2025 National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys The 2025 National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys (NCRA) will happen on May 11–14, 2025, at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event is organized by the NARUC Staff Subcommittee on Law with the help from the Staff Subcommittee on ALJ. This conference is for government utility…...
Utility regulators across the U.S. are reviewing rate structures, interconnection processes, and grid planning to manage the growing electricity demand from large load customers, particularly data centers. While these facilities can…Read the full report…...
Utility regulators across the U.S. are reviewing rate structures, interconnection processes, and grid planning to manage the growing electricity demand from large load customers, particularly data centers. While these facilities can fuel economic development and innovation, they also raise concerns regarding grid reliability, allocation of infrastructure upgrade costs, and equitable treatment of other utility customers.
Crude oil prices and refinery margins declined during the first quarter of 2025, according to a May 1 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Crude oil prices reached a quarterly high on Jan. 15 and were valued at $82/barrel (b) and settled the quarter at $75/b. The price decline can be attributed to…...
Electricity use in New England is set to grow over the next decade, reversing a long-standing trend of declining demand. Annual electricity consumption in the region is projected to rise by 11 percent through 2034, with most of the increase attributed to the growing use of electric vehicles and heating systems, according to a new…...
U.S. imports of petroleum products declined by 210,000 barrels per day (b/d) during 2024 to average 1.8 million b/d, according to an April 29 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Imports of all main transportation fuels declined. Motor gasoline accounts for the highest share of U.S. petroleum product imports, since it is the…...
The Bureau of Land Management’s Montana-Dakotas State Office leased 11 parcels totaling 4,266.06 acres for just over $3.4 million in its quarterly oil and gas sale, according to an April 29 press release. The auction proceeds will be shared between the federal government and the states of North Dakota and Montana. The BLM conducts oil…...
U.S. companies Bechtel and Westinghouse and Polish company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) on April 28 signed the Engineering Development Agreement (EDA) for Poland’s first AP-1000 nuclear power plant. The agreement follows on from an initial agreement and is a component of a bigger nuclear energy security agreement to construct large-scale civil nuclear reactors in Poland…....
Below seasonal normal temperatures across the U.S. during January and February led to higher natural gas consumption and higher gas withdrawals from U.S. natural gas storage sites than normal, according to an April 28 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At the end of March, U.S. underground storage in the Lower 48 states…...
The New York State Public Service Commission on April 24 approved channeling surplus funds from the NY-Sun initiative into new solar projects that benefit low-income households. The state is expected to reach its 10-gigawatt distributed solar goal with $421 million left over from the program’s original $3.27 billion budget. About $150 million of that surplus…...
The U.S. Interior Department on April 24 announced a policy enhancement that will increase offshore oil production in the Gulf of America. As part of the executive order issued by President Trump on Jan. 20 titled, “Unleashing American Energy,” the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) employed new parameters for Downhole Commingling in the…...
