The fires in Southern California have caused at least one death, according to CNN, a 70-year-old woman who was involved in a car accident during evacuations.
Six fires are raging in the region, burning hundreds of thousands of acres in total. The largest of the six, the Thomas Fire, was only 15% contained as of Saturday morning, CNN reports, and is being fought by at least 4,000 people. President Trump declared a state of emergency on Friday.
The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Kevin McIntyre, in a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry released late last night, has proposed a 30-day extension for taking action on Perry's controversial proposal to boost compensation for coal and nuclear plants in some markets by Dec. 11.
Why it matters: While it's framed as a request, McIntyre's move — on the first day of the job — makes clear that FERC is not poised to take any substantive action on Perry's request by the original deadline on Monday.
The Energy Information Administration is out with a helpful primer on the growth of U.S liquefied natural gas export infrastructure, and when various projects are expected to come online.
Why it matters: The sharp growth is one result of the fracking-enabled production surge that's helping to transform the U.S into a prominent LNG exporter, in addition to already boosting the share of natural gas in U.S. power generation at coal's expense.
