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DAILY ENERGY NEWS  | 09/19/2025
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The corn mafia is now claiming it is more important that they get paid then our brave men and women in uniform.


E&E News (9/19/25) reports: "The Senate appeared to inch closer to a deal on the annual defense authorization bill Thursday, but the timing of a potential floor vote remains up in the air. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said the upper chamber could wrap up its work on the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act as soon as this week — if senators can clinch an agreement on a package of amendments...Leadership floated a list of amendments Thursday that included a proposal to permanently authorize year-round E15 ethanol sales, as well as language on critical mineral mapping and other priorities...Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) signaled that the E15 provision, sponsored by Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, was a point of contention. 'The Senate is now debating whether to force even higher amounts of ethanol into our fuels,' Barrasso said in a floor speech. 'We should reject this failed approach. It would only worsen the harm on the current system and lead to more market distortions.'"

"Net-zero ideologies ignore this fundamental truth that wind turbines and solar panels only generate electricity and cannot support the supply chain of products demanded by humanity and, by doing so, risk leaving future generations with scarcity and instability." 

 

– Ronald Stein, P.E.
The Heartland Institute

Too little, too late.


Wall Street Journal (9/18/25) reports: "A year after they broke up via text, California and Chevron finally reconnected by phone. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office made its first-ever call to Chevron’s refining chief last week, days before state lawmakers passed a bill meant to stop more oil companies from leaving California.  Nathan Barankin, Newsom’s chief of staff, extolled the virtues of that bill, which could boost drilling in oil-rich Kern County, and touted the state’s decision to delay putting a cap on refiners’ profits.  'I said, ‘Yeah, Nathan, all those are good, but we’ve got a long ways to go,’' Andy Walz, who runs Chevron’s refining, pipeline and chemical businesses, said in an interview. California policymakers who had tried to spur a transition away from fossil fuels are now working to entice fuel-makers to stay open, while polls show voter frustration with rising living costs. Gasoline prices in the state averaged $4.66 a gallon Wednesday, among the highest in the nation, and about $1.45 higher than the national average, according to AAA...Policymakers this year have also discussed ways to keep Valero from closing its 56-year-old Benicia refinery, which has about 10% of the state’s oil refining capacity, political advisers said. Valero cites the state’s 20-year push away from fossil fuels for its decision to close the plant next April.  Rich Walsh, Valero’s general counsel, told analysts on a recent conference call that the company hasn’t changed plans. 'There’s no solutions that have materialized, at least not from our perspective,' he said."

A great day for the birds of New York.

If accurate accounting threatens your business model, "fairness" isn't the first thing you should be worried about.


Utility Dive (9/18/25) reports: "Beginning in April 2026, NV Energy will add a daily demand charge for residential and small business customers that could add more than $30 to some monthly bills, consumer advocates warned in the wake of a Tuesday decision by state utility regulators.The Public Utility Commission of Nevada unanimously approved a new rate design for customers in the southern portion of the state, along with changing the utility’s net metering design in ways that solar advocates say will weaken customer protections and set back Nevada’s clean energy goals...The order was approved 3-0, without modifications. Several members of the public spoke before the commission opposing the order. Janet Carter, vice chair of Sierra Club’s Toiyabe Chapter, told regulators her organization opposed NV Energy’s changes, and in particular shifts to the net metering program in the utility’s northern service territory, where it will calculate credits for energy returned to the grid every 15 minutes, rather than monthly as it does now...'Approving demand charges and 15-minute netting runs counter to the intent of SB-405 and threatens the affordability and fairness of rooftop solar,' Chauntille Roberts, Vote Solar’s regional director for the interior West, said in a statement. 'We are deeply concerned about the impact this will have on families, and we are weighing all options to defend the rights of Nevada customers.'"

Energy Markets

 
WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $63.14
Natural Gas: ↓ $2.87
Gasoline: ↓ $3.19
Diesel: ↓ $3.70
Heating Oil: ↓ $231.98
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $67.04
US Rig Count: ↓ 572

 
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