Energy Policy News 17 December 2025

NuScale Power stock slips as Capitol Hill nuclear hearing puts SMR trade back in play

New York, January 7, 2026, 10:12 EST — Regular session NuScale Power Corp shares fell 1.6% to $19.25 on Wednesday morning, after trading between $18.51 and $19.48 in early dealings. Volume topped 7 million shares as the stock stayed jumpy.

7 January 2026

Energy Policy·Nuclear Energy·Stock Market

Exxon Mobil stock faces Monday test as Trump pitches Venezuela oil rebuild for U.S. giants

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 03:46 ET — Market closed Exxon Mobil (XOM) shares are in focus ahead of Monday’s session after President Donald Trump said U.S. oil companies would spend “billions of dollars” to restore Venezuela’s “badly broken” oil

5 January 2026

Energy Policy·International Relations·Oil Industry·Stock Market·U.S. Economy

Venezuela Oil Update: PDVSA Cuts Output as U.S. Embargo Chokes Exports; Brent Near $60

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 02:45 ET — Market closed Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has started shutting oilfields and ordering some joint ventures — including projects with Chevron and China National Petroleum Corporation — to curb output as it

5 January 2026

Energy Policy

Chevron caught in Venezuela oil clamp as PDVSA cuts output under U.S. embargo

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 15:11 ET Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has begun cutting crude output as storage fills after a U.S. export embargo — enforced through a blockade of sanctioned tankers — halted oil exports, the country’s main

4 January 2026

Energy Policy·Oil Industry

Exxon Mobil stock: what to watch after U.S. strike on Venezuela and Trump oil-company push

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2026, 08:36 ET — Market closed Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) will be in focus when U.S. markets reopen on Monday after President Donald Trump said U.S. forces struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro. Trump later said

4 January 2026

Energy Policy·Geopolitics·Oil Industry·Stock Market

Dominion Energy’s Silent Solar Generator Debuts as Virginia Regulators Pause Chesterfield Gas Plant Approval

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s energy debate sharpened on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, as two Dominion Energy storylines collided: the utility’s push for new, fast-response power to meet booming demand—and a parallel push for cleaner, quieter alternatives to the diesel equipment

19 December 2025

Energy Policy·Renewable Energy·Solar Power

Ithaca Pushes Back on NYSEG Rate Hikes as Hochul Pauses New York’s All-Electric Buildings Rules

On December 19, 2025, New York’s energy transition is colliding with a familiar reality: household bills. In the Finger Lakes, Ithaca officials are weighing how to protect residents from proposed utility rate increases while also keeping local climate policies on

19 December 2025

Energy Policy·Local News

Georgia Power’s $15B Data Center Energy Expansion Heads to Georgia PSC Vote as AI Power Demand Triggers New Federal Grid Rules

On Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, Georgia’s utility regulators are poised to make one of the most consequential energy decisions the state has faced in years: whether to approve Georgia Power’s plan to rapidly expand electricity supply to meet a surge

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·Energy Policy

House Passes SPEED Act to Fast-Track Energy Projects as Senate Eyes Rewrite Amid Offshore Wind Clash and AI Power Crunch

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2025 — The U.S. House on Thursday approved sweeping permitting legislation aimed at speeding federal reviews for major energy and infrastructure projects, sending a high-stakes overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to the Senate —

19 December 2025

Artificial Intelligence·Energy Policy·Offshore Wind·Renewable Energy

India’s SHANTI Bill Passes Parliament: Private Entry into Nuclear Power, Liability Overhaul, and Protests Explained

New Delhi witnessed a watershed moment in India’s clean-energy debate on December 18, 2025, as Parliament cleared the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025—legislation the government says will unlock investment and accelerate nuclear

18 December 2025

Energy Policy·Nuclear Energy

Three Mile Island Restart: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Says Crane Clean Energy Center Can Cut Power Prices and Fuel Microsoft’s AI Push

LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (Dec. 18, 2025) — The U.S. Energy Secretary is betting that one of the most symbolically loaded names in American energy history can become a blueprint for the next era of electricity demand: artificial intelligence. This week,

18 December 2025

Clean Technology·Energy Policy·Nuclear Power

Portland General Electric faces scrutiny over data center costs as Oregon POWER Act hits its first big test

Oregon utility watchdogs say Portland General Electric’s proposed “Peak Growth Modifier” could shift long-lived grid upgrade costs from fast-growing data centers to households—despite the state’s new POWER Act. Here’s what’s in dispute, what PGE says, and what regulators decide next.

17 December 2025

Data Centers·Energy Policy

Energy Policy News 17 December 2025 - 7 January 2026