Electricity Production and Distribution

More than a dozen Illinois power plants store toxic coal ash in sludge ponds similar to the one that burst and spread contaminated muck over 300 acres of eastern Tennessee last month, according to a Tribune review of federal records. The sludge dumps,...

Retired second-grade teacher Jean Veselenak drove four hours to tell state regulators what she fears would happen if a new coal-fired power plant is built in her community along Lake Huron in northern Michigan. She believes the environment would be...

Members of Illinois' congressional delegation left a meeting Wednesday with President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary encouraged that an experimental coal-fired power plant once planned for Illinois could be revived. Sen. Dick Durbin...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The tab for a toxin-laden ash flood at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, and ratepayers for the nation's largest public utility will probably be stuck with the bill. The total...

There are two ways to look at the very very new Toyota Venza. The first is to wonder why Toyota created a new-for-2009 crossover sport utility vehicle in the first place. After all, the company is already admirably represented in the crossover arena...

FOR POLICE ACADEMY Step into the shoes of local law enforcement. What: The second annual Lehigh County Citizens' Police Academy is accepting registrations. When: Eight-week course, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Jan. 27. Where: Public hearing room,...

Five European countries and Turkey are facing a shutoff of natural gas flowing through pipelines across Russia from Ukraine, while others face shortages. Here are basic facts about Russian gas and Europe: WHAT'S IT FOR: About a third of Europe's 542...

Slightly higher electricity rates arrived with the new year, but utility officials said Monday that they expect them to drop later in 2009, perhaps by late spring. Connecticut Light & Power Co. said it has contracted to buy nearly all of the power it...

As we know from the literary works of Cormac McCarthy, despair can be kind of gratifying. And yet, as much as I hate to disturb our national mood of decline, I have some good news regarding the auto industry. You may return to your comfort drinking...

A small number of Allegheny Power's residential customers face an electricity rate increase of nearly 50 percent, starting Thursday. That's when a state-imposed cap on the company's rates expires under Maryland's electric utility deregulation law. The...

Maryland consumers will begin paying small monthly fees on electric bills this year to subsidize an ambitious energy-conservation initiative, under plans approved by regulators yesterday. The plans are part of an initiative championed by Gov. Martin O'...

The gunk on the water had thinned to a gray scrim in front of Mike Thomas' riverfront home -- a small sign of progress one week after one of the worst coal ash spills in American history. But as Thomas drove along the bluff over the Emory River, he...