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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 10/23/2025
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** The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Cato Institute ([link removed]) (10/20/25) argues: "Artificial intelligence doesn’t run on optimism or buzzwords. It runs on electricity. This seems to be a growing concern as the technology advances, with outlets from Teen Vogue and Wired to the Washington Post and Harvard Business Review publishing articles about AI’s alarming energy and water consumption. The previous AI doomerism now seems to be focused less on AI’s application and more on its use of resources. However, there should be a case for optimism on both energy policy and technology policy regarding this issue. Rather than immediately rushing to fit these growing energy demands into our existing policy frameworks, AI can provide an opportunity to rethink our static models and mental frameworks around energy. Such rethinking provides opportunities for dynamic growth in both technological innovation and energy. If the United States wants to lead the
world in AI, policymakers must abandon the illusion that a centrally planned grid can power a decentralized technological revolution. Energy abundance and technological progress thrive when they are built on the same foundation: an open-ended market process with less government intervention."
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** "The reliability of the power grid remains extremely high, but, paradoxically, the risks to reliability continue to mount. We’re seeing … an increasing number of small scale events and near misses that continue to reinforce what we can’t call anything but a five-alarm fire when it comes to reliability."
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– Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp ([link removed])

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I take it the UN is a little nervous about this...

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The climate cases aren't holding up...

** Washington Examiner ([link removed])
(10/22/25) editorial: "Democratic Party policies were soundly rejected by voters last November, so activists are turning to courts at the state, federal, and international levels to impose costly and painful climate change policies on consumers. But there are signs that common sense may prevail. A federal court in Montana threw out a case last week that was funded by an activist group called Our Children’s Trust, holding that judges are ill equipped to dictate energy policy for the federal government... Courtrooms are no place to rewrite national energy policy. Voters have already rendered their verdict on costly climate mandates, and no amount of costly and casuistical litigation can reverse it. When activists fail to persuade the public, they try to govern from the bench. The Supreme Court should reaffirm the principles of representative government by taking up the Boulder case and firmly rejecting the Democratic Party’s latest attempt to regulate by lawsuit."

This is what democracy looks like!

** Reuters ([link removed])
(10/21/25) reports: "U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright gave Venture Global (VG.N) final approval on Tuesday to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its CP2 plant, under construction in Louisiana, to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the U.S. The approval will allow Venture Global to export 28 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) or 3.96 billion cubic feet per day of U.S. natural gas to so called non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries. 'In less than ten months, President Trump's administration is redefining what it means to unleash American energy by approving record new LNG exports,' said Kyle Haustveit, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fossil Energy. Venture Global is the second-largest U.S. exporter of LNG and when the CP2 plant is complete could leapfrog Cheniere Energy (LNG.N) and become the largest U.S. exporter of the super-chilled gas. 'We look forward to continue advancing the project safely and quickly to bring new LNG to the global market at a
record pace beginning in 2027,' Venture Global's CEO Mike Sabel said in a statement to Reuters."

Energy Markets


WTI Crude Oil: ↑ $62.07
Natural Gas: ↓ $3.46
Gasoline: ↑ $3.07

Diesel: ↑ $3.63
Heating Oil: ↑ $240.49
Brent Crude Oil: ↑ $66.26
** US Rig Count ([link removed])
: ↓ 568



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