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MORNING ENERGY NEWS | 11.8.2019
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** Don't you dare step in between me and my Double-Double.
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Reason ([link removed]) (11/1/19) reports: "Two of California's greatest passions are colliding: NIMBYism and In-N-Out Burger. In September, the people of Rancho Mirage learned that the regional burger chain intended to establish a new location in the vacant corner of a shopping center in their southern California city. Given the almost cult-like acclaim In-N-Out has attracted in California and across the Southwest, many residents were thrilled at the news...But not everyone was thrilled at the prospects of In-N-Out setting up in the city. A group comprised mostly of homeowners near the proposed site objected to the added noise, traffic, and emissions that they feared the restaurant would bring. They also objected to the way in which the authorities had approved the project. The city had rezoned In-N-Out's property to allow for a fast food restaurant and declared that the project qualified for an
exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)—a state law that requires projects be studied for significant environmental impacts."


** "I think people need to understand what [Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto] is saying [in opposition to oil and gas development] represents a very small minority of people in this region and oftentimes he is operating in a bit of an echo chamber. So his views I don’t think are the working man’s view. It’s not the building trades’ view, it’s not manufacturing’s view, and it’s really not a rational fact-based view."
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– Nick DeIuliis, CNX Resources ([link removed])

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Inside baseball, turned inside out.

** Energy News Network ([link removed])
(11/4/19) reports: "A lobbying scandal involving Illinois’ largest power companies threatens to unravel an already tenuous coalition supporting a new round of ambitious clean energy legislation in the state. As federal investigators issue subpoenas and search warrants related to lobbying activity by ComEd and Exelon, some clean energy and consumer advocates have already said they will no longer work with the companies. ComEd is the state’s largest electric utility, serving the Chicago area and much of northern Illinois...Meanwhile, the clock is ticking to extend funding for the state’s solar incentives, which will likely run out of money next year without new legislation. The federal probe is widely seen to have torpedoed the bill’s chances in a six-day veto session concluding next week, and cast doubt on its chances in next year’s regular session."

Gore me once, shame on you. Gore me twice...

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** &E News ([link removed])
(11/4/19) reports: "An inconvenient truth is hanging over Georgetown, Texas: Its celebrated shift to renewable energy doesn't look like a national model these days. Electric rates are up. Critics are blasting the costs. And the city north of Austin is trying to figure out how to mitigate the situation. Georgetown, whose green push gained global attention thanks to former Vice President Al Gore and others, can claim to have 100% renewable power thanks to a credit system tied to electricity purchases. In 2018, the city bought enough power from wind and solar projects to account for all of the community's consumption. It also pays for power fueled by natural gas. In all, the city contracts for more electricity than its municipal utility needs to serve customers — and that's been a problem. Surplus power is sold into a market hampered by weak prices, often delivering financial losses instead of the returns Georgetown expected."

They're still coming out of the woodwork.

** New York Times ([link removed])
(11/7/19) reports: "Michael R. Bloomberg is actively preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary and is expected to file paperwork this week designating himself as a candidate in at least one state with an early filing deadline, people briefed on Mr. Bloomberg’s plans said."

You have stolen my dreams.

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** &E News ([link removed])
(11/6/19) reports: "Attorneys arguing before the Supreme Court today attempted to turn water into whiskey. The justices searched for a standard of controlling pollution that travels through groundwater that would block regulated entities from evading the Clean Water Act while avoiding a significant expansion of the statute's federal permitting requirements. 'Is any little bit of groundwater enough to break the chain?' Chief Justice John Roberts asked at several points during oral arguments today in County of Maui v. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund. In defending their positions, lawyers for environmental groups and the federal government likened pollution from Maui County's Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility, which runs through groundwater on its way to the Pacific Ocean, to whiskey added to a punch bowl."

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Tom Pyle, American Energy Alliance
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Phil Kerpen, American Commitment
Andrew Quinlan, Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom
Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste
Richard Manning, Americans for Limited Government
Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks
Craig Richardson, E&E Legal
Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute
Amy Oliver Cooke, Independence Institute
Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center
David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
Seton Motley, Less Government
Nathan Nascimento, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce
Isaac Orr, Center of the American Experiment
David T. Stevenson & Clint Laird, Caesar Rodney Institute
John Droz, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions
Jim Karahalios, Axe the Carbon Tax
Mark Mathis, Clear Energy Alliance
Mandy Gunasekara, Energy 45
Jack Ekstrom, PolicyWorks America

Energy Markets


WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $56.33
Natural Gas: ↑ $2.80
Gasoline: $2.63

Diesel: ↑ $3.01
Heating Oil: ↓ $188.45
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $61.28
** US Rig Count ([link removed])
: ↑ 837



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