In its quadrennial review , the American Society of Civil Engineers gave America's energy infrastructure a D+ grade, a slight improvement over 2008's D grade, Greentech Media reports.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A divided Wyoming citizen panel on Monday granted a seventh permit extension in 16 years for a power plant in the Powder River Basin that was first proposed in 1996 and has yet to be built.
Duke Energy has started to use a new logo that puts a focus on the company's merger with Progress Energy by incorporating elements of its old logo, The Associated Press reports.
Los Angeles' Department of Water and Power moved closer to its goal to reduce coal power by 2025, dropping a stake in an coal-fired Arizona plant and converting a second plant to natural gas, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Edison Foundation forum, "Powering the People: Innovations for a Better World." Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, utilities CEOs to speak.
The Bureau of Land Management oversees geothermal energy development on public lands with a patchwork of regulations and no standardized inspection and enforcement program, the Interior Department's internal watchdog said Monday.
The report by department Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall comes as the geothermal sector is moving toward "hydraulic shearing" water injection systems that could extend development beyond current areas in western states.
Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning expressed optimism Monday the utility giant will reach "constructive solutions" with the Environmental Protection Agency to rein in greenhouse gases. But he argued lawmakers, and not regulators, should be setting the policy.
"The conversation continues. I think we'll reach a successful conclusion as we have with virtually every regulation being put out by EPA and other policy makers," Fanning told reporters at a luncheon.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Patriot Coal Corp. has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to modify collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers of America, allowing the company to cut health care coverage for retired miners.
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.
