Energy industry

The suit contends Aaron Zahn defrauded the Jacksonville municipal utility while trying to privatize it; eight high-ranking employees were suspended this week.

The South Carolina Legislature put in place strict oversight of the state-owned utility until they decide whether to sell it.

State lawmakers will return to Columbia for a two-day session that will also determine what to do with embattled state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

The Fitch downgrade to A-plus from AA-minus affects nearly $2 billion in debt.

After the unprecedented collapse an oil futures contract into negative territory, the leading oil producing states face budget uncertainty.

Reducing the number of workers building two nuclear reactors is a "mitigating action" to address the impact of the virus, the utility said in a market notice.

A Florida utility continues to pursue a lawsuit against a public power agency with a stake in the Plant Vogtle project.

South Carolina lawmakers set aside money for the state’s pandemic response but it’s also on hold along with the fiscal 2021 budget.

Fitch Ratings placed Alaska's AA-minus issuer default rating on Rating Watch Negative.

A judge preliminarily approved a deal to end three lawsuits, but the South Carolina-owned utility still faces federal securities fraud litigation.

Dan Aschenbach of AGVP Advisory LLP walks us through the more controversial developments regarding Santee Cooper, JEA, and PG&E. He suggests alternatives are winning but have the issue of reliability to consider. John Hallacy hosts.

The agreement would end current and future litigation by class members over the South Carolina utility’s failed nuclear project.

Gov. John Bel Edwards kicked off Louisiana's legislative session by asking lawmakers to share accurate details about the coronavirus with constituents.

A long-awaited report on options for dealing with the state-owned utility is out.

The failed attempt to sell Florida’s largest municipal utility and its contract to buy nuclear-generated electricity from a Georgia plant will be examined.

The board of the Jacksonville-owned utility fired its former manager for cause, then resigned en masse; an interim manager is at the helm.

A grand jury is probing the Jacksonville-owned utility as well as a community-based group and a special City Council investigative committee.

Gov. Henry McMaster wants to sell the state-owned utility after its nuclear project debacle; a report to lawmakers on bids for Santee Cooper has been delayed.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the initiative was misleading, violated state law, and shouldn’t be placed on November’s ballot.

The state prosecutor for the Jacksonville area said the probe into the city-owned utility has been turned over to the federal justice system.