Your Weekly Energy News Roundup Stay up to date with the latest energy news! US ENERGY UPDATE | May 1, 2024 View this email in your browser How Big Data Centers Are Slowing the Shift to Clean Energy Utilities in Georgia and North Carolina are adding fossil-fuel power or considering delaying the shutdown of coal-fired plants to meet the demands of data centers and other industries. Duke Energy told regulators it needs three new gas-fired power plants in the Carolinas.  Read More  Big Oil Document Dump Spotlights Industry Influence in Academia Details about oil majors contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to top universities to build relationships that could help the industry avoid taking climate action were inside thousands of pages of documents unveiled Tuesday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability and the Senate Budget committees. Read More  The Power Grid Puts Texas Growth at Risk Again Transmission lines are to energy reliability as good roads and highways are to economic growth. Without the infrastructure in place, growth and prosperity are at risk. Read More US Court Rejects a Request by Tribes to Block $10B Energy Transmission Project in Arizona A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmentalists to stop work on a $10 billion transmission line being built through a remote southeastern Arizona valley that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California. Read More As Louisiana Embraces Carbon Capture, State Lawmakers Seek to Regulate Industry As Louisiana embraces the burgeoning and controversial carbon capture industry, state lawmakers are advancing bills that would protect impacted landowners, require emergency response plans for carbon sequestration facilities and give more money to parishes that house carbon wells. Read More Subscribe to the US Energy Update The US Energy Update was created to keep the public informed about the wide range of energy news which comes from the diverse and fast-paced energy industry. Our mission is to provide a compendium of interesting and insightful news relevant to energy industry professionals and observers.   Subscribe Today Copyright © 2024 US Energy Update, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.