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I want to know about how your food ordering habits have changed over the last few years. What's the role of third party delivery apps? Let me know for Marketplace story today. DM's open or mmccartycarino(at)marketplace(dot)org

Ladies and gentlemen, the Bern Ban is in effect. Nathan Bernier breaks down the different ways cities paint traffic lines on roads, why Austin's road markings can be so hard to see, and what might be done. Never knew there was so much to learn. kut.org/transportation…

#BREAKING John Scott, Texas’ top elections official, to step down at the end of the year. via ⁦James Barragán 🌟⁩ ⁦Texas Tribune⁩ texastribune.org/2022/12/05/joh…

"There’s a huge deficit coming in copper, and as much as people write about it, the price is not yet reflecting it," Glencore CEO Gary Nagle said today. As I wrote about it last month for Bloomberg Opinion, I'm re-posting the column below bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

A few months ago he was warning of an economic "hurricane" Today, Jamie Dimon says the US has the "strongest economy in the world, so we should celebrate that"

The CHART OF THE DAY comes today via Elements, our energy and commodities daily **free** newsletter. US total oil liquids output (crude + condensate + natural gas liquids) hit a record high in Sept. Looks like President Biden isn't stopping the industry. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Last night, #atxcouncil voted to increase Austin Energy’s electricity rates. That means your bill is going up by roughly $9 a month starting in March. kut.org/energy-environ… ⚡️🧵 (1/10)

The largest mayonnaise producer in the country really wants you to replace the eggs in your holiday nog with … mayo. We look into why food companies throw these “interesting” ideas out there, and what kind of return it actually brings. mktplc.org/3VLTRIu

Hi #EnergyTwitter -- anyone have a handy reference comparing the rules of pipeline permitting/build with transmission permitting/build? Presumably covers NGA, FPA, and related major FERC precedents

Zero wait to vote at South Austin Rec Center. I was in and out in three minutes. Matt Largey (real)

Join us ⁦Center on Global Energy Policy⁩! We're hiring a project manager with 3+ years of experience & a program manager with 4+ years of experience in our research admin team. Kind-hearted, strategic-minded go-getters very much encouraged to apply! energypolicy.columbia.edu/about-us/caree…

Russia is selling more #LNG to Europe for the same reason as everyone: high TTF prices. The reasons why Russian LNG prices are lower in Asia is harder to discern: most is related to oil-indexed contracts, but some also seems sanctions-related, especially in India. #ONGT #natgas

Interesting discussion here

This is a good line of inquiry

"The projects waiting to get connected represent more than the combined power capacity of all U.S. electricity plants." I wrote about the strange bureaucracy of the country's interconnection queues. kudos to the excellent Emily Pontecorvo for covering it first! washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Important tweet --> about 4.5 gw of gas/coal dropped offline overnight.

Natgas power plants rocked it last night in ERCOT, which was helpful as wind was at ~2 GW & solar at 0 GW. I wonder if any battery storage was deployed--prices might have been too low? I also wonder if gas from storage caverns was used or if real-time gas production kept up.

old t-shirt for sale on ebay. gotta be a back-story here!

My @marketplace editor, Eve Epstein, worked on this story with me while her power was out. Our look at what the grid needs to weather the next several years, with analysis from @tcurwin Simon Mahan and Energy Impact Partners's Peter Fox-Penner. marketplace.org/2022/12/27/hol…

My latest for Marketplace - on the growth of oilfield quakes here in West Texas: marketplace.org/2022/12/28/in-…