Chris Knight

Jan 7, 2025 | coalzoom.com | Chris Knight

Trump Wants Policy of No Windmills Being Built By Chris Knight January 8, 2025 - President-elect Donald Trump wants to pursue a policy to stop the construction of wind turbines, a move that could limit the growth of a resource projected to soon overtake coal and nuclear as the largest source of power in the the US.

Feb 9, 2024 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

President Joe Biden has named Willie Phillips as chair of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a promotion from his last year serving as "acting chair" oftheindependent agency that oversees the electric grid, pipelines and LNG export facilities.

Jan 30, 2024 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

The Colonial Pipeline is preparing to add a 33.29¢/bl charge to its tariff that would recover the cost of products lost to evaporation or pipeline mixing, replacing a fee that federal regulators said was not sufficiently transparent. The new product loss allocation (PLA) charge will be the same regardless of haul length, Colonial said in a regulatory filing last week, and will be collected for a year starting on 1 April 2024.

Dec 15, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight |Payne Williams

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from ethanol and other renewable fuels could have an easier pathway to up to $1.75/USG in federal tax credits under guidance President Joe Biden's administration released today. The guidance, issued by the US Treasury Department, delivers a win to ethanol producers that spent months lobbying the administration to retain the option of using a specific emissions model they say is critical for ethanol-derived SAF to qualify for the tax credit.

Dec 11, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

Chevron has been able to triple its crude production in Venezuela to 150,000 b/d since the US authorized limited sanctions relief roughly a year ago, chief executive Mike Wirth said today. The 2022 sanctions relief allowed Chevron to "participate more fully" in Venezuela through basic engineering and maintenance on joint venture assets that previously produced just 50,000 b/d, Wirth said today at an event held by the think tank the Council on Foreign Relations.