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Laura Sanicola

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Energy Writer at Barron's

I write the Energy Insider newsletter for @barronsonline; frmr @Reuters @SAISHopkins | send me tips: [email protected] DM for signal

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  • The Grid Needs Batteries. Your Portfolio Doesn't.

    2 weeks ago | barrons.cmail20.com | Laura Sanicola

    Batteries will be working overtime to keep the grid running this summer, and it will take more than a few Duracells to power the A/C. Utilities and independent power producers (IPPs) have invested billions to procure and install industrial-scale batteries to prevent grid outages like the one that hit Spain last month -- and to arbitrage changes in electricity prices as demand grows for the first time in decades and new supply is added to the grid.

  • Barron’s Energy Insider

    1 month ago | barrons.cmail20.com | Laura Sanicola

    Here's something that might surprise you: the hottest area of energy happens to be the cleanest. While oil companies struggle with weak crude prices, a clean-tech fund is powering ahead. The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF is up 14% year-to-date, cruising past the Energy Select SPDR ETF and S&P 500, both up less than 2%. Clean energy stocks have suffered for years and aren't supposed to be doing well now.

  • The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Perfect Credit Rating Anymore. Investors Shouldn’t Worry Yet.

    1 month ago | barrons.com | Laura Sanicola

    After the closing bell on Friday, Moody’s became the last major credit-rating firm to downgrade U.S. sovereign debt from its perfect AAA status to Aa1. The firm argues that the U.S. is on a trajectory to increase entitlement spending—without the necessary government revenues to keep interest payment ratios at levels similar to other sovereign nations.

  • Trump Tells Walmart to ‘Eat the Tariffs’ Instead of Raising Prices

    1 month ago | barrons.com | Laura Sanicola

    U.S. President Donald Trump criticized retail giant Walmart harshly on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, arguing the retail giant should “STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain.”

  • How AI Fueled Black Friday Shopping This Year

    Nov 30, 2024 | msn.com | Laura Sanicola

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Laura Sanicola
Laura Sanicola @LauraSanicola
5 Jun 25

Neighborhood watch youth recruitment efforts appear to be going well @theHillisHome https://t.co/YFVLni9tKM

Laura Sanicola
Laura Sanicola @LauraSanicola
5 Jun 25

Worth noting that vague language about sourcing form "foreign entities of concern" in the tax bill will also be a huge blow to Tesla's massive + growing battery biz, which RBC bank said may be worth more than its autos division one day (China controls the battery supply chain)

Kaitlan Collins
Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

As their blowup escalates, Trump suggests terminating Musk’s federal contracts. https://t.co/f4TyXNaMkI

Laura Sanicola
Laura Sanicola @LauraSanicola
5 Jun 25

Five (nearly six) of the NYC mayoral candidates pay less than I do in DC on monthly housing costs - how???

Holly Pretsky
Holly Pretsky @hollypret

Rent: Adams: "Our home is paid. I'm a homeowner" Lander: $3300 mortgage Ramos: $2500 rent Myrie: Rent-stabilized $1300 Cuomo: $7800 Tilson: Own and pay $5000 in maintenance + taxes Mamdani: $2300 rent Blake: $1800 mortgage Stringer: $6400 rent