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The Oregonian: Federal energy regulators on Tuesday upheld the state of Oregon’s decision to deny a water quality certification for the proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay and its feeder pipeline, the Pacific Connector, another sign that the massive energy project may be on its last legs. Oregon’s Department of […]
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Renewables Now: French energy giant Total SE has signed an agreement with 174 Power Global to create a 50/50 joint venture (JV) aimed at developing 12 utility-scale solar and storage projects for 1.6 GW of combined capacity in the US. Total said Thursday that these projects have been transferred from a pipeline developed by 174 […]
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Renewables Now: Portland General Electric Company, or PGE, and NextEra Energy Resources LLC have brought online a 300-MW wind farm that will be part of a larger hybrid power complex in Oregon. Dubbed the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility, the complex is being built near Lexington, Morrow County, and will incorporate wind, solar and energy storage […]
Guest Commentary: Brent Israelsen and Karl Cates
Long-simmering initiative to send Utah product to Asia is dead
A long-shot proposal to send coal 700 miles overland from Utah to Oakland for transoceanic shipment to Asian markets is dead. A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Kentucky last week approved a plan by the proposed project’s major creditor, Autumn Wind Lending LLC, to take over a sublease at the Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal (OBOT) […]
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Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon is officially done producing coal-fired energy. Portland General Electric permanently closed its [585 megawatt] Boardman coal-fired power plant in Eastern Oregon on Thursday. The plant closed 20 years ahead of a scheduled early closure date as outlined in a landmark 2010 agreement that was designed to reduce air pollution from the […]
Press Release, Karl Cates, Guest Commentary: Brent Israelsen and Seth Feaster
Case study Nolan County: Strengthening jobs, economic development, tax base
August 10, 2020 (IEEFA) — The wind industry in West Texas continues to create jobs, increase local tax revenues and drive economic development in an area known historically for its boom-and-bust oil cycles, concludes a report published today by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report—As Oil and Gas Wane, Texas […]
Larry Shapiro
Project cancellations highlight larger stressors in the oil and gas industry
If you are a pipeline developer, landmark court victories just aren’t what they used to be. Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced on Sunday that they are canceling their proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline just 20 days after they won a 7-2 decision in the U.S. Supreme Court authorizing them to build the pipeline underneath the Appalachian Trail. […]
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KIFI/KIDK: PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, has issued what it calls the largest request for proposals for renewable energy projects in company history. The company is looking for competitive resources to connect to its 10-state transmission system. According to its Integrated Resource Plan, the company plans to add 1,823 megawatts of new […]
Karl Cates
Solar and wind continue to attract investors as fossil fuel assets fall
Amid the global economic crisis, utility-scale wind and solar continue to be seen not just as a long-term investment but one for the near term as well. Writing from Australia this week, my colleague Bruce Robertson notes that two big energy companies—Origin and Santos—are pulling back on oil and gas capital spending but forging ahead on […]
Dennis Wamsted and Karl Cates
Charging customers $7,000 apiece for a long-shot industry experiment
In making a pitch for a multi-billion-dollar ratepayer-funded bailout of the state’s coal industry, Wyoming legislators are avoiding the hard truth of market realities all around them and asking rank-and-file electric customers to foot the bill. Legislation now being considered by the Wyoming legislature (House Bill No. HBO200) would direct the state’s utility commission to […]
IEEFA U.S.: As oil and gas wane, Texas wind industry ascends
Case study Nolan County: Strengthening jobs, economic development, tax baseAugust 10, 2020 (IEEFA) — The wind industry in West Texas continues to create jobs, increase local tax revenues and drive economic development in an area known historically for its boom-and-bust oil cycles, concludes a report published today by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report—As Oil and Gas Wane, Texas […]