Dec. 30—CONCORD — The battle over whether to cut spending on energy efficiency projects returns to the state Public Utilities Commission after a lower court judge declined to block the PUC's ...

State regulators barred PG&E from laying off a thousand workers yesterday as the near-bankrupt utility petitioned for a second round of rate increases to cover its mounting debt. Planned layoffs by ...

Xcel Energy announced late Friday afternoon that the utility has asked the Public Utilities Commission for permission to tweak its solar rebate program in Boulder, limit Boulder residents’ ability to ...

After more than three years of litigation, the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers has given its approval to allow a high-speed ferry to operate between Quonset Point and Block ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Saying he wanted to avoid “jurisdictional chaos,” a federal bankruptcy judge Friday denied a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. request that challenged the authority of state utility ...

Faced with intense lobbying, California regulators Thursday backtracked on a decision that limits how big utilities account for green power they purchase outside the state. The Public Utilities ...