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Natural Gas Prices in Northeast Spike Due To Cold & Pipeline Constraints
Very cold weather increased the demand for natural gas used for home heating and for gas-fired electric generators in the Northeast, causing a spike in prices earlier this month. Prices spiked because...
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Wind Choked When it was Needed Most
Reliable energy sources and a diverse fuel mix are integral to maintaining America’s electric grid and keeping the lights on. The electric grid must be carefully balanced at all times so that supply...
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Electricity Prices on the Rise; New England Leads the Pack
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), residential electricity prices have risen by 3.2 percent during the first 6 months of this year compared to the first 6 months of last year—the...
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Natural Gas Prices in Northeast Spike Due To Cold & Pipeline Constraints
Very cold weather increased the demand for natural gas used for home heating and for gas-fired electric generators in the Northeast, causing a spike in prices earlier this month. Prices spiked because...
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Wind Choked When it was Needed Most
Reliable energy sources and a diverse fuel mix are integral to maintaining America’s electric grid and keeping the lights on. The electric grid must be carefully balanced at all times so that supply...
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Electricity Prices on the Rise; New England Leads the Pack
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), residential electricity prices have risen by 3.2 percent during the first 6 months of this year compared to the first 6 months of last year—the...
View Article#17: Jason Hayes and Isaac Orr discuss reliable energy and the polar vortex...
The team sits down with Jason Hayes, of the Mackinac Center, and Issac Orr, of the Center of the American Experiment, to discuss the polar vortex in the Midwest and what energy policies are making the...
View ArticleUtilities Call for Americans to Conserve Energy as Frigid Weather Exhausts...
Last month, the polar vortex brought below-zero temperatures to the Midwest and Great Plains. Over 220 million Americans experienced below-freezing temperatures across the lower-48 states, and about 26...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles Did Not Fare Well During the Polar Vortex
Electric vehicle owners reported a loss of range of as much as 30 percent when the polar vortex swept through the Midwestern and Northeastern states in late January. The reason is that lithium-ion...
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Wind Generation Fails in Midwest Due to Weather Events: Polar Vortex and El Niño
Weather has a major effect on the productivity of wind turbines. Both the Polar Vortex and El Niño have reduced the output of wind turbines in the Midwest. During the polar vortex, wind turbines...
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Understanding the Texas Energy Predicament
Texas is being hit with record temperatures and escalating energy prices as cold weather has caused over 4 million customers to be without power and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the...
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February Freeze and Suez Canal Closure Exacerbate Supply Chain Shortages
The February freeze in the U.S. led to chemical plant shutdowns that are further disrupting global supply chains and causing a shortage of raw material that first occurred because of the lockdowns from...
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