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2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (222+ words) TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas natural gas customers will soon pay more each month after regulators approved a rate increase for Atmos Energy. The Kansas Corporation Commission says it unanimously approved a settlement agreement on Thursday, Feb. 26. The settlement allows Atmos…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1011+ words) Should state regulators shrink your electric company's profits? And would that really lower our appalling, outrageous, abominable electric bills? Consumer advocates have been pushing this idea for years, and the California Public Utility Commission went so far as to make…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago  (398+ words) We are also continuing to follow the latest developments on the situation in the Middle East for you this morning, as well as local lawmaker reaction to what is transpiring. Do you have a news tip or an issue you…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (61+ words) A House committee recently approved a bill that would fast-track the deployment of next-generation small modular nuclear reactors in Arizona. Arizona Eyes Small Nuclear Reactors to Meet Growing Energy Demand As Arizona seeks to keep up with rising energy demand,…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago  (296+ words) A new report found that over the last five years, Pennsylvania has been ahead of the national average in electricity rate increases. But honestly, everyone paying an electric bill in the commonwealth is probably already aware of this. So why…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago  (903+ words) Delta Utilities announced Tuesday it had closed on its $484 million purchase of Entergy's natural gas business. Morva Ory, 83, lives on a fixed income in the same Broadmoor home she's lived in for decades." She rarely uses her gas stove after…...

1+ day, 32+ min ago  (692+ words) By PATRICK TOOHER, CONSULTANT CITY EDITOR Thames Water is on course to dump more raw sewage into its polluted rivers than at any time this decade, according to the stricken supplier's own data. The revelation comes as public anger about…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1741+ words) The front line of Australia's data centre boom is a feverish place with government chasing the billions being spent, opponents querying the broader costs, while those next door to the huge structures are finding it's really not a great place…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (557+ words) Roy Jim'nez walks with three bags of ice for his refrigerator during a massive power blackout affected the entire island on April 16, 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Israel Mel'ndez Ayala is a historian and writer. He publishes a biweekly newsletter,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (213+ words) It's truly frightening that our Public Regulatory Commission might approve acquisition of a Public Service Company of New Mexico, despite clear statutory language requiring such an acquisition to be in the public interest. A huge company slyly gouging us by…...