Utility Industry Stories We're Tracking - April 17, 2025

Take a look at these headlines that are standing out to me.

What are you reading, these days? 

Theme 1: Roadblocks in the Trump Energy Policy

Judge blocks DOE plan to slash $405M from universities

Trump’s tariffs push ‘drill, baby, drill’ into limbo

Why Trump is only a speed bump on road to renewables

Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding

Theme 2: Energy storage  supply chain

Lyten’s final step in tariff-proofing its supply chain

Theme 3: Eyes on global oil markets

U.S. natural gas production remained flat in 2024

US issues new sanctions targeting Chinese importers of Iranian oil

OPEC+ Efforts at Oil Quota Compensation Look Flimsy as Ever

US places sanctions on Chinese refinery over Iran oil purchases