The Market, Energy, And Political Page, T+36 -- December 11, 2018 -- The "Bees" Take Control

Updates

December 21, 2018: they are reading the blog. The "three Bees take control."

Original Post

Beto is the man. Beto is the machine. Over at NBC News. MoveOn.org poll:

• Beto: 15.6%
• Biden: 14.9%
• Bernie: 13.1%

I can all but guarantee Beto won't play second fiddle to either Biden or Bernie. Or Hillary. Speaking of the pelagic politician, she was nowhere to be found on the list which follows:

The three men were followed by Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who garnered 10 percent support, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., with 6.4 percent. Meanwhile, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg were each selected by about 3 percent of members.

But this is buried at the bottom: most popular, you ask? 

"Someone else / don't know / other": 28.8%. 

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Wouldn't All That Money 

Be Better Spent On PREPARING For Global Warming?

From spglobal:  

A winter storm across the lower Atlantic that dumped nearly three feet of snow in some areas of the Carolinas caused widespread power outages, but the impact on other commodities was limited.

Natural gas demand for home heating spiked amid below-normal temperatures. However, that demand lift was partially offset by lower pull for power generation, with load down almost 10% from forecasted levels.

Saturday and Sunday's average real-time on-peak prices for the Dominion Hub were higher than last Saturday and Sunday's comparable numbers -- by about $1 and about $8, respectively, to around $40/MWh.