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Foreign companies now employ nine percent of Greater Worcester's workforce, the third highest among the top 100 US metropolitan areas, according to a study.

Following approval from the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Sitting Board this month, National Grid announced Thursday that it would begin construction on a 15.4-mile electric transmission line in Millbury, Sutton, Northbridge, Uxbridge and Millville.

After years of preparation and delays, National Grid's smart grid pilot program took a big step forward in February when the utility completed the installation of 14,800 smart meters in homes and businesses in Worcester.

As snow's piled up around North Central Massachusetts, some residents have found a good reason to be pleased with winter conditions: power outages have been only a minor inconvenience. That's something many local businesses and residents have not taken for granted since the ice storm that hit the region in December 2008.

Unitil Corp., the New Hampshire utility that provides electricity to homes and businesses in Fitchburg, Ashby, Lunenburg...

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National Grid has proposed a new site in Worcester's Tatnuck area for a specialized communications tower.

Should Massachusetts buy electricity from large Canadian hydropower facilities? Ask Christophe Courchesne of the Conservation Law Foundation, a group dedicated to environmental causes, and he says “the devil is in the details.” Ask Robert Rio of the business group Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), and he uses the exact same phrase.

The largest renewable energy procurement in state history, which involved the six Massachusetts electrical utilities teaming up to increase their buying power, will provide electricity at a fraction of the cost of Cape Wind.

Four utility companies have filed contracts with the state for the largest procurement of renewable energy in New England, the Patrick administration announced today.