Industry Articles

Should the U.S. Export Natural Gas?  - U.S. News & World Report January 10, 2013

Coal in the rich world: The mixed fortunes of a fuel  - The Economist January 5, 2013

Texas seeks more generators  - Star-Telegram April 14, 2012

AEP’s new rate proposal would spread higher costs more evenly among its customers  - The Columbus Dispatch March 29, 2012

EPA rule could halt new coal plants  - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution March 27, 2012

Odd Alliance Says No to Gas Exports  - The Wall Street Journal March 9, 2012

AEP can hike competitors’ fees  - The Columbus Dispatch March 8, 2012

Texas regulators look at raising wholesale electricity prices to spark new power plants  - The Statesman March 7, 2012

Study: Fracturing no threat to groundwater  - The Houston Chronicle February 16, 2012

Boom in wind power may be headed for a bust  - Star-Telegram January 26, 2012

ERCOT releases winter season outlook, warns a repeat of last winter’s outages  - westunews.com December 2, 2011

ERCOT Forecasts 2012 Reserve Margin at 12%  - Energy Choice Matters December 1, 2011

Pennsylvania DEP Urges EPA to Again Revise Federal Interstate Air Pollution Rule  - Energy Central November 30, 2011

Air pollution: Chicago-area coal plant to shut down earlier than expected  - Chicago Tribute November 18, 2011

Oil in New York Surges Above $100 on Reversal of Seaway Pipeline  - Business Week November 16, 2011

Congressional panel eyes fracking wastewater rules  - The Wall Street Journal November 16, 2011

EPA ignores blackout concerns, senators say  - Tulsa World November 15, 2011

Entergy New Orleans Files Formal Request to Join MISO  - energycentral.com November 14, 2011

Duke reaches settlement  - news.cincinnati.com October 25, 2011

Texas lawmakers fear effect of EPA's change  - Houston Chronicle October 19, 2011

Nukes of Hazard  - The Economist October 15, 2011

Constellation nuclear partner wants assurances in Exelon merger  - Baltimore Sun September 26, 2011

Direct Energy to Acquire First Choice Power for $270 Million  - PR Newswire September 23, 2011

EPA chief denies rules will cause power blackouts  - Houston Chronicle September 22, 2011

Gov. Quinn vetoes ComEd rate-hike bill, override battle to come  - Chicago SunTimes September 12, 2011

Luminant Announces Facility Closures, Job Reductions in Response to EPA Rule  - Luminant.com September 12, 2011

Power restored to many customers after massive outage in Southwest US  - msnbc.com September 9, 2011

Cross-state pollution' rule remains on track  - Star-Telegram September 5, 2011

State power officials say new EPA rule could cause "emergency events"  - star-telegram.com September 1, 2011

Gov. Brown calls for action on clean energy  - MercuryNews.com (August 30, 2011)

ComEd urges Quinn to sign controversial electric rate bill  - Energy Central (August 27, 2011)

Cost of wind power lines blows past earlier estimate  - Houston Chronicle (August 25, 2011)

New Jersey solar-energy boom hurts market for credits  - Energy Central (August 22, 2011)

Heat, drought cause ERCOT to reactivate mothballed power facilities  - yourwestunews.com (August 16, 2011)

The Dodd-Frank Threat – Broad Impact of Wall Street Reform  - energybiz (May/June 2011)

PJM and Members Set New Record for Peak Power Use  - Inverstors.com (July 22, 2011)

CEO Statement Regarding EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule  - ercot.com (July 19, 2011)

Texas Bristles At Late Inclusion In US Emissions Rule  - Nasdaq / Dow Jones Newswires (July 7, 2011)

The Facts About Fracking  - The Wall Street Journal (June 25, 2011)

New York Times is All Hot Air On Shale Gas  - Forbes Blog (June 27, 2011)

Court Blocks States' Greenhouse-Gas Suit  - The Wall Street Journal (June 21, 2011)

Illinois' options for replacing coal-fired power plants  - Chicago Tribune (June 17, 2011)

Great Lakes May Beat Atlantic To Offshore Wind  - npr (June 21, 2011)

Obama releasing 30M barrels from US oil reserves  - Yahoo News, Associated Press (June 23, 2011)

Google invests $280 million to spur home solar  - Yahoo News, Associated Press (June 14, 2011)

Speculators Swamping Oil Markets, Official Says - Houston Chronicle (June 11, 2011)

Constellation Energy to Expand Residential Customer Base, Broaden Geographic Footprint with Acquisition of MXenergy - Energy Central (May 12, 2011)

Texas electricity officials say new EPA rules could threaten reliability  - Dallas News (May 11, 2011)

Little Relief Seen From High Oil Prices - The New York Times (April 6, 2011)

White House Promises Veto of Anti-E.P.A. Bill - The New York Times (April 5, 2011)

Energy Future Bonds Soar as Utility Asks Lenders to Reject Default Claim - Bloomberg (April 1, 2011)

Nuclear power industry ups outreach to Congress - USA Today (March 30, 2011)

Could Shale Gas Power the World? - Time (March 30, 2011)

Nuclear Power - When the steam clears - The Economist (March 24, 2011)

The coal boom - Burning ambitions - The Economist (Jan 27, 2011)

Energy in Texas - The search for power - The Economist (Sept 30, 2010)


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