Energy industry

Limetree Bay Energy, the U.S. Virgin Islands' largest private-sector employer, was an important source of government revenue.

Oklahoma's economy has staged a strong rebound a year after the pandemic-induced recession hit the state, said Treasurer Randy McDaniel.

Kestrel Verifiers has certified as green a tranche of bonds that will finance the ethanol plant in California's economically challenged Imperial Valley.

A jump in oil prices and federal relief has increased the likelihood Alaska will continue judicious draws on its permanent fund.

S&P Global downgrades Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to BBB-plus amid plans to reduce coal consumption and lower costs for members.

S&P cut Energy Harbor Corp.'s issuer credit rating to junk due to the subsidy repeal, but affirmed $400 million of bonds at the low investment grade level of BBB-minus.

The federal Tennessee Valley Authority has been pushed to offer better terms to local utilities in the Southeast to keep them in its fold.

Alan Rubin of Blank Rome Government Relations examines the Texas grid fiasco and resilience concerns nationally, including California and the Northeast. Paul Burton hosts. (17 minutes)

Dovetailing on President Biden's clean-energy initiatives, the Employees’ Retirement System and Teachers’ Retirement System voted for the divestments.

Prepaid gas deals were notably absent from 2020's record-breaking municipal market as COVID-19 caused market disruptions for banks that provide credit support.

Moody's says the coronvirus' economic impact adds to fiscal pressures on several of the state's cities dependent on oil and gas revenue

The lawsuits concern bond disclosure in South Carolina, a Florida toll bridge default, and the federal water rights fight between Florida and Georgia.

SCANA Corp. and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. will pay a $25 million penalty for making false and misleading statements about the failed reactor project.

Georgia Power said in its latest report for the Plant Vogtle project that more than 800 workers have contracted COVID-19, and most have recovered.

Slow utility responses triggered legal action and calls for changes ranging from carrot-and-stick contracting agreements to a municipal takeover of Con Edison.

Dealing with a pandemic in an economy hard hit by falling oil prices, Ector County Hospital District sees an opportunity to lower debt finance costs.

A new tax credit, a grand jury report, national election-year politics and regional bickering have revived debate over natural gas drilling.

Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

Renewable energy — already supplanting coal on the basis of economics — could become the major power source 15 years earlier than expected, researchers said.