Week Ahead: DOE Explores AI Partnerships, Iowa’s Transmission Rules, ME Examines Time-of-Use Rates
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Oil and Gas Lease Sale in New Mexico and Oklahoma Generates Nearly $327 Million
The Bureau of Land Management on Jan. 6 completed a quarterly oil and gas lease sale covering 31 parcels across New Mexico and Oklahoma, generating $326.8 million in total receipts and leasing more than 20,000 acres of federal land. The agency noted that this sale includes the highest single acre bid of any BLM oil…...
New York Approves State Energy Plan Through 2040 Amid Cost and Reliability Concerns
The New York State Energy Planning Board on Dec. 16 voted unanimously to approve a new State Energy Plan, establishing a long-term framework to guide energy-related decision making through 2040 while balancing affordability, reliability, economic growth, and emissions reduction. The plan is grounded in more than a year of analysis examining New York’s current energy…...
U.S. Interior’s First Lease Sale Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Generates $279 Million
The U.S. Interior Department on Dec. 10 announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, launching a new phase of offshore oil and gas development under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The auction generated $279 million in high bids for 181 blocks across federal waters in the…...
MISO Advances 15 New Projects Through Accelerated Interconnection Review as Reliability Pressures Mount
Midcontinent Independent System Operator on Dec. 1 announced the second cycle of proposals to be examined under its Expedited Resource Addition Study, or ERAS, process, adding 15 proposed generation projects totaling about 6,100 megawatts across its North, Central and South regions. The projects include solar, wind, natural gas and battery storage resources, with proposed in-service…...
Federal Policy Shifts Reinforce U.S. Fossil Fuel Push
Federal agencies have taken multiple steps in recent months to accelerate fossil fuel development, including new leasing opportunities, investments to expand the…Read the full report …...
Visual Primer: Federal Policy Shifts Reinforce U.S. Fossil Fuel Push
Federal agencies have taken multiple steps in recent months to accelerate fossil fuel development, including new leasing opportunities, investments to expand the U.S. coal industry, and revisions to regulatory requirements for oil and gas producers.
EPA Finalizes Extensions of Methane Emission Requirements for Oil and Gas Industry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 26 finalized its action on the July 2025 interim rule extending multiple compliance deadlines under the 2024 methane standards for new and modified oil and natural gas facilities. The measure provides additional time for operators to meet technical and reporting obligations under the Clean Air Act and is…...
U.S. Grid Operators Bolster Winter Reliability Amid Load Growth and Supply Constraints
U.S. grid operators and utilities are intensifying winter preparedness efforts to ensure reliable electricity supplies, even as rising demand and supply constraints heighten the risk of…Read the full report …...