Energy

Framingham-based Ameresco Inc. reported a 15-percent gain in revenues in the first quarter of 2015, compared with a year earlier.

In front of a room full of solar industry officials, Massachusetts Secretary of the Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton said Thursday that the state cannot “kick the can” down the road by simply raising the amount of solar that utility companies are required to incorporate into the electrical grid, but must come up with long-term solutions that take into account the ratepayers as well.

AMSC, the Devens-based manufacturer of wind and power grid technology, has received orders for $9 million in power grid-related productss in the U.S. and internationally, the company announced Tuesday.

Conservation Services Group (CSG), the Westborough-based nonprofit provider of energy efficiency services, has been sold to a Texas company after 31 years of operation, the firms announced Thursday.

New England's power grid is ready to meet peak summer electricity demand, according to ISO New England, the operator of the region's bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets.

Massachusetts and New England have brought themselves to a crossroads when it comes to the region's energy needs.

Devens-based AMSC Thursday announced it would offer 4 million in common stock in an underwritten public offering.

After a summit of the five New England governors on Thursday in Hartford, they all agreed to further collaborate on the region's energy issues but did not commit to any infrastructure projects or policy changes.

Unitil Corp. reported a strong first quarter Thursday. The utility company serving residents and businesses in Fitchburg, Ashby, Lunenburg and Townsend said its 7.9 percent increase in earnings for the first three months of 2015 was driven by higher natural gas and electric sales and margins, partially offset by higher net operating expenses.

Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday called a utility company executive's compensation an "awful lot of money,"...