Concerns lingered that oversight of oil and gas industry was inadequately funded in New Mexico, despite an almost $9.6 billion budget approved by lawmakers during this year’s legislative session that concluded March 18.
Electricity demand on the Midwest's grid is expected to be strong this summer, with hot weather and a growing economy sucking plenty of juice. At the same time, electricity supplies are tightening.
An effort by Vermont utility regulators to settle a long-standing, issue of how much noise neighbors of industrial wind projects should be subject to has upset both proponents of wind power and those who say the noise poses a health risk to people who live near turbines.
