Energy

State energy officials on Monday determined that zero megawatt hours are being served by clean peak resources during peak load hours in Massachusetts.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday morning signed a bill to extend unemployment benefits for locked-out workers, legislation for which unions of locked-out gas workers have clamored.

A Chinese firm the U.S. Department of Justice said stole trade secrets from Ayer renewal energy firm AMSC has made its final settlement payment to the company.

Worcester and the business community has seized on its economic momentum with several new homegrown restaurants and entertainment options debuting seemingly every month.

State regulators are ordering National Grid to have gas work plans reviewed and approved by a certified professional engineer and have imposed a new oversight requirement on the company.

Solar Wolf Energy is moving its main offices from Millbury into a 20,000-square-foot facility in Douglas.

A first-ever energy plan released Wednesday by the Baker administration found that Massachusetts must step up its efforts around energy efficiency.

Worcester is expecting to save $2 million over the course of a new three-year contract with Constellation NewEnergy to supply city facilities with 2.6 million therms of natural gas each year.

England-based metal mill manufacturer Primetals and Sutton are receiving $2.25 million in assistance from the state to help fund natural gas lines for the company's planned $28-million manufacturing facility in the town.

As oil prices tumble, Massachusetts drivers could get an early present in the form of cheaper prices for gas before they fill up the tank for holiday travel.