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Virginia was the top net electricity recipient of any state in 2023

Electricity routinely flows among the Lower 48 states, with almost 10% of U.S. electricity generation traded across state lines. Generation of electricity exceeds its consumption in 25 states, and excess electricity is transmitted across state lines. In 2023, utilities in Virginia brought in the most electricity from other states, with 50.1 million megawatthours (MWh) in net electricity interstate receipts, or 36% of the state's total electricity supply. Generators in Pennsylvania moved the most electricity outside state borders in 2023, with 83.4 million MWh of power shipped out, or 26% of generation in Pennsylvania.
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Volcano Watch — The U.S. Geological Survey’s review process: checking and verifying our information
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Volcano Watch — The U.S. Geological Survey’s review process: checking and verifying our information

Volcano Watch  is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today's article is by Natalia Deligne, a geologist at HVO. Examples of information that the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory provides, including data of current activity, scientific publications, maps, and summaries (such as fact-sheets), and eruption response information. All have been part of the USGS review process. We start with HVO’s volcano and earthquake monitoring network, scientific research, and other techniques, such as field work, lab work, and other analyses. These form the basis of science-based information we provide through briefings
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Keep Your Recovery on Track During the Holidays

Keep Your Recovery on Track During the Holidays HICKORY, N.C. – Amid a busy holiday season, Tropical Storm Helene survivors who applied for FEMA assistance should continue to stay in touch with the agency to update application details with any new information. It is critical to keep FEMA advised. Missing or outdated material could delay your getting help. Information that needs to be updated may include: Your current housing situation, phone number or mailing address. Adding or removing the name of a person designated to speak for you. Adding or changing names of household members and number of people living in
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India to surpass China as the top source of global oil consumption growth in 2024 and 2025

India has emerged as the leading source of growth in global oil consumption in 2024 and 2025, overtaking China this year, according to our December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). China’s oil consumption grew by more than India’s in almost every year from 1998 through 2023, with China’s oil consumption regularly growing more than any other country during those years.
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The Night the Earth Shook
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The Night the Earth Shook

It was 5:58 p.m. on Christmas Day 2004 in Golden, Colorado, when the first seismic waves arrived from halfway around the world. A massive magnitude 9.1 earthquake that had just struck off the coast of Sumatra at 7:58 a.m. local time sent vibrations racing through the Earth's crust at several kilometers per second, eventually reaching the sensors that track global seismicity at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC). Inside the building nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the skeleton crew working the holiday shift noticed something dramatic. Their computer screens were lighting up with incoming data from
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What is the shoulder season in electricity markets?

Electricity consumption in the U.S. Lower 48 states is highly seasonal; the demand for electricity peaks in the summer and the winter in response to more extreme temperatures and decreases in the spring and fall, in the so-called shoulder seasons, when weather is generally milder. Electric utilities and owners of power-generating assets perform maintenance on power plants during shoulder seasons because of less electricity demand that means that the system generally doesn't need to be operating at full capacity.
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