Your Weekly Energy News Roundup Stay up to date with the latest energy news! US ENERGY UPDATE | July 11, 2024 View this email in your browser As The Heat Rises, Texas Needs All Energy Sources Low-cost renewable energy is making significant contributions to reliability while lowering costs to protect consumers from skyrocketing electricity bills. The benefits of renewables and battery energy storage are especially valuable during daytime peak demand when solar power delivers much-needed capacity, during the evening and morning hours when wind power ramps up, and as batteries quickly respond to urgent grid conditions.  Read More  Devon Energy Nabs Williston Basin Driller in $5 Billion Deal The acquisition is the latest in a wave of private-equity exits from the U.S. oil patch that is extending beyond the more popular Permian Basin. That region has been the locale for multibillion-dollar acquisitions by big publicly traded buyers from private-equity-backed sellers over the past year. Read More  Nebraska Lawmakers Look to Understand, Curb Potential Abuses of Eminent Domain Eminent domain has been controversial, particularly in current efforts to build carbon dioxide pipelines through several Midwest states, including Nebraska. In those cases, private companies have clashed with states, counties or individual landowners. Read More How The Chevron Ruling Could Change Congress That 6-3 decision in late June, overturned a long-standing doctrine known as “Chevron deference,” which for four decades directed judges to defer to the expertise of agencies in implementing laws.Republicans looking for ways to weaken the so-called administrative state cheered the decision, while Democrats are worried the ruling could leave judges as the ultimate arbiters of agency policy. Now, many say, Congress will have to pick up the slack by writing bills with more detail. Read More Vistra, Constellation Energy Surge on Clean Energy Demand Bets to Power AI Tech Nuclear energy companies such as Constellation and Vistra are particularly expected to benefit from the U.S. government's push for big tech firms to invest in new climate-friendly energy generation to cater to surging AI power needs. 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.