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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 09/16/2020
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** A couple of impediments for the 100% renewables crowd: facts and physics.
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** "California and Australia share a common enemy: overzealous environmental regulation. In both places, the unintended consequences of a radical environmentalist agenda has been massive wildfires."
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– Krystina Skurk, Hillsdale College ([link removed])

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Wicked stupid.

** Commonwealth Magazine ([link removed])
(9/14/20) reports: "MBTA OFFICIALS said on Monday that battery-powered buses are a promising technology that is still several years away from being ready for prime time, largely because a test of five vehicles indicated they take too long to charge and don’t live up to their mileage specifications, particularly during the winter. The MBTA purchased five battery-power, 60-foot buses in 2019 and ran them on Silver Line routes over the past year. According to the T, the vehicle manufacturer promised the buses would run 100 to 120 miles on a single charge, but the actual mileage ranged from 60 to 110 miles, with the lesser amounts coming on colder weather days. Erik Stoothoff, the MBTA’s chief engineer, said the buses would run out of juice in the afternoons, unable to complete some of their runs. He said it took eight hours to recharge the batteries. 'They don’t have enough battery power to deliver a full day’s service,' he said. Stoothoff said the performance may actually be worse than the
T’s testing indicates because the past winter was so mild. He said mileage dropped to 60 miles when the temperature was 20 degrees, but may have dropped even more with colder temperatures. 'We have not stressed these buses the way the Boston climate can stress these buses,' he said."

DOE money wasted: at least $10 million.

** Cleveland.com ([link removed])
(9/15/20) reports: "The Ohio Power Siting Board is preparing to rule that it will not revisit its decision to allow the construction of Icebreaker Wind, the nation’s first freshwater offshore wind farm, in Lake Erie, with restrictions that backers say would doom the project. According to a draft ruling obtained by cleveland.com, the board is set during its meeting Thursday to reject calls by both supporters and opponents of the six-turbine, 20-megawatt wind farm to reconsider its May 21 ruling. Icebreaker Wind proponents objected to the board’s requirement that the turbine blades can’t move at night between March 1 and Nov. 1, which was aimed at limiting risk to birds and bats. Such a limitation would be a 'poison pill' to the entire project, they argued, as it would make the wind farm financially infeasible. Supporters of the project took issue with other things as well, including that the board overrode a recommendation by staff on the Siting Board and Ohio Department of Natural
Resources to approve the project without the limit, among other objections."

The price of stopping the green left is eternal vigilance.

** E&E News ([link removed])
(9/16/20) reports: "House Democrats yesterday unveiled a massive clean energy legislative package that leaders are calling a major step in the chamber's efforts to attack the climate crisis. The bill will likely pass the House next week, but the tight legislative calendar and policy differences may scuttle the energy reform effort again this year. H.R. 4447 aligns with an energy reform effort afoot in the Senate, setting up potential conference negotiations later this year. Still, differences are notable. The Senate bill, S. 2657, from Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and ranking member Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), would authorize some $23 billion in new spending over the next five fiscal years for Department of Energy research and development into technologies needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The House package, while similar, is more muscular in its climate spending and mandates. House leaders hope their effort proves a sweet spot between Green New Deal
progressives and innovation-focused moderates. It's largely a combination of provisions from the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, headed by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), and the Energy and Commerce Committee, led by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)."

Energy Markets


WTI Crude Oil: ↑ $39.34
Natural Gas: ↓ $2.33
Gasoline: ~ $2.18

Diesel: ~ $2.40
Heating Oil: ↑ $111.25
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $41.53
** US Rig Count ([link removed])
: ↑ 288



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