December 8, 2020 archive

Permian Highway Pipeline goes operational

  The 430-mile gas pipeline built by Kinder Morgan to carry gas from the Permian Basin eastward to Houston is fully operational. The Permian Highway Pipeline stretches from Waha southwest of Midland to Katy, just outside of Houston. Natural Gas Intelligence reported this week the line was finished by the first of November and should …

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Kansas Interfaith leader criticizes Evergy over solar energy moves

An Interfaith leader in Kansas has come out against plans by Evergy to charge home-solar customers for their electricity. Writing in several newspapers across the state, Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action accused the state’s main investor-owned utility of engaging in a years-long effort to suppress the home-based solar industry. He said, …

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Energy news in brief

** The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds a public hearing on Enbridge’s request to build a tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. ** The Anchorage Daily News reports a federal court rules the Trump administration “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in its 2018 approval of an Arctic drilling project without considering emissions impacts. ** The Hill …

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