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  The Green Button project is a public and private partnership that may be the future of energy consumption data. Backed by the White House, the program features software that allows energy data to be collected to help document the way we use energy.   The Green Button data is collected from utilities that have […]

A recent report from the U.S. Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) highlights the new utility interest in solar power. Every year, SEPA ranks utilities across the nation in terms of how much solar energy they have incorporated into their user base. "Together, the top 10 account for 73 percent of all of the solar capacity […]

The Laclede Group has reached an agreement to purchase Missouri Gas Energy for just over $1 billion. The Laclede Group, which owns the natural gas utility, reached an agreement with Southern Union, the parent company of Missouri Gas, and also includes the sale of Southern's New England Gas Co. The natural gas utility serves nearly […]

America is in the middle of a natural gas boom. Prices for shale gas have lowered, and the nation has so much natural gas that electric utilities have curbed rate increases and switched more capacity to gas from coal. "Companies and municipalities are deploying thousands of new gas-powered trucks and buses, curbing noxious diesel fumes […]

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are more prevalent in lighting retrofits, especially as many companies are looking to their utilities to provide rebates. The rebates offer a large energy savings that takes reduces upfront costs. “Utilities across the country show limited prescriptive rebate support for LED lighting,” found a report by Groom Energy and GTM research. […]

While a plunge in the price of natural gas makes it cheaper for utilities to produce electricity, the electricity rates aren’t lowering for customers. Instead, U.S. electricity prices are going up, and expected to rise during this summer. Analysts at the Department of Energy attribute the rising electricity prices to several factors: “In many states, […]