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DOE Closes $5.1 Billion Loan for Alliant Energy: Adding Firm Power, Cutting Costs, and Strengthening the Grid in Iowa and Wisconsin

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage46

On October 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a $5.1 billion, 30-year loan package to Alliant Energy subsidiaries serving Iowa and Wisconsin. The financing supports new natural gas generation, energy storage, and upgrades that will add more than 2.6 GW of firm or upgraded capacity—enough to power the […]

Virginia’s $67B Dominion-NextEra Merger Faces Rate Freeze Demands, Staff Rejection Call Ahead of Nov. 17 Hearing

October 29, 2026 Clark Savage50

Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) is set to scrutinize NextEra Energy’s proposed roughly $67 billion all-stock acquisition of Dominion Energy in an evidentiary hearing beginning November 17, with a decision deadline in mid-January 2027. The deal, announced in May 2026, would create one of the largest regulated U.S. electric utilities, serving about 10 million customer […]

Grid Margin of Error: Is the Lights-On Buffer Shrinking?

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Clark Savage54

Britain’s operator says it will hold a 5.9 GW cushion this winter. An analyst working from its own workbook gets 0.5 GW. Prepared by ENB Research Desk for Stu Turley. Data as of Oct. 28, 2026 (CT). ENB opinons are labeled as Stu’s Take 1. Bottom line Verdict in brief Verdict: both grids remain inside […]

Methane Rollback: EPA Puts $45 Billion on the Table. Here Is Who Saves

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage35

EPA wants to scrap the “super emitter” leak program and ease the rules for marginal wells that make about 6% of America’s oil and gas. The savings are real, they are lumpy, and most of the money lands on wells that belong to the biggest operators. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 If […]

Phillips 66 Ran Flat Out. Diesel Is Still $6.35.

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage41

Refining profit nearly doubled to $6.06 billion on 98% utilization and a third-quarter record 41% distillate yield. Record output is the good news. The margin is the warning. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 28, 2026 Company results from Phillips 66’s Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1, filed Oct. 28, 2026; diesel, utilization and capacity data from […]

Dominion’s Plan Adds 39 GW of Power. Your Bill Adds $103 a Month.

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage41

Dominion’s 2026 filing puts 39.2 GW of new generation and storage on the Virginia grid at a $183.4 billion portfolio cost, a present value in 2026 dollars. In nominal dollars its own table takes a typical 1,000 kWh bill from $180.31 to $283.65 by 2046; deflated at the filing’s 2% escalator, that is about $191 […]

America closes refineries while the rest of the world races to build them

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage26

ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud By Yoshihiro Muronaka, and Ronald Stein. We highly recommend subscribing and reading everything from them! When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the end of February, the world relearned a lesson it keeps forgetting: crude oil, by itself, moves nothing. Trucks, tractors, aircraft and […]

Mitsubishi Power Deliveries Stretch to 2031 as Gas Turbine Shortage Hits Data Centers and Utilities

October 28, 2026 Clark Savage45

Demand for natural gas turbines is outpacing manufacturing capacity, with Mitsubishi Power telling attendees at Singapore International Energy Week that new large-frame units ordered now face delivery around 2031. Akihiro Ondo, chief executive officer of Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, made the comment on the sidelines of the event on October 27, 2026. “We’re talking about […]

Houston’s $70.7B Bill

October 27, 2026 Clark Savage49

CenterPoint just raised its 10-year spending plan to $70.7 billion to wire up data centers and other big loads. Here is how that money finds its way onto the delivery charges in Houston power bills. By Energy News Beat. Data as of Oct. 27, 2026. If you live in the Houston area, part of every […]

Deal or Escalate: U.S. Oil Back Under $100 One Week Before the Election

October 27, 2026 Clark Savage73

Crude slipped on talks in Tehran, but diesel at $6.35 and heating oil near $4.83 wholesale are what families feel. What happens with Iran, not a campaign promise, will set the price at your pump on Nov. 3. By Energy News Beat | Oct. 27, 2026 | Prices checked 2:51 p.m. CT If you filled […]

Category: U.S. Energy News

DOE Closes $5.1 Billion Loan for Alliant Energy: Adding Firm Power, Cutting Costs, and Strengthening the Grid in Iowa and Wisconsin

Virginia’s $67B Dominion-NextEra Merger Faces Rate Freeze Demands, Staff Rejection Call Ahead of Nov. 17 Hearing

Grid Margin of Error: Is the Lights-On Buffer Shrinking?

Methane Rollback: EPA Puts $45 Billion on the Table. Here Is Who Saves

Phillips 66 Ran Flat Out. Diesel Is Still $6.35.

Dominion’s Plan Adds 39 GW of Power. Your Bill Adds $103 a Month.

America closes refineries while the rest of the world races to build them

Mitsubishi Power Deliveries Stretch to 2031 as Gas Turbine Shortage Hits Data Centers and Utilities

Houston’s $70.7B Bill

Deal or Escalate: U.S. Oil Back Under $100 One Week Before the Election

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