.January 23, 2025

 

 

Trump U.S. energy emergency order should withstand court challenges

Trump has said the declaration will speed permitting and approval of energy projects to fix what he has called an inadequate and unaffordable U.S. energy supply. Read More

Challenges and opportunities: A strategic approach

Technology giants are in a building spree. There is a dramatic need for new data centers to support the growing use of AI and cloud computing. Read More

 

U.S. retail gasoline prices to decrease in 2025 and 2026 with lower crude oil price

EIA estimates U.S. average gasoline prices in 2025 will decrease by 11 cents per gallon, or about 3%, compared with 2024. Read More

Final Winter Storm Enzo update: More than 99% of CenterPoint Energy customers maintained power through extreme winter weather

As part of its storm response, CenterPoint crews responded safely and quickly to scattered outages that occurred across its 12-county Texas service area, restoring power to those small number of impacted customers. Read More

 

Unleashing American Energy: President Trump’s new executive order explained

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the "Unleashing American Energy" executive order to promote domestic energy production and reduce regulatory constraints. Read More

LyondellBasell to begin closure of Houston refinery

LyondellBasell Industries will begin the permanent closure of its 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery this coming weekend, said people familiar with plant operations.

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