Processing Your Payment

Please do not leave this page until complete. This can take a few moments.

Energy & Utilities

  • AMSC issues reverse stock split

    March 25, 2015

    AMSC of Devens, whose stock has been trading at less than $1 per share for four months, issued a 1-for-10 reverse stock split Wednesday after approval last week by shareholders, the company announced.

    March 25, 2015
  • Westborough energy firm wins Ohio contract

    March 16, 2015

    Energy efficiency services provider Conservation Services Group of Westborough has landed a two-year, multi-million-dollar contract with a utility in Ohio, its fourth deal with utilities in the state, the company said.

    March 16, 2015
  • Baker adopts Patrick's goal on solar energy

    State House News Service March 10, 2015

    The Baker administration is committed to the installation of at least 1,600 megawatts of solar energy in Massachusetts by 2020, continuing a goal established by former governor Deval Patrick, according to the state's secretary of energy and

    State House News Service March 10, 2015
  • New solar sites going up in Uxbridge

    March 9, 2015

    Three solar-energy stations are expected to be completed in Uxbridge and will serve residential and commercial electric ratepayers for National Grid, according to the project developer.

    March 9, 2015
  • ‘Recovery, improvement’ in Ameresco results

    March 5, 2015

    Framingham-based Ameresco reported financial gains in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.

    March 5, 2015
  • Gas prices advance another 9 cents

    March 2, 2015

    After weeks of steadily falling to just above $2 per gallon, the average retail price for a gallon of gasoline rose another 9 cents in Central Massachusetts last week, to $2.34, according to GasBuddy.com's daily survey of 263 gas outlets in

    March 2, 2015
  • Wholesale power prices down in January

    Rick Saia February 27, 2015

    Sharp declines in prices for natural gas helped push the average wholesale price for electricity in New England down nearly 60 percent last month over January 2014, according to ISO-New England, which oversees the region's power grid.

    Rick Saia February 27, 2015
  • American Tower offers common, depository stock

    February 26, 2015

    American Tower Corp. announced Thursday that it is raising over $3 billion in a stock offering that will help finance fulfilling a contract with Verizon.

    February 26, 2015
  • Mass. teams with Conn., R.I., on clean energy

    State House News Service February 26, 2015

    Massachusetts will partner with Connecticut and Rhode Island to explore new clean energy resources and natural gas capacity options to address the region's high energy costs and demands.

    State House News Service February 26, 2015
  • Lower natural gas prices felt in 4th-quarter stats

    February 19, 2015

    Energy costs fell in New England over the final three months of last year, driven by lower prices for natural gas, along with a drop in energy use, according to the organization that oversees the region’s power grid.

    February 19, 2015
  • National Grid joins Eversource in power expansion effort

    February 18, 2015

    National Grid, the largest electric utility in Central Massachusetts, has joined Eversource Energy and two other energy firms as co-developers of a large-scale effort to expand existing pipeline infrastructure that will bring up to 1 billion cubic

    February 18, 2015
  • After latest quarterly loss, can AMSC come back?

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2015

    It was a company that was flying high until, rather suddenly, its numbers began taking a southward dive.

    Sam Bonacci February 16, 2015
  • Sevcon sales up 10% in Q1

    Emily Micucci February 4, 2015

    Sevcon of Southborough saw a 10-percent gain in revenue in the first quarter of its new fiscal year, as more of its customers bought the company's products as part of their hybrid and electric vehicles.

    Emily Micucci February 4, 2015
  • Water company lowers Millbury, Oxford bills

    February 3, 2015

    The private company that provides water to Millbury and Oxford is passing along savings from a revised tax classification to nearly 19,000 households, including customers in those two Central Massachusetts towns.

    February 3, 2015
  • ISO: Power prices fell in December

    February 2, 2015

    Milder weather and lower demand led to drops of more than 50 percent in natural gas and wholesale power prices in December, the region's grid operator said.

    February 2, 2015
  • Net income up for Unitil Corp. in 2014

    January 28, 2015

    Annual net income increased 14 percent for New Hampshire-based power company Unitil Corp., driven by higher natural gas and electric sales, according to an earnings statement released Wednesday.

    January 28, 2015

Sign up for Enews

WBJ Web partners

Today's Poll

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Eric Batista has led the City of Worcester in the past year?
Choices
Poll Description

On June 24, the Worcester City Council returned a largely positive appraisal of City Manager Eric Batista during his annual review. Councillors praised Batista for his fiscal management of the City and acknowledged his efforts to provide more shelter for unhoused individuals.

Still, members raised concerns over Batista’s handling of a U.S. Department of Justice report that found the Worcester Police Department used excessive force and his response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement incident on Eureka Street on May 8. 

In Worcester's form of city government, the appointed city manager is essentially the CEO of the City of Worcester while the elected mayor and city council are part time and help set policy.