Finance Updates – Page 5 – Finance Updates

BGE Rate Increases 2026: Maryland PSC’s Trade-Offs in Oversight vs. Affordability

Maryland regulators approved BGE delivery-rat...

The PSC cut BGE’s 2023 cost-recovery request ...

Consumer advocates and Baltimore leaders argu...

BGE says inflation, storm costs, supply-chain...

Xcel Colorado’s Natural Gas Bill Could Climb ~11–13%: What’s Driving the Increase and What It Means for Ratepayers

Americas Policy Utilities

Xcel Energy filed for a $190 million Colorado...

If approved, average residential bills rise a...

The request covers $101 million in past safet...

Critics warn back-to-back gas and electric fi...

UK Energy Bills to Fall from April 2026 as Reforms Reshape Market & Prices

Europe Policy Utilities

Ofgem’s dual-fuel, direct-debit price cap ris...

Ofgem has approved major grid and gas network...

From April 2026, the government plans to shif...

Overall, bills edge up in early 2026 but are ...

2025 OCC, FDIC & Fed Rule Changes: What Large & Community Banks Must Know

Americas Policy Depository Credit Intermediation

In 2025 the Fed, OCC, and FDIC shifted superv...

The Fed’s revised LFI Framework broadens “wel...

For community banks, the OCC is replacing fix...

The Fed is flattening supervision by cutting ...

Courts Shield Fed Governor Lisa Cook From Trump’s Removal — Fed Powers Under Fire

Americas Policy Monetary Authorities-Central Bank

Trump’s attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Coo...

Lower courts have blocked the move, holding t...

The Supreme Court has kept Cook in place pend...

Beyond the lawsuit, the article argues the Fe...

EU’s 9th Sanctions Package: Tightened Russia Restrictions on Mining, Exports & Assets

Europe Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

The EU’s 9th Russia sanctions package (16 Dec...

It bans most new EU investment in Russia’s mi...

It expands prohibited professional services t...

It introduces time-limited derogations for di...

Canada’s Critical Minerals Tipping Point: Regulation vs Economics in Investment Hurdles

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Ottawa is ramping up tax credits, infrastruct...

A B.C. review finds many EA-approved mines ar...

Industry disputes that conclusion, arguing pe...

The policy push versus perceived regulatory b...

How Place-Based Investment & Clean Energy Power Economic Turnaround in Fossil Fuel Regions

Americas Policy Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction

Carbon-specialized regions have seen steep fo...

Place-based federal investments like EDAs Bui...

Even with some post-2021 fossil employment re...

Success hinges on sustained, large-scale fund...

Deregulation Set to Unlock Billions: What U.S. Banks Gain from Capital & Leverage Reforms

Americas Policy Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

U.S. bank regulators are pursuing rapid dereg...

Changes including the eSLR overhaul, rollback...

Regulators are simultaneously accelerating AI...

Critics warn looser rules may raise systemic ...

Washington Reels Amid Rising Wildfire Risk Scores Hike Insurance Rates

Americas Policy Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

Stevens Fire District #1 Chief Mike Bucy says...

A state work group recommends insurers share ...

RCW 48.19.390 could be used to challenge insu...

Homeowners across multiple counties report lo...