** The House oversight committee has invited key board members at four oil majors, Exxon, Shell, Chevron and BP, to testify in February about the industry’s role in climate change and spreading “disinformation,” turning up the heat on big oil after lawmakers grilled their CEOs last year. The hearing is set for Feb. 8. ** American Electric …
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Colorado governor now wants to delay gas fee he earlier approved
Six months after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a transportation funding bill that included a 2-cent-a-gallon fee on gasoline, he wants to delay implementation because of high gasoline prices in his state. With gasoline prices averaging $3.29 a gallon, the governor announced his move this past week, something that drew immediate criticism from his …
Energy Transfer relents over unpaid bill in Texas
Energy Transfer backed off its threat to cut off natural gas supplies to Vistra Corp’s power plants in Texas over an unpaid $21.6 million bill stemming from the February 2021 winter storm. After threatening to cut supplies to power plants that provided electricity to 400,000 customers, Energy Transfer stated it would continue supplying …
Largest wind power project in US pushed by Buffett’s firm
Berkshire Hathaway is pushing a nearly $4 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, one that would create the single largest wind project ever built in the United States. It doesn’t mean it will happen, but the project proposed by billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment firm would include 5 GW of wind power and some 50 …
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