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In New Mexico, about 85 percent of 276 oil and gas well sites inspected over the past six weeks failed electrical safety inspections. The good news is that the state carried out the inspections, although they were overdue.[read more]

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Part of an all-of-the-above approach to energy is a regulatory posture that’s transparent, based on sound analysis. But here is why the oil and natural gas industry talks about a regulatory “tsunami” coming down from the EPA.[read more]

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Hughes Belin provides an extensive update on the latest policy developments and what to expect for the near future in the field of energy policy in the European Union.[read more]

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The new Administrator of OIRA will have powerful influence on any proposed energy and environmental policies, in addition to proposals or new regulations in any other sector.[read more]

We at the Canadian Electricity Association have publicly raised, many times, that our electricity sector faces a complex challenge over the next two decades. In order to meet Canada’s increasing demands for electricity, we must invest in electricity infrastructure. That means renewing, replacing and adding to the generating stations and power lines that power the economy.[read more]

Over the past year, the utility industry has experienced significant angst over pending updates to utility environmental regulations. Of particular concern is the question of whether to invest in plant updates to comply with these  regulations or to retire these plants altogether and replace this capacity with new (and most likely...[read more]

American Electric Power CEO Michael Morris is all too familiar with the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the existing industrial framework. But he believes that the largest of these hurdles can be overcome with sound planning for the future. Here’s what he has to say. #1 – Moving Renewables to High-Consumption...[read more]

Flanders (Belgium) doesn’t invest in wind mills. The current 123 units are peanuts compared to the 18000 mills in Germany and 1840 in The Netherlands. Even when recalculated to the size of Flanders, we should have at least 583 wind mills installed if we want to catch up with The Netherlands. But even then, it will be hard to keep up the...[read more]