Energy news in brief

** A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria sparked a massive blaze across a large area where oil tankers are normally parked, aerial and satellite images show.

** A go-to lender for U.S. electric cooperatives, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation has $4 billion in exposure to the Texas market, where last month’s deep freeze slammed the finances of several co-ops hit with astronomically high gas and electric prices during the state’s grid blackout.

** Tesla’s share of the US electric-car market fell from 81% to 69% in February. The Mustang Mach-E was nearly the sole reason for Tesla’s market-share losses.

** Traders at Goldman Sachs Group Inc could earn roughly $100 million in profit from the winter storm last month that left many across Texas and other southern U.S. states without electricity, clean water and heat, Bloomberg News reported.

** A Minnesota lawmaker proposes taxing electricity as a fuel at EV charging stations as a way to generate revenue for road projects.

** Equipment failures caused two separate crude oil spills totaling 750 barrels in North Dakota last week. 

** Massachusetts legislators file bills to require solar panels on new residential and commercial buildings. 

** The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on electricity reliability on Thursday and the House Science Committee has announced a March 18 hearing specifically focused on the Texas blackouts.

** The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on electricity reliability on Thursday and the House Science Committee has announced a March 18 hearing specifically focused on the Texas blackouts.