Energy

The Connecticut Energy Assistance Program’s coffers have been swelled with $30 million in additional American Rescue Plan Act money approved by state lawmakers last November, and another $20 million from the federal omnibus spending package passed by Congress last December.

Over the last month, six humpback and sperm whales have washed up dead between Long Island and New Jersey, a region being surveyed for offshore wind development called the New York Bight. In response, ocean advocacy groups are calling for a federal investigation.

Spiking winter energy prices are the result of a crisis that has been a decade in the making, after New England opted to bet on natural gas.

Connecticut officials are downplaying the need for waste-to-energy facilities following the closure of a major trash burning plant in Hartford this year.

Energy prices are soaring this winter, but Connecticut and Long Island residents have options for financial relief.

Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50% below the recent average, raising concerns that an extreme weather event could cause supply disruptions, federal officials said.

High costs and a slow-to-start incentive program mean Connecticut consumers and batteries need time to connect.

The City of Bridgeport has been awarded federal funds to help prepare for the demolition of a defunct coal power plant on the its harbor.

Federal regulators are investigating whether a natural gas-fired power plant outside Boston misled ISO New England, the region’s power grid operator. They’re also investigating ISO New England's fraud detection process as part of the incident.

The bill imposes a moratorium on new and renewed permits at fossil fuel-burning plants for a type of crypto mining known as proof-of-work. The process used to create Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies relies on large amounts of energy.