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PA DEP Prostitutes Itself for Gov. Shapiro by Attacking PJM Grid

This is shameful. A Pennsylvania government agency, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), has aligned itself with an extreme leftwing organization to attack the PJM Interconnection electric grid in a bid to paper over the failed policies of PA Governor Josh Shapiro. In particular, so-called “Acting” Secretary of the DEP, Jessica Shirley, has proven she is no longer fit to lead the agency. The PA Senate should refuse to confirm her and bounce her out immediately. Shirley aligned herself with the radical left-wing organization called Evergreen Action to promote a sham/fake “report” by a well-known Democrat organization called Synapse Energy Economics (that works exclusively for left-wing groups) attacking PJM with false claims that it has a “broken” electric generation project approval process. Read More “PA DEP Prostitutes Itself for Gov. Shapiro by Attacking PJM Grid”

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Democrat States Continue Assault on PJM, File FERC Complaint

In what appears to be a coordinated effort, the PJM Interconnect electric grid is under attack by leftists. As we point out in our lead story today, the Pennsylvania DEP has prostituted itself politically and joined with extremist left-wing organizations to attack PJM. At the same time, three deeply blue (economically failed) states, New Jersey, Maryland, and Illinois, filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) asking the agency to force PJM to rerun an electric capacity auction, claiming such a move would save ratepayers $5 billion. These states’ failed policies in FORCING unreliable solar and wind on the public caused the high-priced electricity problem in the first place. So now, the perpetrators are blaming the victim—PJM. Read More “Democrat States Continue Assault on PJM, File FERC Complaint”

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ET Asks FERC to Extend Lake Charles LNG Construction Extra 3 Years

Energy Transfer’s (ET) Lake Charles LNG project is in the news again. Last week we told you that ET had landed a new partner to help pay for the project, MidOcean Energy, which will cover 30% of the cost of building the plant (see MidOcean Partners with Energy Transfer on Lake Charles LNG Exports). ET has just filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to add an extra three years to the permit to get the facility built and online. Read More “ET Asks FERC to Extend Lake Charles LNG Construction Extra 3 Years”

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Plan for Va. Data Center with 3,500 MW Gas-Fired Plant Canceled

The on again, off again, on again, off again plan to build a massive data center in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, with a 3,500-megawatt gas-fired power plant is now off again, permanently. Last October, Balico applied to rezone more than 2,200 acres for a proposed campus in Pittsylvania County, Va., that would include its own massive on-site gas-fired power plant complex using Marcellus/Utica molecules from the Mountain Valley Pipeline (see Massive Data Center with 3,500 MW Gas-Fired Plant Proposed for Va.). The project hit significant pushback from local residents and politicians, so Balico revised the plan. The revised plan was to build a tiny 300 MW gas-fired plant, at least initially (see Plan for Massive 3,500-MW Va. Gas-Fired Plant Slashed 91% to 300-MW). In January of this year, the County Planning Commission shot down the trimmed-down plan (see Pittsylvania (VA) County Planning Bd. Votes to Deny Data Center Plan). Balico knows when it’s not wanted. Read More “Plan for Va. Data Center with 3,500 MW Gas-Fired Plant Canceled”

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New Study Compares Fracking’s Economic Impact on PA, NY Counties

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The Marcellus Shale is a natural gas reserve in northeastern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York. Pennsylvania allows hydraulic fracturing, and thus produces gas, but New York has banned natural gas production from its share of the gas reserve. A special report, researched and published by the top-notch Heritage Foundation, evaluates the economic effects of hydraulic fracturing in PA and NY, using NY’s ban (2010 to present) as a natural experiment. Analyzing economic data from 2002 to 2022 and comparing NY’s counties as the treatment group against comparable PA counties as the control group, the authors estimate that NY’s ban resulted in the relevant NY counties losing out on around $11,000 per resident, or a staggering $27,000 per household. Read More “New Study Compares Fracking’s Economic Impact on PA, NY Counties”

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Calcasieu Pass LNG Open for Business After Shipping 400+ Cargoes

After liquefying and exporting over 400 cargoes of LNG from March 1, 2022, through this month, Venture Global says its Calcasieu Pass (CP) LNG export facility in Louisiana is now officially open for business—three years after it began shipping LNG. Venture Global claimed the CP facility was not commercially ready until now. Venture Global has been selling cargo after cargo of LNG on the open “spot” market, making two, three, or four times the money it could make by selling the cargoes to its legally contracted customers at a predetermined price. At last count, Venture Global has made over $20 billion by selling cargoes on the open spot market. Read More “Calcasieu Pass LNG Open for Business After Shipping 400+ Cargoes”

MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: US regulators deny rehearing on co-located Amazon data center energy pact; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: FERC approves storage expansion at Mississippi Hub; Midcontinent energy execs peg $3.80 as necessary for profitability; NATIONAL: EPA Deputy Administrator McIntosh says regulatory overhaul coming; NGOs went wild under Joe Biden; AI power demand is remaking our energy ecosystem; INTERNATIONAL: Oil dips as tariff tensions linger; Goldman Sachs warns of sub-$40 oil under one scenario; Understanding the competitive landscape for China’s LNG market; EU plan to end Russian oil and gas imports due out in May. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”