FERC Proposes Broad Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Reforms

Midcontinent Grid Operator Reports Over $5 Billion in Benefits in 2024

Electric Transmission, EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Grid Modernization, PRODUCTS

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s market efficiencies, regional coordination, and other grid management strategies generated an estimated $5.1 billion in benefits last year, according to a March 6 press release. This brings the total benefits to over $50 billion since the Value Proposition analysis began in 2007. The grid operator’s Value Proposition analysis identifies and…...

butane exports

U.S. Butane Exports Reach Record High Volumes During 2024: EIA

EnerKnol Impact-Misc Categories, EnerKnol Impacts, EnerKnol Pulse, Natural Gas, PRODUCTS

U.S. exports of normal butane averaged nearly 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) during 2024, up 12 percent compared to the previous year, according to a March 6 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The U.S. is exporting record volumes of normal butane, in line with increasing global demand for liquefied petroleum gases (LPG)…....