The Great Texas Power Crisis
Single digit temperatures, record snowfall, millions of utility customers without service, nearly one-third of the state’s power generating capacity shut down and spiking electricity prices: That’s the damage so far from the Great Texas Power Crisis of 2021, which continues wreak havoc across the Lone Star State.
Pipeline Politics: We’re Guardedly Optimistic
This week, the incoming Biden administration filled out much of its prospective energy and environment team with pragmatists,signaling a focus on incremental measures rather than the dramatic and disruptive.
Why Biden’s Heat Won’t Melt Midstream
In investing, economics always wins over politics. That’s worth remembering at a time when energy midstream and pipeline companies are unloved by investors, and many advisors and media personalities forecast sector doomsday.
Kinder’s Q3: Charting a US Midstream Recovery
Despite the worst market conditions for US midstream companies in at least a generation, stability and sustainability were the themes of Kinder’s Q3 results and guidance this week.
Energy M&A Heats Up
What do super major oil company Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX) and leading US rooftop solar installer Sunrun Inc (NSDQ: RUN) have in common? They’re on the leading edge of a building wave of energy mergers and acquisitions.
Don’t Sweat DAPL: There’s Still Life in Midstream Stocks
After a series of rulings rejecting federal permits for new pipelines, the US District Court for D.C. actually threw out one for an already operating one. The result: An order to immediately shut down the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline, which transports oil from the Bakken shale of the upper Midwest.
Will Kayne Anderson Make a Comeback?
Investors’ craving for simplicity and low costs is second only to desire for generous dividends and capital gains. Unfortunately, those two priorities aren’t always compatible.
Total SA: Affirming the Super Major Business Model
The environment is changing but the super major business model is alive and well.
More Pain Ahead for Smaller Midstream
It’s been a week since the most recent issue of Energy and Income Advisor went to post. And already 15 more energy companies have announced distribution cuts, stretching from wellhead to burner tip.
Kinder’s Dividend Decision: Prudence, Not Weakness
Back in 2017, financially recovering Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI) promised investors three dividend increases. But this week, it offered up a 5 percent lift for 2020, just 20 percent of what was promised. Under normal conditions, I’d view a shortfall like this as a potential warning of underlying business weakness – here’s why in this case, it’s not.
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Elliott H. Gue
Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor
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Founder and Chief Analyst: Capitalist Times and Energy & Income Advisor