A Perfect Storm: What we learned from this winter’s severe weather, and how to prepare for next season
Dan Field
newsroom@lakesunonline.com
Mother Nature can be a fickle presence and the Lake-wide damage she caused from the Lake freezing over this winter will take months to repair. Many dock and boat owners had to figure out quickly what to do, who to hire, and if insurance would pay for damages.
In late March, flood gates at Bagnell Dam were opened for several days to offset upstream rainfall and to prevent flooding of the Lake of the Ozarks from spring rains.
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Biden Administration Accelerates State Climate Solutions
May 5, 2021
Environmental disasters and new federal policy spike demand for renewable energy.
When Gov. Kate Brown issued Executive Order 20-04 in March 2020, directing state agencies to create new rules limiting companies’ carbon emissions, she was on the wrong side of the national moment.
One year after taking office in 2017, the Trump administration pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, the legally binding international treaty on climate change, and issued a flurry of executive orders rolling back Obama and Clinton-era environmental regulations 74 in total. For every regulation that was put into place, two were eliminated.
Posted May 07, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, 2021 – Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP is pleased to announce that James C. (Jim) Holsclaw has joined the firm s Indianapolis office as a Partner with the Energy and Utilities practice group. I am pleased to welcome Jim to our expanding Energy and Utilities and Public Utility Regulatory practices and to the Indianapolis office, said Phillip A. Casey, Co-Chair of Calfee s Energy and Utilities practice group. Jim brings years of electric transmission and markets experience, which perfectly complements our state and federal regulatory work. The depth of experience and bench strength of our growing team will enable Calfee to better support Energy and Utilities clients on state, regional and national levels.
Gas and power sellers rack up billions in profit from Texas freeze Thursday, 06 May 2021 10:10 AM
[ Last Update: Thursday, 06 May 2021 10:10 AM ] Overhead power lines are seen during record-breaking temperatures in Houston, Texas, US, February 17, 2021. (Reuters photo)
Natural gas suppliers, pipeline companies and banks that trade commodities have emerged as the biggest market winners from February’s US winter blast that roiled gas and power markets, according to more than two dozen interviews and quarterly earnings reports.
The deep freeze caught Texas s utilities off-guard, killed more than 100 people and left 4.5 million without power. Demand for heat pushed wholesale power costs to 400 times the usual amount and propelled natural gas prices to record highs, forcing utilities and consumers to pay exorbitant bills.