Entergy Nuclear executive John Herron was elected to join Duke Energy's board of directors and the committee to find a replacement for outgoing CEO Jim Rogers, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal security regulators are investigating Peabody Energy Corp.'s role in development of the largest coal-fueled power plant built in the U.S. in the past three decades, the company disclosed in its latest annual report.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren said the nation's electricity grid needs upgrades to contend with future extreme weather events, The Hill reports.
A study commissioned by utility SSE and Glen Dimplex Group reported a switch to storage-friendly electric heaters could double European Union energy storage by 2050, Bloomberg reports.
The North Carolina Utilities Commission scheduled an evidentiary hearing on Duke Energy Carolinas' proposal to raise rates by 9.7 percent for July 8, the Charlotte Business Journal reports.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — The nation's midsection again dealt with blizzard conditions Monday, closing highways, knocking out power to thousands in Texas and Oklahoma and even bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle. Two people have died.
New Jersey's largest utility company says it can pull off a major post-Superstorm Sandy upgrade of its electrical and gas system without raising rates for customers. New Jersey's largest utility company wants to spend nearly $4 billion over the next decade to stormproof its electric and gas system after Superstorm Sandy's high winds and devastating surge knocked out power to nearly all its customers last October.
PSE&G on Wednesday filed a proposal outlining plans to raise or bunker electrical substations in flood-prone spots, line old cast-iron gas lines with plastic and make other changes designed to prevent the kind of outages that affected most of New Jersey after Sandy struck.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the Justice Department to join the European Union's probe of possible oil price manipulation, Reuters reports.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane said the NRC can't consider a public hearing on the San Onofre nuclear plant until June, when an appeal period of an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruling ends.
Sens. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., introduced a bill that would ensure that only domestically-made biofuels can be used to meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, The Chattanoogan reports.
A federal judge refused to reconsider a ruling that upheld the Interior Department's power to ban new hard rock mining projects on federal land, The Associated Press reports.
Tesla Motors increased the value of its stock and debt offerings 30 percent to $1.08 billion to gather reserves and pay back its Energy Department loans, Bloomberg reports.
Poland called on the European Union to end energy subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable sources and cut oil imports to better combat climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The first well reports from the Utica shale in Ohio show a significant supply of natural gas but not as much oil as some energy companies were expecting, Reuters reports.
