Build the Donald J. Trump Tunnel
A silly fight over vital infrastructure has gone off the rails. Let’s make a deal.
U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity
(Fri, 13 Sep 2019) The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its annual biodiesel production capacity report. The new report contains data for all operating U.S. biodiesel plants as of January 1, 2019.
The Great Tax Break Heist
The many, many fiascos of policy by tax cut.
Summer on the Swollen Great Lakes
The lakes rose this year to levels not seen in decades. A 1,234-mile drive around one of them revealed what all that water has left behind — vanishing beaches, closed roads, new islands.
Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past
How a long line of questionable decisions led to the crisis over lead contamination in Newark.
Hourly Electric Grid Monitor
(Wed, 21 Aug 2019) EIA launched a beta release of its new <em>Hourly Electric Grid Monitor</em>, a redesigned and enhanced version of the existing <em>U.S. Electric System Operating Data</em> website. The data come from Form EIA-930, <em>Hourly and Daily Balancing Authority Operations Report</em>, which collects hourly electricity demand, forecast demand, net generation, and interchange data from the electricity balancing authorities that operate the electric grid in the Lower 48 states.
Coal Transportation Rates to the Electric Power Sector
(Wed, 21 Aug 2019) In 2008 EIA began collecting the commodity cost of all coal delivered to power plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 50 megawatts or greater on the Form EIA-923, âPower Plant Operations Report.â Since EIA already collected delivered cost for the same shipments, a proxy for transportation cost is be calculated by subtracting one from the other.
OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet
(Tue, 20 Aug 2019) The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned almost $711 billion in net oil export revenue in 2018; however, EIA forecasts annual OPEC net oil export revenue will decline to $593 billion in 2019 and to $556 billion in 2020 as a result of decreasing production among a number of OPEC producers.
The Freshmen: Mikie Sherrill
An outspoken progressive wing in the House has seized the country’s attention. But the path to power for Democrats may depend on moderates, who have a very different vision for the party. Meet one of them.
Italy’s Parliament Backs Rail Link as Nationalist League Party Comes Out on Top
The issue had threatened to splinter Italy’s governing coalition. The League’s partner, the Five Star Movement, had opposed the project.