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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 09/08/2023

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This week Tom and Mike are joined by Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction for a discussion on American education. Also, pirates, meat patches, and football on the latest episode of The Unregulated Podcast is now streaming on our website, or wherever you listen.

"[Net-zero advocates] can be very confident that no one in their circles will ever check the math to see if the numbers add up. When 2050 rolls around and the whole thing doesn’t work, they will be long retired on generous pensions."

– Francis Menton,
Manhattan Contrarian

🎵 The Moon At Night, Is Big and Bright....Deep in the Heart of Texas. 🎵 Solar at Night, has taken flight...Dark in the Heart of Texas! 🎵

Wall Street Journal (9/7/23) reports: "Triple-digit temperatures aren’t unusual during Texas summers, but power shortages coupled with urgent orders to conserve electricity are now routine. While Texans barely averted blackouts Wednesday evening, the state’s energy ordeals are a flickering warning to the rest of the country. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) called a Stage 2 emergency on Wednesday evening, one step from rolling blackouts. “High demand, lower wind generation, and the declining solar generation during sunset led to lower operating reserves on the grid and eventually contributed to lower frequency,” the grid operator’s CEO said. Businesses that use large amounts of power were directed to curb their energy consumption—i.e., scale back operations. Utilities urged Texans to unplug electric vehicles, turn off pool filters, and prepare backup plans for medical equipment in case the power goes out. In other words, double check that backyard emergency generator. Texans conserved enough power Wednesday to prevent blackouts, but they were asked again Thursday to use less power in the evening—when many come home from work and want to crank up the AC. Last month Ercot issued eight emergency alerts to conserve power."

Renewables can't keep the lights on in sunny Texas, but Secretary Jenny wants them on your house.

It seems that no one can replace The Honorable Dan Simmons.

Bloomberg (9/7/23) reports: "The White House withdrew its nominee for an Energy Department posting, ending a months-long standoff and handing a win to Senator Joe Manchin, who has protested the agency’s plans to regulate gas stoves. Jeff Marootian’s nomination to be assistant secretary of the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy had been stalled since May, when Manchin, who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, scrubbed a committee vote. At the time, Manchin argued he was “not comfortable moving forward” with Marootian, who had been tapped to lead the Energy Department division spearheading the stove energy-efficiency rule that the senator opposed. Earlier this year, the department made public first-of-their-kind limits on the energy consumption of gas stoves as well as electric cook tops. The industry blasted the move, saying it could lead to some products being removed from the market. The DOE rules came just weeks after regulations around gas stoves became a national issue when an official with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission floated the idea of a ban. That drew outrage from Manchin and others who siezed on it as symbol of government overreach. A White House official said Marootian, who serves as a special advisor to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, would be appointed as the agency’s principal deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy."

If you oppose a carbon tax, or a "border adjustment tax," or whatever else they are calling it these days, take a stand and contact us.

Tom Pyle, American Energy Alliance

Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Phil Kerpen, American Commitment

Andrew Quinlan, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform

George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom

Thomas Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste

Richard Manning, Americans for Limited Government

Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks

Craig Richardson, E&E Legal

Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute
Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center
David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
Seton Motley, Less Government
Annette Meeks, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Isaac Orr, Center of the American Experiment
David T. Stevenson, Caesar Rodney Institute
John Droz, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions
Jim Karahalios, Axe the Carbon Tax
Mark Mathis, Clear Energy Alliance
Jack Ekstrom, PolicyWorks America
Jon Sanders, John Locke Foundation

Energy Markets

WTI Crude Oil: ↑ $87.67
Natural Gas: ↑ $2.63
Gasoline: ↑ $3.80

Diesel: ↑ $4.46
Heating Oil: ↑ $331.80
Brent Crude Oil: ↑ $80.87
US Rig Count: ↓677

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