Energy

Eversource Energy has reached an agreement to buy the Massachusetts natural gas assets of Columbia Gas for $1.1 billion, a deal announced hours after federal prosecutors ordered Columbia Gas to cease Bay State operations and pay a $53-million fine in connection with organizational failures.

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts is expected to plead guilty to federal charges of violating the Pipeline Safety Act that will be brought against the Westborough company today.

Massachusetts lagged behind the U.S. solar power industry job growth rate in 2019, but its solar workforce rose 1.9 percent to 10,400 workers, according to a new report.

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

Framingham energy firm Ameresco has secured a $58-million U.S. Navy contract to implement an energy resiliency project at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Third-quarter revenues at AMSC increased by 27% to $17.9 million, the company announced late Wednesday.

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito toured Polar Beverages Thursday in Worcester to highlight recent energy efficiency upgrades.

NEC Energy Solutions of Westborough has been chosen to provide energy storage for a major energy efficiency project in Northern Ireland.

A $12.7-million energy performance contract between Ameresco Inc., an energy efficiency company, and the New Bedford Housing Authority, promises to provide $19.6 million in energy and water cost savings between now and 2036.

Ameresco Inc., a publicly-traded energy company in Framingham, announced on Friday it has completed the second phase of an energy efficiency project for the City of Apple Valley, Minn. The project was financed by an energy savings performance contract and involved several energy conservation measures implemented citywide.