News

  • Maine's Public Utilities Commission is trying to determine whether the state's largest competitive electricity provider has used false or misleading advertising to attract and keep customers.
  • The UNC campus is going greener this fall with the addition of three charging stations to power electric vehicles.
  • Summer has arrived, and with it comes higher energy costs. But there are ways to reduce this burden.
  • Boulder's analysis of the viability of a city-run electric utility depends on a best-case scenario and is unlikely to achieve greenhouse gas reductions at rates significantly better than Xcel, energy consultant Bob Bellemare told a group of business owners and community leaders Wednesday.
  • A coalition of environmental groups has petitioned federal regulators to hold license-amendment hearings regarding FirstEnergy's plans to replace steam generators at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant -- a hearing the groups say should have been held years ago.
  • More than 50 people attended the Wednesday evening hearing at the McDowell County Courthouse about Duke Energy's request for yet another rate increase.
  • When hotel guests leave their room during the day, a magnetic door sensor tells the thermostat to reduce the heating or cooling.
  • Anyone with strong opinions on Tampa Electric Co. raising power rates should mark their calendar for Wednesday.
  • Legislation at the center of a radio and newspaper campaign urging the governor's veto also eliminates an incentive for using renewable energy generated in Colorado.
  • Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the policy implications of enactment of a carbon tax. The CBO report makes a compelling case for inclusion of a carbon tax in any legislation to reduce the deficit or reform the tax code.