Capital expenditure plans by Evergy, the largest electricity utility in Kansas, grew more than $1 billion and the giant company blames inflation as well as the addition of more renewable energy. It could result in higher electricity rates this year in Kansas reported the Kansas Reflector. Click here for Kansas Reflector
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Nebraska senators target state’s largest utilities with bill to ban solar and wind farms
Two State Senators in Nebraska filed a bill this week to block the state’s largest electric utilities from constructing or acquiring renewable energy operations or using eminent domain to carry out the acquisitions. The Senators represent most of the Nebraska Panhandle as well as part of the Sandhills in the northern part of the …
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** Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., filed a bill Wednesday that would require Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his staff to fly commercial until a Southwest Airlines debacle and a Federal Aviation Administration computer glitch that caused thousands of flight cancelations Wednesday were fully investigated and resolved. ** A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged …
Headlines of other energy stories
** U.S. natural gas futures plunged close to 11% to a one-year low on Thursday on a smaller-than-expected storage draw and forecasts for warmer-than-normal weather to continue into late January. That should keep heating demand low during what is usually the coldest part of the year and allow utilities to leave more gas in storage …
Renewables can’t provide enough power for Kansas
Legislators in Oklahoma made the same argument last year when a February winter storm paralyzed the Midwest, leaving many states dealing with rolling electrical blackouts. The Wichita Eagle reports that some experts now agree—-wind power isn’t a stand-alone energy provider for the state of Kansas. Click here for Wichita Eagle
Missouri’s new cash crop—renewable energy?
The head of an organization promoting renewable energy says Missouri cooperatives fighting such investments are wrong. James Owen is executive director of Renew Missouri and wrote in the Springfield News-Leader that renewable energy could become Missouri’s new reliable cash crop. Click here for Springfield News-Leader
Other headlines
** The Senate has bucked Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest effort to get his energy deal with Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) attached to must-pass legislation. The chamber blocked Manchin’s permitting reform amendment from getting onto a defense funding bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act in an 47-47 vote. Sixty votes were needed to advance …
Other energy notes
** U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 7% to a two-week high on Tuesday on forecasts for colder weather and higher heating demand through at least the end of December. ** The American Petroleum Institute and the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Scientific Center for Standardization, Certification and Quality Problems” signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the …
Energy headlines
** The United States has shipped the first part of its power equipment aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Monday, as Washington works to support the country’s energy infrastructure against intensifying attacks from Russia. ** New U.S. solar installations are on track to fall by nearly a quarter this year, with panel imports stalled by …
New style of solar farm to be built in Texas
Texas will be the site of the next solar project of Erthos, Inc., the company that designed solar operations that sit directly on the ground rather than on legs. Erthos signed an agreement with Austin-based Industrial Sun LCC for a new solar farm to be built in Texas but the site was not revealed …