In this episode of the Energy Newsbeat podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with David Blackmon (Forbes contributor and Energy Impacts podcast host) and Mike Umbro (energy innovator and founder of California for Energy and Science) to explore a groundbreaking solution to California’s energy crisis. The conversation centers on Geologic Thermal Energy Storage (GeoTES)—a revolutionary […]
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The summer of 2026 tested the U.S. electric grid with record heat and rising demand. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (based on Form EIA-930 data), three major regional transmission organizations (RTOs) set new peak hourly load records.Eia PJM (serving roughly 65–67 million people across all or parts of 13 […]
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California’s Cap-and-Invest and Low Carbon Fuel Standard added about 47 cents a gallon in July (CEC). Washington’s carbon auction and clean-fuel rules add roughly 36–74 cents. The federal RFS is a separate 1-to-45-cent fight over gross credits versus net pump pass-through. We map the published estimates, keep taxes and refinery closures in their own buckets, […]
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its 2026–27 Winter Fuels Outlook on October 6, 2026, alongside the October Short-Term Energy Outlook. The outlook paints a mixed picture for household heating costs this winter (November through March). Homes that primarily heat with natural gas or propane—about half of U.S. households—are expected to spend less than […]
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A short-lived but intense blast of unseasonal heat is colliding with the annual autumn maintenance window, tightening power supplies on grids that serve roughly one-third of the U.S. population and prompting fresh federal emergency measures. On October 13, 2026, Bloomberg reported that temperatures were expected to run more than 25°F above normal in parts of […]
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Hurricane Isaias, the first named hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Destin, Florida, late Friday evening, bringing destructive winds, storm surge, and heavy rain that left hundreds of thousands of utility customers in the dark across the Gulf Coast and into the Southeast.Bloomberg If you have power, […]
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Pacific Gas and Electric is warning customers that it may implement Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) starting Friday afternoon, October 9, 2026, and extending through the weekend into Monday as dry, gusty winds raise wildfire risk across parts of Northern and Central California. Local reporting citing PG&E notifications puts the potential scope at about 12,200 […]
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Chinese-headquartered companies have delivered more than 70 GW of inverters to America’s commercial and utility solar plants, while each U.S. grid is designed to ride through the sudden loss of roughly 2.8 to 3.9 GW. Replacing one big transformer now takes about two and a half years. What has actually been found, what Washington has […]
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Isaac Orr, Vice President of Research at Always On Energy Research, to discuss a groundbreaking report on how alternative energy mandates are driving up electricity bills across America. The conversation reveals a stark divide between blue and red states in energy affordability and policy effectiveness, exploring how renewable energy requirements in regions with poor solar […]
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On 5 October 2026, members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted at their autumn conference to drop the party’s longstanding blanket opposition to nuclear power. The motion removes nuclear fission from the list of technologies the party had committed to phase out and reclassifies it as a low-carbon option that can be […]
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