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Author: BY PATRICIA MAZZEI - Publish Date: November 11, 2021 at 01:12AM Puerto Rico’s troubled history with its electrical service took a dramatic turn when the head of a private company that took over the power grid was held in contempt.

Author: BY SOMINI SENGUPTA, JASON HOROWITZ AND JIM TANKERSLEY - Publish Date: November 1, 2021 at 12:12AM The world’s largest economies will stop financing coal plants abroad, though that falls far short of what’s needed to fight climate change, raising fears of half-steps at this week’s U.N. summit.

Author: BY STANLEY REED - Publish Date: October 2, 2021 at 01:07AM Rising demand for the fuel is sending electricity bills soaring and forcing factories to shut down.

Author: BY STANLEY REED - Publish Date: September 22, 2021 at 11:52PM Britain and the rest of Europe are watching natural gas prices and utility bills soar, and Russia is coming under pressure to provide more gas.

Author: BY STANLEY REED - Publish Date: August 3, 2021 at 01:14AM Financing and security issues are clouding new power station projects.

Author: BY IVAN PENN, CLIFFORD KRAUSS AND TAMIR KALIFA - Publish Date: July 11, 2021 at 11:47PM The president and energy companies want new transmission lines to carry electricity from large solar and wind farms. Some environmentalists and homeowners are pushing for smaller, more local systems.

Author: BY ALAN YUHAS - Publish Date: March 13, 2021 at 12:01PM A group of U.S. senators has joined the ranks of those who want to abolish daylight saving time, which has roots in cost-cutting strategies of the late 19th century.

Author: BY RICK ROJAS - Publish Date: March 2, 2021 at 07:57AM DeAnn T. Walker, the chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, had been caught in a tide of fury that swelled after millions were left without power.

Author: BY RICK ROJAS - Publish Date: February 27, 2021 at 07:41AM After millions lost power during a winter storm, lawmakers have held marathon hearings, prosecutors have started criminal investigations and residents have asked for accountability.

Author: BY GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO - Publish Date: February 26, 2021 at 07:19AM The temperatures are back to normal, but daily life is still a struggle for Texans affected by last week’s storms.

Author: BY RICK ROJAS - Publish Date: February 24, 2021 at 06:37AM The chairwoman and four other board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas stepped down after millions were left without electricity during freezing temperatures.

Author: BY PAUL KRUGMAN - Publish Date: February 23, 2021 at 07:00AM Even Senator Cruz realizes kilowatt-hours aren’t like avocados.

Author: BY GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND IVAN PENN - Publish Date: February 21, 2021 at 07:49AM After a public outcry from people like Scott Willoughby, whose exorbitant electric bill is soon due, Gov. Greg Abbott said lawmakers should ensure Texans “do not get stuck with skyrocketing energy bills” caused by the storm.

Author: BY MARIA JIMENEZ MOYA, CAMPBELL ROBERTSON AND ALLYSON WALLER - Publish Date: February 18, 2021 at 07:26AM In central Texas, where many roads have already been impassible for days, another barrage of sleet and snow was expected late into Wednesday evening.

Author: BY IVAN PENN - Publish Date: October 7, 2020 at 07:13AM Grid managers ordered rolling blackouts across the state during a heat wave in August for the first time in two decades.

Author: BY STANLEY REED - Publish Date: August 17, 2020 at 02:00PM Under pressure from governments and investors, industry leaders like BP and Shell are accelerating their production of cleaner energy.

Author: BY THOMAS FULLER - Publish Date: October 10, 2019 at 07:20AM A deliberate power outage by the state’s largest utility sent residents scrambling — and debating whether it was worth it.

Author: BY THOMAS FULLER - Publish Date: October 9, 2019 at 02:00PM An intentional shut-off by Pacific Gas & Electric, the largest utility in the state, could affect as many as 800,000 customers.

Author: BY LAUREN HEPLER AND PETER EAVIS - Publish Date: October 8, 2019 at 07:01AM As the utility defends its bankruptcy plan against a challenge from bondholders and wildfire victims, its liabilities are still being calculated.

Author: PATRICK McGEEHAN - Publish Date: July 10, 2019 at 07:00AM Manhattan now has the country’s biggest array of solar panels on an apartment complex. The Bronx could soon have a bigger one.