** Liberty Energy Inc., the company previously run by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to release its financial results for the first quarter after the market closes on Wednesday, April 16.
** The battle over whether California should build a $20-billion water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is escalating, with Gov. Gavin Newsom pushing to lay the groundwork for the project before his term expires and state water regulators considering whether to grant a key authorization.
** Michigan’s attorney general calls out Consumers Energy for saying it will seek another rate increase later this year, just days after its last increase was approved.
** Federal regulators approve the 122-mile extension of an Enbridge natural gas pipeline in Tennessee to reach a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant that’s shifting from coal to natural gas.
** A subsidiary of Tokyo Gas pays $525 million for a 70% ownership stake in Chevron’s East Texas gas assets.
** A proposed bill in Minnesota would ban wakesurfing along a stretch of the United States’ longest river. The Mississippi River runs through the heart of Minnesota, giving residents access to plenty of aquatic recreational activities. But for a six-mile stretch just north of Minneapolis, Fox 9 reported, the river becomes more like a lake, with wake boats causing large waves that many residents believe are too dangerous.
** A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Denver Water is permanently barred from expanding the reservoir if an emergency stay is not obtained from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals within 14 days. The utility provider has been working to increase the height of the Gross Reservoir dam by 131 feet for over a decade. The project broke ground in 2022 and Denver Water says the project is already 60% complete.
World
** India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, India’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi’s competition with China grows in the Indian Ocean island nation.
** Ontario will provide around C$11 billion ($7.7 billion) in relief to workers and businesses to help weather tariffs in Canada’s largest province, Premier Doug Ford said in an X post on Monday.
** Britain will invest 55.7 million pounds ($71.45 million) in the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland to expand the facility to become a hub for floating offshore wind, the government said on Wednesday. Britain has a target to largely decarbonize its electricity sector by 2030 which will require a huge ramp up in renewable power like offshore wind.
** Libya will offer investors new and attractive terms in its first bid round in over 17 years. The country’s top officials in the oil sector told a Libya Bid Round Roadshow held in London on Sunday.
** An analysis released on Monday showed that the German LNG terminal at the Baltic Sea port Mukran was operating at only 5% of its capacity in the first three months of 2025. This is despite the ongoing opposition and criticism from locals over the environmental impact of the facility and its excess capacity.