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Threats and attacks spread from Hormuz into the Red Sea and other regional routes, causing tankers to reverse, delay, or seek protection. By week’s end, Oman-mediated talks offered a possible path toward restoring Hormuz traffic, but insurers and market forecasts still pointed to prolonged disruption risk.
Oil moved from recent highs toward and above $100 as shipping risks broadened, while gasoline prices rose faster than crude because refining margins widened. Investors responded by pricing more persistent inflation and a higher chance of Federal Reserve tightening.
Data-center construction pushed projected electricity demand sharply higher and intensified concerns about natural-gas supply, transmission, and customer costs. Utilities and regulators responded with tighter project screening, local negotiations, and efforts to prevent households from absorbing the expansion’s infrastructure bill.
The US-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement became tied to broader regional diplomacy, including normalization with Israel. Unclear limits on enrichment and reprocessing kept proliferation concerns at the center of the negotiations.
A proposed US-Japan nuclear project remained stalled over liability allocation, while US regulators considered narrowing the ALARA radiation-safety principle. Together, the developments put project finance and public acceptance at the center of nuclear expansion decisions.
Iranian strikes damaged Kuwait’s power infrastructure and threatened desalination capacity, forcing electricity rationing and exposing the vulnerability of water systems that depend on uninterrupted energy service.
The administration cancelled $7.6 billion in clean-energy grants based on the recipient states’ political identity rather than project performance. The decision raised policy and financing risk across the sector.
New York increased imports from Canada after the Champlain Hudson Power Express entered operation, while crews repaired and tested the line after a setback. The project demonstrated how new transmission can expand regional supply options as electrification accelerates.
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