Energy

The town of Weymouth will drop its ongoing legal fight against a controversial natural gas project, and energy giant Enbridge will pay the municipality $10 million as part of a newly reached host community agreement that immediately drew condemnation from opponents of the compressor station.

Aquarion Water Company, based in Bridgeport, Conn., has issued water restrictions for customers located in Millbury, following statewide drought designations by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental affairs, the company announced on Tuesday.

More than 100 major corporations and higher education institutions wrote to governors Thursday voicing "strong support" for an in-development regional effort to curb transportation greenhouse gas emissions that will raise gasoline prices.

As of Monday, the average price per gallon is $2.10. This is eight cents lower than the current national average which is $2.18 per gallon.

Investigators still have not determined what triggered an automatic shutdown and natural gas release at the Weymouth compressor station on Wednesday, and Congressman Stephen Lynch said the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be asked for assistance.

The energy company Enbridge will pause its planned start of operations at its natural gas compressor station in Weymouth after the facility required two emergency shutdowns in the past three weeks, imposing a delay that surprised its critics.

Federal regulators gave energy giant Enbridge the green light on Thursday to start service at the Weymouth natural gas compressor station, removing the final hurdle to the facility's operation less than two weeks after an emergency shutdown prompted new controversy.

Energy efficiency company Ameresco, headquartered in Framingham, announced on Tuesday it has begun the second phase of an energy and water efficiency project on behalf of the Lowell Housing Authority, marking an extension of an agreement originally signed in 2007.

Renewable energy company Ameresco, based in Framingham, has been contracted by Duke Energy to make energy improvements at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina.

Renewable energy company Ameresco, based in Framingham, will partner with Duke Energy to make energy improvements at Fort Bragg, including a floating solar installation.