After Internal Divisions, Pelosi and House Democrats Seek to Regroup
House Democratic leaders criticized the president on immigration and Fed picks but also hoped to cut deals with him and Senate Republicans to deliver campaign promises.
U.S. natural gas stocks end heating season at the lowest level since 2014
(Thu, 11 Apr 2019) Working natural gas in storage in the Lower 48 states as of March 31, the traditional end of the heating season (November 1âMarch 31), totaled 1,137 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to EIAâs Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released on April 11. As of March 31, estimated working gas stocks were 491 Bcf (30%) lower than the current five-year (2014â18) average for the end of the heating season.
One in ten U.S. households pays an energy bill indirectly as part of rent or condo fees
(Thu, 11 Apr 2019) Many U.S. households do not pay energy utilities or other suppliers directly for using electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, or propane but pay indirectly through rent, fees, or to a third party such as a housing authority. Data from the most recent Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) show that, in 2015, 12.4 million of the nationâs 118 million households (11%) paid some or all of their energy costs indirectly.
Liquefied natural gas imports played a key role in reducing price spikes in New England this winter
(Thu, 11 Apr 2019) During winter 2018â19, timely natural gas supply provided by imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at major regasification facilities serving New England played an important role in moderating natural gas prices in the region.
It’s a Crumbling Road to Despair. Can New York Fix the B.Q.E.?
There are a number of promising plans to repair the detested Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. But solving the problem will take an act of collective will.
When the Lights Went Out in Venezuela
Thirty million people went without power for nearly a week, making the country’s troubled political and economic situation even worse.
U.S. crude oil production grew 17% in 2018, surpassing the previous record in 1970
(Tue, 09 Apr 2019) Annual U.S. crude oil production reached a record level of 10.96 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2018, 1.6 million b/d (17%) higher than 2017 levels. In December 2018, monthly U.S. crude oil production reached 11.96 million b/d, the highest monthly level of crude oil production in U.S. history. U.S. crude oil production has increased significantly over the past 10 years, driven mainly by production from tight rock formations using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. EIA projects that U.S.
USDA's FSIS Condemns The Washington Post for False Reporting on a Critical Public Health Issue
The Washington Post says that democracy dies in darkness. If that’s the case, then The Washington Post’s story about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is a solar eclipse.
Natural gas design capacity and demonstrated peak capacity both declined slightly in 2018
(Mon, 08 Apr 2019) During the past five years, only a small amount of new underground natural gas storage capacity was built in the Lower 48 states and no new storage facilities have entered operation in that time. EIA measures underground natural gas storage capacity in two ways: design capacity and demonstrated maximum working gas volume (or demonstrated peak). Both of these metrics showed decreases in 2018, with design capacity falling by 0.3%, or 13 Bcf, and demonstrated peak capacity falling by 1.2%, or 54 Bcf.
California imports the most electricity from other states; Pennsylvania exports the most
(Thu, 04 Apr 2019) Electricity routinely flows among the Lower 48 states and, to a lesser extent, between the United States and Canada and Mexico. From 2013 to 2017, Pennsylvania was the largest net exporter of electricity, sending an annual average of 59 million megawatthours (MWh) outside the state. California was the largest net importer, receiving an average of 77 million MWh annually.