Lucas Davis US households and businesses use a whopping 11.5 quadrillion BTUs of energy annually for heating and cooling, about one-third of all  residential and commercial energy use. How will this be impacted by global warming? When it comes to electricity, the answer is fairly unambiguous. A growing body of evidence shows that global

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US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions expected to fall in 2017 but rise in 2018

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Non-carbon electricity generation (primarily hydro power) to decline by 5 billion kWh Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell in both 2015 and 2016, and they are expected to fall again in 2017, based on forecasts in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. However, EIA forecasts a 2.2 per cent increase in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2018. An annual

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US household gasoline spending expected to remain below $2,000 in 2017

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Lower gasoline prices contributed to decreasing gasoline expenditures since 2012 The average U.S. household expenditure on gasoline in 2017 is expected to total $1,977, or approximately 2.4 per cent of mean incomes of households, according to projections in EIA’s most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). The most recent peak for gasoline expenditures was $2,715, or 4.0 per

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Biogas increasingly used to meet part of EPA’s renewable fuel requirements

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 50 facilities are registered with EPA to produce biogas Renewable natural gas (RNG), which is derived from biogas collected at landfills and other facilities, is increasingly used to meet government targets for renewable fuel production, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2016, about 189 million gallons of RNG were used to meet about

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