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BC Hydro to begin reporting COVID-19 updates at Site C

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says it will begin giving regular updates to the public and the Peace River Regional District…

Hydro One: No cut in peak hydro rates yet for self-isolating customers

TORONTO - Hydro One says it is listening to requests by self-isolating residents for reduced kilowatt hour peak rates during…

EPA Policy to limit telework emerges during pandemic

WASHINGTON - EPA has moved forward on a new policy that would restrict telework even as agency leadership has encouraged…

Extensive Disaster Planning at Electric & Gas Utilities Means Lights Will Stay On

WASHINGTON - Commercial and industrial businesses can rest assured that the current pandemic poses no real threat to our utilities,…

COVID-19 Response: Electric Power Industry Closely Coordinating With Federal Partners

WASHINGTON - The nation’s investor-owned electric companies, public power utilities, and electric cooperatives are working together to protect the energy…

FortisAlberta Takes Necessary Precautions to Provide Electricity Service for Alberta

CALGARY - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve in Alberta (and around the world), FortisAlberta is taking the necessary…

COVID-19 Pandemic Puts $35 Billion in Wind Energy Investments at Risk, Says Industry Group

WASHINGTON - In one of the latest examples of the havoc that the novel coronavirus is wreaking on the U.S.…

Working From Home Will Drive Up Electricity Bills for Consumers

TORONTO - Household electricity bills are set to soar, thanks to the millions of people now working at home to…

Entergy Creates COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund to Help Customers in Need

NEW ORLEANS - In an effort to help working families experiencing financial hardships as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,…

Sen. Cortez Masto Leads Colleagues in Urging Congress to Support Clean Energy Industry in Economic Relief Packages

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led 17 Senate colleagues in sending a letter calling on Congress to…

Texas utility companies waiving fees; city has yet to act

DALLAS - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas utility companies have taken unprecedented steps to keep customers' lights on,…

COVID-19 crisis shows need to keep electricity options open, says Birol

LONDON - The huge disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis has highlighted how much modern societies rely on electricity and…

Power industry may ask staff to live on site as Coronavirus outbreak worsens

WASHINGTON - The U.S. electric industry may ask essential staff to live on site at power plants and control centers…

Ontario prepares to extend disconnect moratoriums for residential electricity customers

TORONTO - The Ontario government is preparing to announce relief for residential electricity users struggling because of the COVID-19 emergency,…

Coronavirus and the U.S. grid: What to know

WASHINGTON - Operators of the nation's electric grid and energy companies are bracing for the spread of a virus that…

US power coalition demands action to deal with Coronavirus

WASHINGTON - Renewable energy and other trade bodies in the US are calling on Capitol Hill to extend provision of…

Cheap oil contagion is clear and present danger to Canada

CALGARY - A war between Russia and Saudi Arabia for market share for oil may have been triggered by the…

PG&E’s Pandemic Response Includes Precautionary Health and Safety Actions; Moratorium on Customer Shutoffs for Nonpayment

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has voluntarily implemented…

New Jersey, New York suspending utility shut-offs amid coronavirus pandemic

NEW JERSEY - New Jersey and New York utilities will keep the power, heat and water on for all customers…

Coronavirus puts electric carmakers on alert over lithium supplies

BEIJING - The global outbreak of coronavirus will accelerate efforts by western carmakers to localise supplies of lithium for electric…

BC Hydro launches program to help coronavirus-affected customers with their bills

VANCOUVER - BC Hydro is implementing a program to help people pay their bills if they’re affected by the novel…

Hydro One announces pandemic relief fund for Hydro One customers

TORONTO - We are pleased to announce a Pandemic Relief Fund to assist customers affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).…

Carbon emissions fall as electricity producers move away from coal

LONDON - Carbon emissions from the global electricity system fell by 2% last year, the biggest drop in almost 30…

Oil crash only a foretaste of what awaits energy industry

LONDON - The oil-price crash of March 2020 will probably not last long. As in 2014, when the oil price…

Energy Ministry may lower coal production target as Chinese demand falls

JAKARTA - The Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry is considering lowering the coal production target this year as demand…

Electricity demand set to reduce if UK workforce self-isolates

LONDON - National Grid ESO is predicting a reduction in electricity demand in the case of the coronavirus spread prompting…

Japan's power demand hit by coronavirus outbreak: industry head

TOKYO - Japan's power demand has been hit by a slowdown in industrial activity due to the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese…

Electric shock: China power demand drops as coronavirus shutters plants

BEIJING - China’s industrial power demand in 2020 may decline by as much as 73 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), according…

U.S. Grid overseer issues warning on Coronavirus

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. grid security monitor urged power utilities to prepare for the new coronavirus in a rare…

Global oil demand to decline in 2020 as Coronavirus weighs heavily on markets

LONDON - Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads…

Japan opens part of last town off-limits since nuclear leaks

TOKYO - Japan's government on Wednesday opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since…

Should California classify nuclear power as renewable?

SAN FRANCISCO - Although he admits it's a long shot, a member of the California Legislature from the district that…

IAEA Reviews Belarus’ Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development

MINSK - An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts today concluded a 12-day mission to Belarus to review…

The Phillipines wants nuclear power to be included in the country's energy mix as the demand for electricity is expected to rise.

MANILA - Phillipines Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi made the proposal during last Monday's Cabinet meeting…

What is plan for clean energy when Pickering nuclear plant closes?

TORONTO - In the flurry of debate around the Pickering nuclear plant, the one thing that almost no one has…

Nuclear Innovation Needed for American Energy, Environmental Future

WASHINGTON - The most cost-effective way--indeed the only reasonable way-- to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foster our national economic…

Affordable, safe' nuclear power is key to reaching Canada's climate goals: federal minister

TORONTO - Canada must expand its nuclear power capacity if it is to reach its climate targets, according to Canadian…

Group to create Canadian cyber standards for electricity sector IoT devices

TORONTO - The Canadian energy sector has been buying Internet-connected sensors for monitoring a range of activities in generating plants,…

B.C. politicians must focus more on phasing out fossil fuels, report says

VANCOUVER - Politicians in British Columbia aren't focused enough on phasing out fossil fuel industries, a new report says.

The report,…

BC Ferries celebrates addition of hybrid ships

VICTORIA - In a champagne celebration, BC Ferries welcomed two new, hybrid vessels into its fleet Wednesday. The ships arrived…

Federal Government announces funding for Manitoba-Saskatchewan power line

WINNIPEG - The federal government announced funding for the Birtle Transmission Line Monday morning.

The project will help Manitoba Hydro build…

Ford announces an all-electric Transit cargo van

NEW YORK - Ford is making an all-electric version of its popular Transit cargo van for the US and Canadian…

Wind has become the ‘most-used’ source of renewable electricity generation in the US

WASHINGTON - Last year saw wind generation in the U.S. overtake hydroelectric generation for the first time, according to data…

Warren Buffett’s Secret To Cheap Electricity: Wind

OMAHA NE - In his latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett used the 20th anniversary of Berkshire Hathaway…

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