In a final debate, Governor Kathy Hochul defended her clean energy strategy while challenger Bruce Blakeman blamed renewables for high costs and pledged to revive fracking, as data shows residential electricity bills rose 10 percent from 2024 to 2025.
PG&E warned approximately 70,000 customers across 29 counties could face precautionary electricity shutoffs beginning Wednesday evening, October 14, due to raised wildfire risk from offshore winds and dry conditions.
BMW Group's global battery electric vehicle sales grew 7.2% in Q3 2026, driven by a 37.5% surge in Europe where one in three deliveries was fully electric, even as the group's total vehicle sales fell 6.3%.
Duke Energy's proposed clean transition tariff for large customers in the Carolinas has been omitted from its final rate plan.
Four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than new gas peaking plants in all modeled global markets, with U.S. costs 65-75% lower.
U.S. households face sharply different heating bills this winter, with natural gas and propane users saving while heating oil and electricity costs rise, driven by opposing fuel price trends and regional temperature forecasts.
Google and Constellation Energy have finalized a 20-year power purchase agreement for 3,590 MW, combining 2,700 MW of existing generation with 890 MW from nuclear uprates across 11 reactors in the PJM grid.
Maryland's first energy storage procurement under the Next Generation Energy Act awarded 440 MW to two projects, a step toward its 1.6 GW goal amid PJM's grid reliability crisis.
MISO proposes accelerating its Definitive Planning Phase-2022 study for 71 GW of legacy projects by raising the penalty-free exit threshold and limiting final restudies, aiming to cut an 18-month delay. The plan has support from utilities and state regulators but faces criticism from some independent power producers.
Governor Abigail Spanberger's new energy plan models four utility pathways to net-zero carbon by 2050.
Amazon and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to expand Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected TransAlta's proposal to recover $19.9 million in costs for keeping the Centralia coal plant available.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting border wall construction in Texas' 500-mile Big Bend sector.
The Trump administration has finalized a rollback of fuel efficiency standards to 34.9 mpg by 2031.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging federal regulators to block the $67 billion NextEra-Dominion merger.
Vermont Gas is investing nearly $400,000 in geothermal ground loops for a 44-unit affordable housing project in Hinesburg.
Electricity consumption by light-duty electric vehicles in the U.S. Grew by 8% in the first half of 2026, a marked slowdown from prior half-year growth rates of 13-24%, following a 19% drop in new EV sales after federal tax credits expired.
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