The need for uniform EV charging standards and the limits of state efforts to price carbon highlighted FERC’s technical conference on electrification.

A shift to electric heating will raise winter power demands, but utilities could mitigate spikes by improving buildings' "thermal envelopes," ACEEE said.

New York state officials and advisers disagree on the merits of a moratorium on new natural gas infrastructure.

New York state and its utilities are funding a $700 million program to support EE and building electrification, mainly through heat pump technologies.

Local leaders in Newton, Mass., created a new energy coach position to help individuals and small businesses achieve energy efficiency.

Panelists at NESSBE highlighted passive-house standards for heating, cooling and comfort as critical in reducing energy burden for low-income families.

The Washington House passed a bill to encourage all-electric heating designs in publicly owned or leased facilities.

New York will see an increase in new natural gas plants and hours of operation of existing plants after the Indian Point Nuclear Energy Center closes.

A Massachusetts Clean Energy Center competition to improve home energy efficiency inspires a new project to facilitate net-zero retrofits.

National Grid is participating in research to determine how to convert existing gas networks to support hydrogen that could be used for home heating.