Energy, Utilities & Environment

Reno – – October 29, 2026 -- Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) will publish its second-quarter 2026 financial and operational results after market close on Thursday, August 6, 2026. The quarter ended June 30, 2026.

Dragonfly Energy schedules a 4:30 PM ET call after the earnings release

Management will hold a conference call at 4:30 PM Eastern Time on August 6, directly after the earnings press release. Investors can follow a live webcast through the Events and Presentations page in the Investor Relations section of the company's website. Participants who want to ask questions by phone must register in advance. Registration provides dial-in details and a unique PIN.

The company asks participants to log in or dial in at least 10 minutes before the start. An archived webcast and the earnings release will be posted to the same page shortly after the call.

BANFF – October 29, 2026 -- BLUETTI has become Official Major Partner of the 51st Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and of the festival's World Tour across North America, extending its "Power the Story Beyond the Screen" initiative to its US and Canada official sites.

BLUETTI opens an Energy Hub at Banff Centre from Nov. 6 to 8

The company will run an interactive Marketplace booth and an Energy Hub on the first floor of Banff Centre's Kinnear Centre from November 6 to 8. Attendees can charge devices at the hub, and BLUETTI will give live expert walkthroughs of its new Elite Lineup, aimed at outdoor creators and adventurers.

Loretto, Tennessee – October 29, 2026 -- Over-dosing disinfectant wastes chemicals, accelerates equipment wear and can create regulated byproducts, according to Justin McGee of Southeastern Tank, who argues that water treatment operators should manage dosing by precision rather than volume.

Over-dosing creates regulated byproducts and equipment wear

McGee told HelloNation that adding more disinfectant does not automatically improve safety. Excess dosing can form trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids, compounds regulated because of potential health risks. Chemicals added in excess must later be neutralized or flushed from the system, which raises energy and maintenance costs.

CALGARY – October 28, 2026 -- Peloton has launched Peloton Broker, a tract-based pre-leasing management tool that moves energy land teams from prospect to signed lease without re-entering data or switching between separate systems. The product is available now.

Broker extends Peloton's Land Data Management suite to the earliest lease stage

Peloton Broker joins LandView, LandView Map and Peloton Dashboards in the Land Data Management solution of the Peloton Platform. Pre-leasing work carries directly into agreement-based lease management in LandView. The tool serves brokers, consultants, land departments and legal teams at oil and gas operators and renewable energy developers.

James Hatcher, Product Manager for Land Data Management at Peloton, said pre-leasing is where land data is most scattered, with ownership research, negotiation notes and title issues held in different places.

DENVER – October 28, 2026 -- Onward Energy, an independent power producer with a 6.6 GW portfolio, has appointed Chief Financial Officer Patrick Welch as CEO and promoted Adam Heath to CFO, both effective October 29, 2026.

Welch moves from interim CEO to the permanent role and joins the board

Welch, CFO since 2023 and currently Interim President and CEO, will also join Onward's board of directors. He has more than 34 years of energy and power experience, including 18 years in CFO roles at Atlantic Power, JP Energy Partners and Jonah Energy.

Onward initially recruited him to build its finance function. He has since led the company through major financing transactions, built an enterprise risk management program and developed talent and organizational structures meant to support scale.

CARACAS – October 28, 2026 -- North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) lifted output in Venezuela's Petrozamora oil fields to a record 115,000 barrels per day on Oct. 23, as U.S. State Department officials toured its western and eastern operations to check progress under the company's August agreement with Washington.

State Department officials inspect Lake Maracaibo and Orinoco Belt assets

Chargé d'Affaires John M. Barrett and Daniel Kennedy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy and Critical Minerals, visited NABEP sites on Oct. 23 and 24. Kennedy joined NABEP CEO Alejandro Betancourt and PDVSA leadership at the Bachaquero field on Lake Maracaibo, where the group inspected the Bachaquero Lago 2 compression module. Barrett followed that visit from Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

DALLAS – October 28, 2026 -- Hillwood Communities is partnering with Base Power to offer home battery backup to nearly 6,500 North Texas homes, with access growing to approximately 9,500 homes at full buildout of the three initial communities.

Initial rollout covers three CoServ-served Hillwood communities

Eligible new and existing homeowners in Treeline by Hillwood in Justin, Pecan Square by Hillwood in Northlake, and Harvest by Hillwood in Argyle and Northlake can access Base battery systems designed to protect homes during outages.

In areas where homeowners cannot choose their electricity provider, Base offers its service through agreements with local utilities and electric cooperatives. CoServ, one of Base's utility partners, serves all three initial communities.

Findlay, Ohio – October 28, 2026 -- MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) has raised its third-quarter 2026 cash distribution 12.5% to $1.2111 per common unit, or $4.84 annualized, the board of the partnership's general partner announced.

MPLX adds $0.1346 per unit over the second-quarter payout

The increase of $0.1346 per common unit is measured against the second-quarter 2026 distribution. The payment will be made on Nov. 13, 2026, to common unitholders of record as of Nov. 6, 2026.

MPLX tells brokers to treat 100% of non-U.S. investor distributions as effectively connected income

MPLX issued a qualified notice to brokers and nominees holding units for non-U.S. investors under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b) and (d) and Section 1.1446(f)-4(c)(2)(iii). Brokers and nominees must treat all of the partnership's distributions to non-U.S. investors as attributable to income effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business.

Singapore – October 28, 2026 -- Seatrium Limited and Karpowership signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue a joint venture for floating power and digital infrastructure in Singapore, with possible expansion across Southeast Asia. The agreement was announced at Singapore International Energy Week 2026 and witnessed by Dr. Tan See Leng, Singapore's Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry).

Joint venture would cover development, financing, engineering and operations

The partners plan an integrated platform spanning infrastructure development, financing, engineering, construction and operations. Seatrium contributes offshore engineering, procurement, construction and systems integration. Karpowership contributes experience in developing, financing, owning and operating floating power and digital infrastructure, including behind-the-meter power for super intelligence.

VANCOUVER – October 28, 2026 -- Purecore Metals Inc. (CSE: PURE) has published a report that cites Sprott scenarios of cumulative uranium supply deficits of roughly 700 million to 1.7 billion pounds of U3O8 through 2040. The report, titled Uranium and the AI Power Boom, sets those scenarios against rising electricity consumption from artificial intelligence and data centre infrastructure.

It draws on the IEA, IAEA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Sprott Asset Management and Cameco. The central argument is a timing mismatch: AI infrastructure is built quickly, while new uranium mines take far longer to bring into production.