Consumer Energy Alliance has long recognized and advocated for the immense economic benefits that domestic energy production brings.  From Pennsylvania to Texas and up to Michigan, we’ve witnessed the tremendous impact that increased energy production – both traditional fossil fuel and renewable energy – has brought to communities.  And now, we have the studies to [...]  More »

As tens of thousands of energy professionals descend upon Houston this week for the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference, we are reminded just how far technology has come in such a short time.  In the two years since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, both the private sector and federal regulators have advanced new technologies and practices that [...]  More »

Last week, we learned about plans for a new set of regulations covering natural gas production from hydraulic fracturing. And this week, the Interior Department has said that those forthcoming rules are still being defined and it’s unclear when they will be released. If it sounds familiar, that’s because it is. The U.S. oil and gas industry, [...]  More »

For a consumer group focused on a balanced energy policy, things haven’t felt very balanced lately. Ever-rising gasoline prices continue to dominate our attention and drain our wallets, reminding us of how gasoline is an essential fuel, and how our longstanding dependence on foreign oil has kept us paying too much. Last week, we outlined [...]  More »

A look at U.S. gas price charts this week shows the cost of a gallon of gasoline moving ever closer to $4 a gallon. And if you look closely at price charts over the years, you’ll see something else: a pattern of springtime price hikes. That’s right. Prices vary a lot from one year to the [...]  More »

We hear a lot these days about high and rising gas prices and almost as much about how this is a very complex issue. This week, we offer a reminder that not everything about the price we pay for our fuel is complicated or beyond our control. Yes, oil and gas prices are influenced by [...]  More »

In recent months, we’ve seen some positive economic data that indicates that an economic recovery may be underway.  So, why is the U.S. trade deficit – the difference between the value of what we are importing and what we are exporting – growing? Part of the reason is that Americans are starting to spend more, [...]  More »

President Obama scored a lot of points in our book for his discussion of national energy policy in his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, starting with the prominence he gave the topic in his speech and the time he devoted to it. Energy policy is critical to our national economy and the President [...]  More »

The United States continues to see breakthroughs in natural gas: Not only in the multiple shale formations around the country, that are producing volumes of fuel large enough to transform the nationwide energy outlook, but also in Washington, where the White House recently issued a report outlining the multiple economic and environmental benefits of natural [...]  More »

There was a bit of unusual news in the oil sector this week, when a major Tokyo company paid $1.3 billion for a 35% stake in Hunt Oil Company’s holdings in the Texas shale formation, Eagle Ford, and said it planned to drill several hundred wells on the site over the next five to ten [...]  More »

You probably would not be surprised to learn that the majority of New Year’s resolutions concern two topics: weight and finances. In the spirit of fresh starts as we kick off 2012, we offer some tips for smart energy consumption to live by, particularly if you are aiming for a thinner waistline or a fatter wallet. [...]  More »

Last week the newly appointed head of the Sierra Club, Michael Brune, penned a scathing opinion piece that claimed the Keystone XL pipeline would “cost the American people far more than we can afford.” To paraphrase an old saw, the author is entitled to his opinion, but he is not entitled to his own facts. Indeed, [...]  More »