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Gregory Meyer reports on energy, food, the environment and commodities markets from New York. His focus is on companies, government agencies and investors in the US as they negotiate an energy system in transition.
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  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Vistra Corp.
    Power producer Vistra faces $1bn hit from Texas freeze

    Shares plummet 20% as company reveals travails grappling with storm and blackouts

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    Electric power
    Natural gas suppliers face criticism over Texas power crisis

    Electricity generators point fingers at gas delivery network for last week’s outages

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Texas
    Power market credit crisis looms as Texas bills come due

    State’s grid operator warns of ‘dominoes’ as defaults begin on electricity purchases made during deep freeze

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    Macquarie Group
    Texas deep freeze lifts profits at gas trader Macquarie

    Australian group is one of the biggest players in the US natural gas and electricity markets

  • Saturday, 20 February, 2021
    News in-depthUtilities
    Bills mount in Texas power market after freeze sends prices soaring

    Financial casualties emerge as grid operator Ercot requires billions in payments

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    News in-depthClimate Capital
    US power line tensions grow over green energy surge

    Stakes rise as electricity grid becomes speedy route to cut carbon emissions 

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    News in-depthClimate Capital
    Texans demand answers after dramatic collapse in power supply

    Governor says utilities will be asked why equipment was not ‘winterised’

  • Monday, 15 February, 2021
    Electric power
    Blackouts spread beyond Texas as frigid weather knocks out power plants

    Millions left without electricity as arctic air sweeps central US

  • Saturday, 13 February, 2021
    Energy sector
    Arctic blast triggers power squeeze in energy-rich Texas

    A historic freeze has hit power markets hard in the US state

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  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
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    NextEra takes $1.2bn charge as pipeline project comes under pressure

    Energy company points to ‘backdrop of obvious changes’ including leadership in Washington

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    US politics & policy
    Biden turns to climate-action advocates for energy jobs

    Appointments mark a break with Trump administration’s reliance on industry lobbyists

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Energy sector
    US court strikes down Trump’s pro-coal power sector rules

    Decision gives Biden clean slate to deal with emissions from electricity generation

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Renewable energy
    New York to build miles of new power lines in renewables push

    Attempt to green the grid is a template for Joe Biden’s plan to remove carbon from US power by 2035

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Infrastructure investment
    Fund manager bets on new source of renewable power: old river dams

    Opportunity comes after truce between US environmentalists and the hydropower industry

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Coal
    US coalminers’ Asia ‘pipe dream’ evaporates

    Collapse of west coast port project deals blow to hopes of an export-driven recovery

  • Saturday, 2 January, 2021
    News in-depthUS politics & policy
    Kelly Loeffler’s Trumpian lurch shocks ex-colleagues at ICE

    The former executive has reinvented herself to fight a tough challenge for Senate seat in Georgia

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Oil & Gas industry
    LNG price rise improves US export prospects

    Ambitious plans to expand export capacity look less shaky after a year of delays

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Energy Source
    Why no one is impressed with Exxon’s emissions pledge

    The supermajor did not get the reaction it hoped for after pressure from activist investors

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Insurance
    Extreme weather causes surge in solar power insurance costs

    Climate change blamed as claims rise in the wake of unusual hailstorms, wildfires and tornadoes

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    News in-depthRenewable energy
    US renewables look to plug funding gap as incentives hit

    Lower profits chill investor use of tax equity system to offset income with clean energy credits

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Energy Source
    What to make of Big Oil’s emission pledges Premium

    Is it a serious shift or greenwashing?

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    Renewable energy
    US wind project delay pushes approval to Biden era

    Vineyard Wind’s move leaves fate in hands of more climate-conscious administration

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Utilities
    Biden’s renewable energy deadline too ambitious says power boss

    Overhauling electricity market by 2035 would be ‘prohibitively expensive’ for consumers according to Vistra CEO

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Oil
    CFTC report into negative oil price stops short of naming culprits

    US regulator says plunge below $0 in April is ‘not a super-simple story’

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Oil & Gas industry
    Propane supplies feel heat as Covid drives dining outdoors

    Retail customers replenishing gas tanks at fevered pace causes shortages in stores

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