By Jacqueline Toth and Brian Yermal Jr. Week in Review Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management intends to sign off on a $1 billion, 690-megawatt solar farm spanning 7,100 acres near Las Vegas to serve NV Energy Inc. ratepayers, according to a final environmental review of the project. The solar farm would […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories The Bureau of Land Management intends to sign off on a $1 billion, 690-megawatt solar farm spanning 7,100 acres near Las Vegas to serve NV Energy Inc. ratepayers, according to a final environmental review of the project. The solar farm would be the country’s largest built to date, and […]
By Jacqueline Toth Morning Consult Energy will be off Dec. 24-Jan. 1. Publication of the morning newsletters and afternoon updates will resume Jan. 2. Top Stories This week, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are expected to finalize an agreement to end a five-year standoff over an oil-rich neutral zone between the two countries, according to people […]
By Jacqueline Toth Week in Review Congress The Senate voted 71-23 to approve a $1.4 trillion spending bill that includes a $6 billion pension package for retired coal miners and increased funding levels for the Environmental Protection Agency and renewable energy programs. President Donald Trump signed the bill Friday night. Lawmakers on the House Natural […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it plans to take a post-tax impairment charge of between $1.7 billion and $2.3 billion for the fourth quarter and lowered its oil products sales projections, citing a poor economic outlook. The oil giant also cautioned that its earnings could slip by about $500 […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories Negotiations between PG&E Corp. and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) have been complicated by Newsom’s push for the utility to add a provision to its reorganization plan that would let California take over its assets if PG&E does not attain certain performance and safety standards, according to people familiar […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories The California Public Utilities Commission announced a proposed settlement with PG&E Corp. that would charge the utility’s shareholders a $1.625 billion penalty over 2017 and 2018 wildfires sparked by its power equipment. The settlement would also require the company to invest $50 million from shareholder funds in its transmission […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories House lawmakers released a $1.4 trillion fiscal 2020 spending package that would increase funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by about $300 million to around $9 billion and boost Energy Department funding by $2.9 billion to $38.6 billion. The chamber is expected to pass the spending measures today. (E&E […]
By Jacqueline Toth Top Stories The United Nations climate negotiations fell apart after countries were unable to agree on rules to set up a global carbon market. The talks were complicated by disagreements over how to treat existing carbon credits, including those established under the 1997 Kyoto protocol, whose continued use some countries feared […]
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