** According to a report from WalletHub published on July 1, 2024, consumers in Wyoming pay an average of $1,591 annually for electricity. That’s more than four times the cost of electricity in the lowest-cost states.
** Occidental Petroleum, a Texas-based oil company, claims it will be net zero by 2040, but its methods are in question. A new study from the nonprofit Carbon Market Watch said the company’s plan is effectively an attempt to give itself a “license to pollute” to continue selling oil and gas.
** North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) appears poised to step into an energy-related role in the next administration if former President Trump wins the White House. Trump has publicly and privately praised Burgum’s acumen, saying at a rally that Burgum “probably knows more about energy than anybody I know.”
** Additional debris from a damaged wind turbine blade was found off the coast of Nantucket on Sunday morning, more than a week after chunks of fiberglass from the damaged turbine began washing ashore and just days after the blade fell from an offshore wind turbine and sunk to the ocean floor. Officials in Nantucket are considering legal action against a green energy company whose shattered offshore wind turbine has flooded their beaches with debris.
** Port of Corpus Christi customers moved 50.1 million tons through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel in the second quarter of 2024, a 1.7 percent increase over the same period in 2023. Crude oil shipments rose nearly 5%.
** A group of Houston restaurants files a $100 million class action lawsuit against CenterPoint Energy after they lost power during Hurricane Beryl, alleging the utility didn’t adequately maintain its grid infrastructure.
** Missouri’s consumer advocate reports that electric and gas rates in the state have been increasing faster than inflation and wages, primarily because of utility infrastructure investments.
World
** Stellantis is ready to “fight” for its place in Europe’s electric vehicle market against strong competition from Chinese carmakers, its CEO Carlos Tavares said on Monday, as the group presented its new EV production line in Serbia.
** Malaysia says it has intercepted a large oil tanker that was involved in a collision with another ship before fleeing the scene and turning off its tracking system. The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country’s eastern coast.
** Greenland police said they apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan. Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society whose direct action tactics have drawn support from A-list celebrities and featured in the reality television series “Whale Wars.”
