Energy & Utilities

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (1114+ words) HARRISBURG — As rising energy prices drive up the cost of the customer assistance programs that Pennsylvania electric and natural gas utilities are required to offer, the question of who should pay for them is still hotly disputed. In Pennsylvania, those…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (729+ words) He was more interested in the water that came out of the fire hydrants in front of his house. Fires were common then as people at night walked around with Molotov cocktails, though they called them oil lamps. If a…...

49+ min ago   (599+ words) By Ruma Paul and Sam Jahan SAVAR, Bangladesh, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A gas and power crisis has hit production at most Bangladeshi garment makers, but at 4A Yarn Dyeing, a supplier to Walmart, Gap and Next, workers stitch hoodies and attach brand…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (491+ words) On September 4, 2026, Pattern Canada, Connectif des Sommets, and the W8banaki Nation brought the proposed Osgood Wind Project before the public for the first time — drawing more than 100 residents, municipal representatives, and landowners to an open house in Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Quebec. The project…...

18+ min ago   (1659+ words) 22 Sep, 2026 By Kristina Smith The world’s first commercial scale gas power plant with integrated carbon capture is now under construction in Teesside. NCE spoke to consortium leader Technip Energies and contractor Balfour Beatty about this complex logistics and resources challenge....

22+ min ago   (541+ words) "High diesel prices ARE KILLING FARMERS INCOME." Rising diesel prices have led Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa to call for an immediate federal response, as the fuel's cost weighs on drivers, farmers, and businesses that depend on shipping. On X,…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago   (337+ words) DE PERE, Wis. —Total Energy Systems, a De Pere business that has worked in power generation for more than 70 years, is expanding across the upper Midwest and seeking technicians in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The company provides generators and service…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (434+ words) LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WJW) – After a series of power outages in Lakewood during some of the hottest days of the summer, many FirstEnergy customers were hot under the collar, in more ways than one. The outages in Lakewood have been an…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (216+ words) Officials are working on another extension of the curbs on most diesel shipments past September, people with knowledge of the talks said. One person described the likely next step as another month - and possibly longer. As of last week, Moscow…...

31+ min ago   (698+ words) An autonomous drone whizzes across a vast solar farm in Thailand, a few days after a typhoon barreled over the site. Working like an X-ray, the drone takes electroluminescence images of the panels. An AI-based analytics engine then spots cracks…...