Today in Energy release notice

For the next two weeks (December 21–January 1), Today in Energy will feature a selection of our favorite articles from 2015. New stories will resume on January 4, 2016. More »

Effects of removing U.S. crude export restrictions depend on price, resource assumptions

A new study by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on the potential implications of allowing more crude oil exports finds that effects on domestic crude oil production are key to determining the other effects of a policy change. More »

EIA's newly designed coal web pages provides easier access to coal data

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) redesigned the weekly Coal Production report and combined two price reports into a single Coal Markets product to improve access to EIA's coal data. Users can now access weekly coal production and prices and new monthly export data from a single place. More »

Utility-scale solar in South Atlantic region dominated by North Carolina, Georgia

Most of the utility-scale solar PV electric generating capacity has been installed in the southwestern part of the country in states such as California and Arizona, which together accounted for 64% of the national total as of September 2015. The South Atlantic region has about 11% of the nation's 9,968 MW of utility-scale PV capacity, largely in North Carolina. Until now, Georgia has installed relatively little solar PV capacity, but the state plans to add more than 750 MW of utility-scale solar by the end of 2016. More »

Independent energy assessments confirm quality of EIA's commercial buildings data

Independent energy assessments of a subset of the buildings surveyed in EIA's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey have confirmed the quality of data gathered by interviewers. For instance, 65% of the square footage values collected by the interviewers agreed within +/- 10% with the square footage data collected by professional energy assessors. More »

New database provides monthly inventory and status of U.S. electric generating plants

EIA's recently introduced Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory consolidates currently available information on electric generators into a single product. This new database will enable users to identify monthly changes in generator status and to track units that are being added or retired from the generating fleet. More »