The Energy Realities Team, with a special guest, rolls in on a great Monday. In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with energy experts Charlie Garcia (MarketWatch columnist and author of Capital Mischief), Dr. Tammy Nemeth (The Nemeth Report), and David Blackmon (Forbes and Daily Caller contributor) to tackle […]
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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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European benchmark natural gas prices remain near multi-year highs in mid-October 2026, approaching levels last seen at the end of 2022. The Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) front-month contract traded around €86 per megawatt-hour (MWh)—roughly $96.50/MWh—after a sharp rally driven by constrained Middle East LNG supplies and historically low storage heading into winter. Prices have […]
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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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Hurricane Isaias, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, made landfall near Destin in the Florida Panhandle on the evening of October 9 as a Category 2 storm. It prompted extensive precautionary shut-ins of offshore oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of America before tracking eastward and largely sparing major refining centers. […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter Substack. We recommend reading and subscribing; in light of the EU meeting with Mark Carney in three weeks, this has some interesting background links. Power is an issue in the EU. – Just saying. Regardless of however the “friendly competition” evolves between Germany […]
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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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The Permian Basin remains the engine of U.S. oil growth, but it is steadily becoming gassier. Rising gas-to-oil ratios (GORs) mean every incremental barrel of crude now brings more associated natural gas. Without matching takeaway capacity, that gas depresses local prices, forces curtailments or flaring, and erodes the economics that keep oil drilling active. New […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally published in Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter on Substack, and we recommend subscribing. In order to counterbalance the Mainstream Media’s bias, you have to do your own research. Getting local views from individual countries has really helped me see things in a real-world way, as opposed to what the media feeds […]
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The 2026 Virginia Energy Plan’s cheapest system-cost path is the one that allows new gas. Every clean pathway costs more on the bill, then wins only after a carbon adder. Governor Abigail Spanberger released the 2026 Virginia Energy Plan on October 1 and called it a path to affordable, reliable, local clean power. The modeling […]
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