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Thoughts on emerging energy policies from the Cato Institute's Travis Fisher
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Hoarding Diesel Is Not the Answer (opens the original)
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The average price of diesel fuel in the US shot up from about $3.69 earlier this year to a high of $6.53 per gallon on Wednesday, September 23. Beyond the sticker shock at the pump, higher-priced diesel means the cost of transporting just about anything by heavy-duty truck, rail, or marine transport will rise, deepening the affordability crunch affecting American households.Politico reported that the Tru
Socrates South Shows the Benefits of Consumer-Regulated Electricity (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: This article was coauthored by my Research Associate, Michael Abi-Nader. Michael is going places, so keep an eye out for him!Last week, Williams—a natural gas company—hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a power plant called Socrates South that just began operating in New Albany, Ohio. Notably, this natural gas plant is fully disconnected from the public power grid, supplying the data centers of a Meta affiliate,
Texas Should Supercharge Private Grids (opens the original)
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This article was originally published in RTO Insider.Texas is ground zero for today’s grid dilemma: slow access to juice is starving economic growth, but making aggressive changes to the power grid could be costly or dangerous. Policymakers like Gov. Greg Abbott (R) are right to be about making big moves on the power grid. (See Texas Gov. Abbott Halts ERCOT Batch Studies Process.)However, they can g
The Trump Administration Wants to Protect Electricity Customers while Supporting Data Center Development. Here’s How. (opens the original)
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This week, Reuters and Politico reported that the White House plans to expand the Ratepayer Protection Pledge by encouraging utilities, data center developers, and Republican governors to join the effort. The pledge rests on a simple principle: The techn
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