Ed. note: CNN’s January 22, 2026, headline–“Extreme winter storm threat sparks historic natural gas spike”–begs for the proverbial rest of the story, presented below by Allen Brooks at Energy Musings.
“For those of us who lived through Uri and are still paying for its cost, the uproar over last week’s gas price jump is somewhat laughable. Yes, gas prices jumped to a high of $5.28/Mcf. However, during Uri, spot gas prices soared to $23/Mcf, while power prices were capped at $9,000 per megawatt-hour (MWh).”
Yes, natural gas futures prices rose from $2.70 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) on Monday to close the week at $5.28, a jump of 96%. Just between the close of trading on Thursday and Friday’s close, the gas price rose by over 47%.…
Continue Reading“Will Rebecca F. Eliott dare investigate the other side of her favored arguments and dare again, alter her perspective? Will her readers and the New York Times allow her to do so? The times are a changing….”
An article in the New York Times last month on Harold Hamm was in the long tradition of Big Oil, Big Politics, Big Corruption. “The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels” (December 12, 2025) was authored by Eric Lipton and Rebecca F. Eliott.
Eliott’s bio is titled “I cover energy for The New York Times” and reads in part:
… Continue Reading“Many of my stories explore how energy shapes — and is shaped by — politics and economic policy…. I joined The Times in 2024 from The Wall Street Journal [and] … The Houston Chronicle…..”
“Having achieved our goals, the Alliance believes it is appropriate to sunset the organization and promote Ultra Low Carbon Solar through other channels as we proudly cheer the continued expansion of sustainable low carbon solar manufacturing.”
Don’t sugar coat. The political bubble of solar is losing air, and firms and trade groups are disbanding (see here, here, here, and here). Rooftop solar firms are in disarray with bankruptcies and now law firms helping thousands of customers get out of their long-term solar contracts. (See Appendix A below for a list of solar bankruptcies.)
The latest came from Michael Parr, executive director of ULCSA. who wrote on New Year’s day:
… Continue ReadingThe Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance was formed five years ago with a simple but profound mission: education.