Energy

United Way of Central Massachusetts has received a $155,000 gift from National Grid to help heat the homes of low-income families in the region, United Way announced Monday.

The Baker administration will not try to influence the outcome of the legal process surrounding the Cape Wind project, according to Gov. Charlie Baker's new top energy aide.

Northeast Utilities and NStar, which merged three years ago, will be renamed Eversource Energy as of Feb. 2, according to sources within the provider of electricity and natural gas.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline fell yet again in Central Massachusetts in the past week, according to the latest survey by gasoline price web site GasBuddy.com.

Energy intelligence software provider EnerNOC of Boston has completed its acquisition of World Energy Solutions of Worcester for approximately $77 million in cash, the company announced today.

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The planned $76 million acquisition of Worcester-based World Energy Solutions by EnerNOC of Boston has passed its final milestone and is set to close next week.

Three building trades groups representing 84,000 workers in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire released a statement Monday endorsing Kinder Morgan's proposed Northeast Energy Direct underground natural gas pipeline project.

The energy sector has a lot of moving parts, and like the grid, they're all interconnected. With new government policies driving a push to clean energy adoption, suppliers of fossil fuel-based energy face their share of challenges in the year ahead. Meanwhile, transitioning to a system based on renewable energy remains an arduous process in a world still powered largely by fossil fuels. This translates into higher energy costs for consumers and businesses, but is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $1.1 million in federal grants to help revitalize the nuclear power industry, the school announced Monday.