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Pennsylvania lost nearly $200 million in state revenue by not imposing a tax on natural gas in October 2009, according a statewide think tank.

A nonutility unit of New Hampshire-based energy holding company Unitil Corp. has created a statewide natural gas and power-buying group with the state’s 10 counties to get them discounts on their ongoing energy bills. The deal involves Unitil’s Usource unit and the New Hampshire Association of Counties.

Consumer advocates on Wednesday asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to launch a new statewide investigation of the fatal natural gas transmission pipeline explosion last September in San Bruno, a suburb south of San Francisco.

Louisiana parishes want a bigger share of the Haynesville Shale revenue pie, and they might get it if the state’s voters approve a measure on the statewide Nov. 2 ballot.

Louisiana parishes want a bigger share of the Haynesville Shale revenue pie, and they might get it if the state’s voters approve a measure on the statewide Nov. 2 ballot.

In a coal-dependent state whose economy depends on energy exports, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert last Tuesday rolled out a framework for a statewide energy initiative that he hopes will include coal, renewables and various alternatives.

In a coal-dependent state whose economy depends on energy exports, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Tuesday rolled out a framework for a statewide energy initiative that he hopes will include coal, renewables and various alternatives.

California has expanded its statewide solar initiative, the million solar roofs program now in its fourth year, with a thermal-based program supported by $350 million for residential and business customer rebates. The state’s major retail natural gas and electric utilities are implementing the new part of the California Solar Initiative (CSI).

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Thursday immediately suspended its review of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.’s pending drilling applications statewide and barred the producer from drilling new natural gas wells “for at least one year” in the Dimock Township area of Susquehanna County because of contaminated groundwater.