A key federal agency gave the go-ahead for Dominion Resources to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Maryland: Federal officials approved a Maryland liquefied natural gas export terminal late Monday, a move that opposition groups said they would fight. Dominion Resources secured

The New York Times reports that the Pittsburgh International Airport is joining the many Pennsylvania landowners who are tapping the natural gas abundance of the Marcellus Shale: Pittsburgh's airport is struggling financially and mired in debt, with sharply lower traffic ever since US Airways began

A 31-year-old fee on many American's electricity bills to pay for a phantom nuclear waste facility is no more, the Associated Press reports: The Energy Department will stop charging the fee by court order Friday. It's only a small percentage of most customers' bills, but adds up to $750 million a

Being in the electricity industry for over 40 years, FirstEnergy president and CEO Anthony Alexander has seen many challenges, but he told an audience at the U.S. Chamber’s CEO Leadership Series: [T]he challenges we now face from government interference in the electric business are far more

Illinois is about to venture into a new and exciting chapter in the energy portfolio – shale gas and oil production. It should be a wild roller-coaster ride filled with thrills and chills. Illinois’ other energy chapters are quite compelling. After all, Illinois: Is #1 in the U.S. in nuclear energy

Brock Meeks at Ideas Lab writes that as the energy boom continues, the demand for skilled workers rises: But there is an almost cruel wrinkle to this story: For every new technology deployed, for every new well, for every new oilfield, there remains a critical shortage of skilled workers. The