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Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes sweeping climate change bill
Jan. 14, 2021 7:13 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a sweeping climate change bill Thursday, just days after top Democratic lawmakers on Beacon Hill vowed to immediately refile and pass it again if the Republican refused to sign the legislation. The bill had been approved earlier this month in the waning days of the...
Vermont warns about scam callers demanding utility payments
Jan. 14, 2021 2:08 PM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Department of Public Service is warning Vermonters about scam callers demanding payments and threatening to disconnect utility service. Vermont currently has a moratorium on disconnection for nonpayment of regulated natural gas, electric and traditional landline telephone...
California heat, poor planning led to August power outages
Jan. 13, 2021 9:22 PM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Energy regulators on Wednesday blamed blackouts last summer that affected hundreds of thousands of Californians on poor planning, electrical market problems and an extreme heat wave that blanketed the West. The 131-page report covered events of Aug. 14 and Aug. 15 when the state's...
Lawmakers say they are ready to refile, pass climate bill
Jan. 13, 2021 4:41 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — Top Beacon Hill lawmakers say they’re ready to quickly re-file and pass a sweeping climate change bill currently on Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk if he refuses to sign it. The bill was approved earlier this month in the waning days of the prior legislative session. Baker...
Federal agency approves pipeline path through forest
Jan. 13, 2021 12:40 PM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has approved the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed route through part of the Jefferson National Forest in West Virginia and Virginia. The decision this week came after an environmental impact statement from the Forest Service last month supported...
Governor: Wyoming will fight any Biden regulations on energy
Jan. 12, 2021 6:49 PM EST
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will push back against any federal regulations brought by the Biden administration that hinder development of fossil fuels and other resources, Gov. Mark Gordon told state lawmakers kicking off their annual session Tuesday. “There is good reason to be concerned the...
Pennsylvania lawmakers sue over Delaware River drilling ban
Jan. 12, 2021 4:52 PM EST
Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania are seeking to overturn a ban on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River basin, filing a federal lawsuit against the regulatory agency that oversees drinking water quality for more than 13 million people. Senate Republicans led by Sens. Gene Yaw and...
Lawmakers push for stronger oversight of Dominion's rates
Jan. 12, 2021 9:57 AM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A group of Virginia lawmakers is set to push for stricter regulatory oversight of the state's dominant electric utility, saying Dominion Energy's customers have overpaid billions of dollars because of the company's outsized political sway. Virginia’s regulatory structure has...
Dominion puts SC rate increase on hold for at least 6 months
Jan. 11, 2021 5:43 PM EST
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dominion Energy agreed Monday to delay its request to raise electric rates in South Carolina for six months because of economic problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Virginia-based utility asked regulators to approve a 7.7% rate hike it said was needed to pay for improvements...
Officials say weak earthquake shook area around Mayfield
Jan. 11, 2021 11:15 AM EST
MAYFIELD, Kan. (AP) — A weak earthquake shook an area near Mayfield in south-central Kansas this weekend, geological officials said. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake hit just before 1 a.m. Sunday, television station KAKE reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was just northeast of Mayfield in...
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