OIL & GAS: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs into law three bills cracking down on the oil and gas industry, including one that allows local governments to block new drilling, one that ups cleanup ...

Bridget is a freelance reporter and newsletter writer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She compiles the Northeast Energy News digest. Bridget primarily writes about energy, conservation and the ...

GRID: Jersey Central Power and Light files a plan with New Jersey regulators to get approval for what it calls its “largest-ever infrastructure upgrade investment plan,” $935 million worth of grid ...

A $1.9 billion electric grid upgrade is underway in Virginia as Dominion Energy prepares its system for renewables and rising demand. (VPM News) Staff at grid operator PJM Interconnection recommend ...

Development milestones in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia offshore wind projects last week mark the industry’s uneven progress as other Northeast projects face regulatory and economic ...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: As the United Auto Workers strike expands, the union’s deal with Mack Trucks, which doesn’t cover a non-unionized electric truck plant in Virginia, shows how automakers could move ...

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: • New York establishes a $12 million initiative to integrate electric vehicles to the grid for both charging and energy storage and support zero-emission technologies to fuel medium ...

Bridget Reed Morawski Bridget is a freelance reporter and newsletter writer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She compiles the Northeast Energy News digest. Bridget primarily writes about energy, ...

OIL & GAS: • U.S. officials forecast oil output in the Permian Basin will grow to record levels in February, fueling record production across the U.S. (Reuters) • Texas oil and gas industry officials ...

Jonathan P. Thompson Jonathan hails from southwestern Colorado and has been writing about the land, cultures, and communities of the Western United States for more than two decades. He compiles the ...

HEAT WAVE: Record-breaking heat pushes California’s peak power demand to an all-time high, but grid operators say conservation measures helped them avert widespread rolling blackouts. (Los Angeles ...

ALSO: • After a yearslong political fight over vehicle emission standards, Minnesota will soon be forced to choose whether to revert to weaker federal standards or join California in phasing out ...