** Dominion Energy cuts its quarterly dividend to 63 cents to be paid Dec. 20 to investors of record as of Dec. 4. It will be a 33% reduction from the 94 cent dividend paid in mid-September.
** Reuters reports the clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier’s owner, Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping, said on Thursday.
** U.S. House Agriculture Chair Collin Peterson, a Democrat was defeated on Tuesday after he lost his congressional seat in a Minnesota district that has grown more conservative during his 30-year tenure on Capitol Hill.
** The final permit is issued for a power line from Canada through Maine with the developer expecting construction to start in a few weeks, reported the Bangor Daily News.
** The developer of the Mariner East pipeline in Pennsylvania had its counterclaims against a protestor partially dismissed by a federal court according to Bloomberg Law.
** A Louisiana exploration and drilling company continues to develop a pair of deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico despite a depressed oil market reported The Advocate.
** The Bismarck Tribune reports North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum appoints a coal executive to fill a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died of COVID-19 before the election, but the state’s attorney general says he does not have authority to do so.
** North American Wind Power says developers are set to start construction on a 298 MW wind project in northeastern Nebraska.
** The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that work should stop on an I-30 Crossing project in Little Rock and North Little Rock because there is reasonable assurance that the State Department of Transportation does not have the money to complete it.
** Energy infrastructure company Energy Transfer LP posted a third-quarter net loss attributable to partners of $782 million compared to a profit of $858 million a year earlier. The company said its revenue dropped from $13.5 billion to $9.96 billion partly due to declining volumes in its natural gas and crude transportation segments.
** Two Republicans continue to hold narrow leads in the race for Arizona’s Corporation Commission, potentially putting a recently passed 100% carbon-free energy target in jeopardy reported the Arizona Republic.