Energy

Weekday hourly Commuter Rail service will return to the Framingham/Worcester line out of Worcester’s Union Station starting on Oct. 17.

The average price of regular gasoline in Massachusetts continues to fall, dropping to $3.49 per gallon, down eight cents from last week.

Massachusetts is in line to receive nearly $37 million more in heating aid for families in need under a new federal spending bill, and with energy prices forecast to soar this winter, the state's Congressional delegation wants the Biden administration to get the money out the door quickly.

Lighthouse Biz Solutions LLC, the Gardner firm providing financial services for the cannabis industry, has partnered with Tel-Affinity Corp. to help Lighthouse’s clients navigate the rising cost of utilities.

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Massachusetts continues to drop even further, reaching $3.57 on Monday, down 11 cents from last week.

The Baker administration's Department of Energy Resources late last week quietly released its final language for the state building code changes that it hopes will encourage builders to shift away from fossil fuel heating in favor of electrification and some activists are hoping that lawmakers will compel changes before the code changes take effect.

Worcester Business Journal has hired Kevin Koczwara, a longtime Worcester journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Rolling Stone, as its newest staff writer.

Competitive Energy Services, an energy management services firm with offices in Portland and Topsfield, Mass., said Tuesday it would acquire Risk Services Group, a Shrewsbury, Mass., electricity and natural gas procurement consulting business.

Hospitality jobs continue gains as Mass. unemployment rate rose to 3.6% in August

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas dropped to $3.91, down 13 cents from one week ago, according to travel association AAA Northeast.