North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Utilities Commission has drawn a rare line in the sand.

September 18, 2026, the North Carolina Utilities Commission denied Duke Energy Progress a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a new natural-gas simple-cycle combustion turbine at the Sherwood H. Smith Jr. Energy Complex in Richmond County. The denial is without prejudice, meaning Duke can refile. The message, however, is clear: data-center load forecasts and […]

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NatGas Spikes As Major West Virginia Pipeline Declares Force Majeure

TC Energy’s Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) declared force majeure Thursday after an unexpected mechanical issue on the Mountaineer XPress (MXP) system forced an immediate pressure reduction on Line 100 between the Mt. Olive Compressor Station in Jackson County and the Saunders Creek Regulator Station in Cabell County, West Virginia. The restriction takes the MXPSEG MA42 […]

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America’s New Manufacturing Powerhouse: Why the Shale Crescent Will Lead the Next Boom

In this episode of Energy Newsbeat – Conversations in Energy, host Stu Turley sits down with Nathan Lord, President of Shale Crescent USA, to unpack why Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania may be the world’s most overlooked manufacturing and energy powerhouse. Nathan explains how the region’s abundant, low-cost natural gas creates a world-class advantage for petrochemicals, […]

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Trump’s Anti-Green Plan

Daily Standup Top Stories Trump’s Plan To End The Green Spending Grift Once And For All March 4, 2025 Mariel Alumit Trump’s executive order only paused IRA funds, but repealing the endangerment finding could permanently end ‘Green New Deal’ spending. ​President Donald Trump campaigned on ending what he calls the “Green New Scam.” Toward that end, […] […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #305 – Weekly Recap: Orsted\’s Strategy, Carbon Tax Impact, Nuclear Advocacy, Solar Labor Concerns, EV Resistance, and Hidden Costs of Net-Zero

Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Orsted’s strategic shake-up has investors worried February 4, 2024 Stu Turley Wind firm Orsted will present its new strategy on Wednesday Company faces dilemma of cutting targets or raising capital Cutting dividend, asset sales could restore confidence -analysts COPENHAGEN, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new […] GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau government doesn’t know […]

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