Latest Utilities News
Advantage Energy: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Advantage Energy Ltd. (AAVVF) on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $8.8 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Calgary, Alberta-based company said it had a loss of 5...
3 North Carolina tree workers shot and suspect injured during arrest by deputies, officials say
GREEN MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A man seriously wounded three North Carolina workers who were clearing trees for a power company before he was injured during his arrest Wednesday, authorities said. Lucas Murphy, 36, suffered an injury that was not life-threatening during his arrest by...
Schools across Maine confront unique challenges in ridding their water of ‘forever chemicals’
Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water system. Hansen, the Windham Raymond School District’s facilities director, was on...
As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — The Rio Grande is no longer a reliable source of water for South Texas. That’s the sobering conclusion Rio Grande Valley officials are facing as water levels at the international reservoirs that feed into the river remain dangerously low — and a hurricane...
Baltic countries notify Russia and Belarus they will exit the Moscow-controlled electricity grid
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania connected to an electricity transmission system controlled by Moscow. ...
Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be mostly restored by Wednesday
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. The Texas...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl
DALLAS (AP) — With around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday said he's demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the area as well as answers about its...
Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won't have power into next week
HOUSTON (AP) — About half a million Houston-area homes and businesses will still be without electricity next week, the city's largest utility said Thursday, stoking the frustration of hot and weary residents and leading a top state official to call the pace of recovery from Hurricane Beryl “not...
Long-unpaid bills lead to some water service cutoffs in Mississippi's capital city
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Water service is being shut off at some apartment complexes in Mississippi's capital city because of long-unpaid bills, the company that runs the Jackson water system said Wednesday. JXN Water said in a statement that it has made “major strides in improving...
UK water firms get smaller rate hikes than sought amid struggle to cut pollution, attract investors
LONDON (AP) — British regulators on Thursday slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors to finance efforts to reduce sewage spills that have fouled waterways around the country. Under the draft decision...
