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FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen on the roof of a car park in Mountain View, California April 7, 2016.  REUTERS/Noah Berger/File Photo
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US solar installations hit quarterly record

The US's solar industry saw 11.8 GW of new capacity in the first three months of 2024 as utilities continued their rapid additions.

FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
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SPP seeks approval to become first US grid operator bridging western and eastern interconnections

A regional transmission organization manages electricity transmission over large areas, and expanding the services enhances reliability, efficiency, and resilience, leading to significant cost...

An extreme fire warning sign is shown along Highway 97 toward Fort Nelson outside the Charlie Lake Fire Hall near Fort St. John, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily
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Reduction in volumes forces Fort Nelson, B.C. natural gas plant to suspend operations

A company that operates a natural gas plant in Fort Nelson, B.C., is suspending operations because of a reduction in gas volumes, which...

FILE PHOTO: A Chargepoint level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charging station is seen outside the Corona Public Library in Corona, New Mexico, U.S., March 15, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Democrat calls only 7 EV-charging stations deployed under US program ‘pathetic’

Automakers and others say drastically expanding EV-charging stations is crucial to the wide deployment of electric vehicles, which are part of the Biden...

An Indigenous group that opposed the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline is urging banks and investors not to help finance a proposed second phase of the project. The terminus for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline is seen at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction in Kitimat, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs urge banks to snub TC Energy bonds

Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of B.C. have written an open letter to Canada's biggest banks and investors urging them to...

Pipe is unloaded at a project in Hardisty, Alta., on Thursday, Aug.10, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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TC Energy shareholders approve spinoff, creation of South Bow pipelines business

TC Energy Corp. shareholders have voted in favour of spinning off the company's crude oil pipelines business

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Boost energy efficiency, reduce energy poverty: Efficiency Canada report

A new report from Efficiency Canada contains recommendations for programs and policies that could help alleviate energy poverty through improving energy efficiency.

FILE PHOTO: A ponderosa pine tree is cut down after having burnt in the Brattain Fire, at Fremont National Forest, near Paisley, Oregon, U.S., September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File photo
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Warren Buffett’s PacifiCorp utility reaches $178 million wildfire settlement

PacifiCorp, a utility owned by billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, said on Monday it agreed to pay $178 million to resolve claims by...

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Chinese refiner Rongsheng buys its first Canadian TMX crude oil cargo

Chinese refiner Rongsheng Petrochemical has bought its first Canadian crude cargo via the recently expanded Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) from TotalEnergies through a...

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a stars and stripes visor dips her foot into the cool fountain at the World War II Memorial on a possible record setting heat day in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2024.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say

Rising summer home power bills due to extreme temperatures and growing electricity demand disproportionably affect low income families, who are at higher risk...

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