Energy

The New England region is increasingly dependent on natural gas even as the area moves towards more renewable power generators, according to ISO New England.

While a compromise bill aimed at fostering growth in the state's solar power industry enters its tenth week behind the closed doors of a conference committee, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says the industry is "at risk of dying."

Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.

Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.

The legal mandate of reducing Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions to hit a 2020 benchmark is "achievable" if environmental policies are carried out but imperiled if the state neglects a major importation of renewable energy, according to a Baker administration report released Tuesday.

Central Massachusetts business leaders say they would never stand in the way of equal wages for men and women, but they're not about to stick their necks out in support of a proposed state law that's meant to achieve that goal.

As Massachusetts lawmakers debate this month whether to raise the net-metering cap on solar, utility National Grid...

Worcester manufacturer Lutco, Inc. spent $1.5 million without a specific idea of what to do with its new purchase.

ELIZABETH SMALL is now general counsel at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. She most...

As dueling House and Senate solar energy proposals enter their ninth week before a negotiating committee, solar advocates on Thursday cautioned that either bill had the potential to "wipe out" small-scale projects in Massachusetts.