Illinois officials agree on subsidizing three Exelon nuclear plants, but the fate of the 1,600-MW Prairie State coal plant remains a contentious issue.

A study has found that high electricity prices in California, New York and New England could undermine efforts to electrify transportation and homes.

The New York PSC held the first of several public stakeholder meetings to discuss how to refine the rules governing energy service companies.

The Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee approved a letter to state regulators protesting the state's entrance into RGGI.

Vermont Climate Council member Jared Duval says that heating for cannot only be about carbon-neutrality if it’s to be equitable.

Calpine says it is concerned about climate change. But that doesn’t mean it will quit natural gas-fired power generation any time soon. In its first-ever sustainability report, the privately held independent power producer — the biggest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal in the U.S. — rejects the notion that falling prices for …

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Climate activists mobilized in front of the Massachusetts State House to protest fossil-fuel infrastructure development in environmental justice communities.

New York approved a three-year rate plan for National Grid’s downstate gas companies with provisions for electrification to reduce natural gas demand.

Neothermal will work with Burlington Electric and Vermont Gas on an electric thermal storage heating pilot that uses renewable natural gas as a backup.

PSEG said it expects to be out of the fossil fuel business by the first quarter of next year and is considering investing in another offshore wind project.