Energy News

Police are looking into an early morning crash in downtown St. Louis. Authorities tell News 4 that this incident is now considered a homicide investigation.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is pulling out of a plan to build high-voltage power transmission lines from Lassen County to Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay area.

A Massachusetts company says the federal government has approved a $43 million loan guarantee to help finance a 20-megawatt energy storage system for New York's electrical grid.

In this Feb. 12, 2009 photo provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority, coal ash cleanup is seen under way in a cove known as "Church Slough" in Harriman, Tenn.

Investigators have confirmed that the latest explosion at a natural gas pipeline in northeastern British Columbia was the result of a "criminally motivated" attack.

Constellation Energy Group Inc. lost a round in its battle with Maryland regulators over its proposed deal to sell half its nuclear operations to France's EdF when a judge ruled Thursday it could not appeal the decision to review the agreement while the review was under way.

Exelon Corp. on Thursday sweetened its hostile takeover bid for NRG Energy Inc. by 12 percent to $8 billion in stock, citing newly identified cost savings along with NRG's recent deal for Reliant Energy's Texas retail business.

With more than 15,000 streetlights to maintain, Kissimmee Utility Authority relies on its customers to help identify streetlights that are malfunctioning or in need of repair. Now those outage reports can be sent to the utility using the micro-blogging service Twitter.

Customers with Twitter accounts can send a message, called a tweet, with the phrase #kuaalerts to notify KUA of a streetlight outage. The utility asks that the tweet also include the light pole number (a number located on the base of the pole), the nearest address or major cross streets and a contact phone number in case someone from the utility needs to follow up.

To assist residents in preparing for hurricane season, Kissimmee Utility Authority will host the 2009 Osceola Hurricane Preparedness Expo from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 1 at the Kissimmee Civic Center.

Operators have shut down one of two nuclear reactors at the Diablo Canyon power plant because a blown fuse caused a loss of power.

In a filing with Virginia regulators, Appalachian Power predicts it can reduce energy consumption of 2 percent to 5 percent over five years.

On the heals of the heat wave comes another blow for St. Louis's most vulnerable: massive power bills and the threat of having their power shut-off. For some, the "worst-case scenario" is already reality.

Originally published June 30, 2009 at 7:14 a.m., updated June 30, 2009 at 8:57 a.m. HOUSTON a ' ConocoPhillips and the state-run Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Power generator Exelon Corp. said Tuesday it has called off plans for now to build a new nuclear plant in Texas because of worries over the economy and the limited availability of federal loan guarantees.

Police say a transformer explosion has caused an underground fire and power outage in a section of New Jersey's largest city.

LITTLE ROCK - Southwestern Electric Power Co. said Monday that the state Court of Appeals ignored 30 years of procedural rules when it decided last week to overturn a Public Service Commission permit for a coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas.

Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their heals, demanding more money for their efforts than the government was willing to pay.

A look at some other figures serving time for their involvement in high-profile financial scandals: -- Jeffrey Skilling, 55, Enron's former chief executive, sentenced in October 2006 to more than 24 years in prison for role in company's collapse.

Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has decided not to appeal hundreds of millions of dollars in interest on punitive damages resulting from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Billionaire R. Allen Stanford is escorted into the federal courthouse Monday, June 29, 2009 in Houston.