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Pipeline capacity is lacking in the United States to meet the influx of new gas-fired generation, and utilities will often need to secure a spot a day ahead of time if they know they will need extra supply. 
Energy and Environment

Lawmakers worry about grid reliability as new regulations near

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The electric grid relies largely on decades-old technology and is in need of upgrades, but it's difficult to find the money, with flat electricity demand growth and increasing volumes of distributed renewable energy. (Thinkstock)
Energy and Environment

Utility, environmental group team up to change electricity business

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Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Energy and Environment

House GOP to push World Bank on climate policy

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said there's little chance that a nuclear waste bill she's co-sponsoring will make it amid shifting committee responsibilities. (AP File)
Energy and Environment

Lisa Murkowski says nuclear waste bill doubtful this Congress

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hit with a multi-million-dollar barrage of televised attacks, Democrats in tough re-election races want credit for trying to fix the problematic parts of Obamacare at the same time they claim bragging rights for its popular provisions and allege Republicans would reverse the law's crackdown on insurance company abuses. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Energy and Environment

Sen. Mary Landrieu to be new Energy Committee chairwoman

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A worker carries iron bars at the Sempra liquefied natural gas plant under construction in Hackberry, La., in 2007. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Energy and Environment

Energy Department approves natural-gas export project

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The Obama administration has argued the Indian policy would stifle growth in the solar industry and reduce U.S. exports. Indian imports of U.S. solar kit amounted to $119 million in 2011, before the local-content requirements took effect, according to Bloomberg. (AP Photo)
Economy

Solar panel trade feud between US, India escalates

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington on Feb. 10. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Energy and Environment

Ted Cruz outlines energy bill with fewer restrictions on fracking

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Federal law requires the EPA to review standards for ozone pollution, which occurs when hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide from power plants, fuel exhausts and other sources combine with sunlight, every five years.
Energy and Environment

States use ALEC-backed bills to kill EPA power plant rules

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The pressure and anxiety from backers of expanding natural gas exports are growing in tandem as the Energy Department continues to evaluate more than two dozen proposals to ship the fuel abroad. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Energy and Environment

Natural gas export worries, pressures grow amid Energy Department lag

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