All 30 electric vehicles the Houston zoo uses to haul food, supplies and even animals now get their power from sunlight.  More »

Representatives of an Indian tribe fighting to force the closure of a coal-fired power plant outside Las Vegas said Wednesday they uncovered evidence that from 2006 to 2011, the state’s dominant electric utility submitted “phony” reports to the state about pollution levels near the plant, and avoided any penalty when the problem was discovered.  More »

A measure requiring cost-benefit analysis of regulatory moves affecting the state power market is part of legislation reauthorizing the state Public Utility Commission  More »

A Houston lawmaker has proposed that consumer costs and benefits be part of the formula in deciding how to encourage power generators to build new plants at a time when demand is testing the state’s electricity capacity.  More »

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is taking steps to wean its dependence on coal by the middle of next decade.  More »

Consumers could save $1 trillion on energy costs savings for consumers by modifying several policies that would change consumer behavior, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy said in a report released Monday.  More »

Power has been restored to two fuel storage pools at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, which was severely damaged in the 2011 tsunami. But concerns linger about the fragility of the facility, which still runs on makeshift equipment.  More »

Summit’s project is promising, but it remains a subsidized laboratory, not a viable solution to our generating problems.  More »

Houston-based CenterPoint Energy will combine its pipeline assets with those from Oklahoma’s OGE Energy in an $11 billion deal that will give the partnership’s network more access to shale plays and added sources of cash.  More »

The market services required to store electricity is expected to grow tenfold in the next ten years, as energy storage technology starts to become available around the globe, a market research report said Friday morning.  More »

Power producer Dynegy is buying five coal power plants from utility Ameren to increase its power generation capabilities in Illinois and will assume $825 million in Ameren’s debt.  More »

American electricity giant NRG Energy is installing a solar power and battery storage system this week at a hospital in Haiti that demonstrates the advantages of drawing energy from the sun, CEO David Crane told FuelFix.  More »