News

  • Town Manager Andrew Maylor and other local officials hope a multi-million dollar energy savings plan will achieve a comeback at the May 21 annual Town Meeting.
  • On an arid mountain in Eureka County, Nev., a mining company believes it's struck the 21st-century equivalent of gold.
  • Tesla Motors has altered the competitive landscape of the fledgling electric car market.
  • A group of Nebraska electric utilities is asking the state's largest power supplier to eliminate proposed investments in wind energy, emissions-reduction measures and energy efficiency programs to lower costs passed on to customers.
  • The ocean view from Doug and Alice Boynton's deck is stunning. It offers a glimpse of why people from all over the country find their way in summer to this craggy outpost, 11 miles off Port Clyde.
  • An energy auditor is expected to tell Latrobe officials how to save money on heating and cooling City Hall when the results of a comprehensive energy audit are presented to City Council on Monday.
  • Joanne of Grand Haven Township asked, "Can you tell me where the bill regarding stopping the initial fee and not allowing the monthly charge for smart meters from state Rep. Tom McMillin stands?"
  • Property owners say they fear an energy measure passed by the City Council yesterday could eventually mean they'll be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade old buildings -- costs, they say, that would ultimately be passed on to their tenants.
  • The Washington State Department of Commerce and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), representing an alliance of Northwest utilities and energy efficiency organizations, today announced a study of residential energy code compliance that shows Washington state is highest in the nation.
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) joins American Institute of Architects, San Francisco chapter (AIASF), in partnership with Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), today to announce the opening of the third annual Architecture at Zero competition for zero net energy (ZNE) building designs.