(Fri, 07 Oct 2016) Hurricane Matthew is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 3 storm Friday morning. The storm is on track to move north along the East Coast as far as North Carolina this weekend, potentially bringing torrential rainfall, storm surges, and flooding to the region.
(Thu, 06 Oct 2016) During the first six months of 2016, residential customers paid on average 12.4 cents per kilowatthour (kWh), or 0.7% lower than the same period last year. If this trend continues for the rest of 2016, annual average residential electricity prices would decline for the first time since 2002.
(Thu, 06 Oct 2016) This report contains data on electricity sales, revenue, and prices for all 50 states and the District of Columbia spreadsheets with retail sales and revenue data from the 2015 Form EIA-861
Metallurgical coal’s breathtaking 131% price rally in the third quarter of 2016 has elevated the steelmaking raw material to become the year’s best performing commodity so far.
(Wed, 05 Oct 2016) Data from the most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) show that office buildings with data centers have significantly higher computing, cooling, and total electricity intensity (consumption per square foot) than office buildings without data centers.
(Tue, 04 Oct 2016) In the first half of 2016, the United States exported 4.7 million barrels per day (b/d) of petroleum products, an increase of 500,000 b/d over the first half of 2015 and almost 10 times the crude oil export volume. While U.S. exports of distillate and gasoline increased by 50,000 b/d and nearly 140,000 b/d, respectively, propane exports increased by more than 230,000 b/d. Propane surpassed motor gasoline to become the second-largest U.S. petroleum product export, after distillate.
The chancellor of the Exchequer promised to take “whatever steps are necessary to protect this economy” as the country prepares to leave the European Union.
Indonesia's refining sector development has finally picked up pace and this does not bode well for Asia's oil product exporters.
(Mon, 03 Oct 2016) California's Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program is expected to increase sales of electric, plug-in hybrid, and other alternative light-duty vehicles in the United States. The ZEV program is administered by the California Air Resource Board and affects model year 2018 and later vehicles, requiring automakers to earn credits for alternative fueled vehicles based on a percentage of their sales in California.
The Republican nominee has proposed, in effect, to cut spending on infrastructure as part of his plan to borrow for spending on infrastructure.
