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September 7, 2012Natural gas demand at power plants was high in summer 2012
September 6, 2012
NRG-GenOn acquisition plan would create the largest independent power producer
September 4, 2012
Electric grid operators monitoring drought conditions
August 22, 2012
Merger of Progress Energy and Duke Energy created largest U.S. electric utility
August 20, 2012
Natural gas, renewables dominate electric capacity additions in first half of 2012
August 17, 2012
Electric generator dispatch depends on system demand and the relative cost of operation
August 7, 2012
EIA has updated Gulf of Mexico energy statistics
July 31, 2012
Projected retirements of coal-fired power plants
July 27, 2012
27 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity to retire over next five years
July 19, 2012
Much of the country’s refinery capacity is concentrated along the Gulf Coast
July 17, 2012
Uprates can increase U.S. nuclear capacity substantially without building new reactors
July 11, 2012
New transmission project will help California meet summer electric demand
July 9, 2012
Texas electricity market faces summer challenges
July 5, 2012
Crude oil distillation and the definition of refinery capacity
June 29, 2012
Electricity storage: Location, location, location … and cost
June 15, 2012
Working crude oil storage capacity at Cushing, Oklahoma rises
June 14, 2012
California's electric power market faces challenges heading into summer
June 1, 2012
Reserve electric generating capacity helps keep the lights on
May 29, 2012
Seasonal hydroelectric output drives down wholesale electricity prices in the West
May 24, 2012
OPEC spare capacity in the first quarter of 2012 at lowest level since 2008
May 22, 2012
Electricity storage can smooth out moment-to-moment variations in electricity demand
May 21, 2012
Electricity storage can take advantage of daily price variations
May 17, 2012
Global generation capacity for nuclear power has grown to over 346 gigawatts since 1955
May 15, 2012
Participation in electric net-metering programs increased sharply in recent years
May 9, 2012
Policies for compensating behind-the-meter generation vary by State
May 8, 2012
U.S. nuclear outages back within five-year range
April 6, 2012
Regional differences for cost of crude oil to refiners widened in 2011
March 20, 2012
Refinery utilization rates react to economics in 2011
March 12, 2012
U.S. wind generation increased 27% in 2011
February 17, 2012
Natural gas pipeline capacity additions in 2011
February 16, 2012
Ohio's fuel mix for power generation is changing
February 10, 2012
Natural gas and renewable shares of electricity generation to grow, coal still largest
January 27, 2012
New Northeast natural gas pipeline capacity comes on-line
November 30, 2011
EIA releases U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity data
November 18, 2011
U.S. has large geothermal resources, but recent growth is slower than wind or solar
November 17, 2011
Over half the cooling systems at U.S. electric power plants reuse water
November 1, 2011
Peak underground natural gas storage capacity up again in 2011
August 17, 2011
Electric generating capacity additions in the first half of 2011
August 2, 2011
Wind generating capacity is distributed unevenly across the United States
July 18, 2011
Minimal petroleum-fired electric capacity has been added in recent years
July 13, 2011
U.S. wind capacity takes off after 2005
July 8, 2011
Hydropower has a long history in the United States
July 6, 2011
Natural gas use in the electric power sector is growing
July 5, 2011
Most electric generating capacity additions in the last decade were natural gas-fired
June 30, 2011
U.S. commercial nuclear capacity comes from reactors built primarily between 1970 and 1990
June 29, 2011
January 2011 U.S. refining capacity was the highest in 29 years
June 28, 2011
Most coal-fired electric capacity was built before 1980
June 16, 2011
Age of electric power generators varies widely
June 9, 2011
Average utilization of the nation's natural gas combined-cycle power plant fleet is rising
June 8, 2011
Electric generators' roles vary due to daily and seasonal variation in demand
June 7, 2011
Recent mix of electric generating capacity additions more diverse
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