Fears about supply, demand, profits and supply chains all combine into a volatile mix that delivers prices that are often higher in a crisis, but also change more rapidly and by larger amounts.
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Government attempts to manage energy prices could actually create more volatility in oil and gas markets.
There is simply no credible evidence supporting the contention that America is experiencing a grid emergency.
Large-scale solar and wind tend to push energy prices down, which sounds great as a consumer. But that makes keeping the grid in constant balance harder.
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Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development; Professor of Law, West Virginia University
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Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Research Scientist in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Lecturer in Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Nonresident Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University