Energy

Beacon Hill insiders are edgy about whether the long-promised omnibus energy bill will even reach Gov. Baker's desk this year.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has announced the 13 organizations that received $183,500 in grants from the Fallon/OrNda Community Health Fund.

Electricity prices in New England fell by 35 percent in 2015 on the back of plummeting natural gas prices. according to ISO New England.

The long-awaited House energy bill met significant push back Monday over its limited scope.

After suspending work in April, Kinder Morgan has fully pulled the plug on its controversial Northeast Energy Direct natural gas pipeline project.

At the end of its first year, National Grid's two-year smart meter pilot program in Worcester has exceeded its $46M budget by 21%, with an $830-million bill looming.

A unanimous Supreme Judicial Court ruling handed down on Tuesday affirms the state's obligations under a 2008 global warming law and orders state government to create and implement regulations that apply to multiple carbon sources to meet its emission reduction mandates.

The House energy bill will likely come in below Baker's proposal for hydropower procurement and what the offshore wind industry wants to produce and sell to Massachusetts ratepayers.

A Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled that the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company can take part of a state forest in Western Massachusetts by eminent domain for its natural gas pipeline.

As several thousand megawatts on the New England electric grid prepare to retire, Massachusetts officials are looking to natural gas, hydropower and wind to replace retiring generation and to power the commonwealth going forward.