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Germany’s Carmakers Are Cutting at Home. Britain’s Steel Is on Life Support. California Gasoline Is $5.63. The Energy Bill Is the Part Governments Control. German automakers put China and a brutal electric-vehicle price war first, and they are right to. Energy costs show up most clearly in the chemicals plant, in Britain’s steel towns, and at the California pump.

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German automakers put China and a brutal electric-vehicle price war first, and they are right to. Energy costs show up most clearly in the chemicals plant, in Britain’s steel towns, and at the California pump. California drivers paid $5.6349 a gallon for regular gasoline on Nov. 12, $1.73 above the U.S. average of $3.9081. Diesel […]

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If Texas Follows California on a Power-Price Freeze, the Blackout Risk Is Later Winters

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Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa pledges a Day One emergency order to freeze electricity rates. Texas households already pay more per kilowatt-hour than they did in 2020, but far less per kilowatt-hour than Californians, and ERCOT’s January outlook is comfortable. California’s 2000–01 record is a warning, not a prediction: freeze retail prices while costs rise, and the […]

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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

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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 […]

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