Energy
Holtec defends plans for nuclear waste storage facility
A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.
6 years ago
PSEG drives home vow to shutter nuclear plants unless public subsidizes them
The company maintains new filings with state demonstrate the case for up to $300 million in annual aid for three years, but most financial information has been redacted.
6 years ago
Mariner East pipelines: New sinkhole opens at Chester County site; Sunoco shuts line
A new sinkhole appeared late Sunday at a Sunoco pipeline site in Chester Co. where several earlier sinkholes led officials to halt construction because of safety concerns.
6 years ago
Judges say DEP unlawfully issued air-quality permits to Sunoco at Marcus Hook
The DEP said Sunoco can continue to operate at Marcus Hook while the DEP review takes place.
6 years ago
Peoples Gas unveils high-tech methane leak detection system
Utilities across Pennsylvania are required by law to look for leaks.
6 years ago
Chester County DA names former federal prosecutor to beef up pipeline probe
Tom Hogan says the investigation will proceed even if there are talks with Sunoco.
6 years ago
Pa. drillers must pay millions in outstanding impact fees, court rules
Natural gas companies must pay millions of dollars in outstanding impact fees to the state, following a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling.
6 years ago
New Jersey Attorney General says federal judge erred in PennEast Pipeline ruling
New Jersey’s attorney general says PennEast Pipeline Co. can’t legally sue the state for access to more than 40 parcels of protected land.
6 years ago
Offshore-wind developers, N.J. officials won’t reveal key details of proposals
Three developers are vying to build offshore-wind farms aimed at achieving the Murphy administration’s goal of building 1,100 megawatts of capacity off the Jersey coast.
6 years ago
Mariner East startup renews safety fears for some residents in Delaware County
Homeowners are focused on the integrity of a repurposed 12-inch pipeline first built in 1930s.
6 years ago
Danish company seeks to build offshore wind farm 15 miles from Atlantic City
A Danish energy firm has submitted a bid to build New Jersey's first offshore wind farm.
6 years ago
Powerless: What it sounds and looks like when a gas driller overruns your land
For some residents, gas operations aren’t down the road or up the hollow, but right on their farm, forest or driveway.
6 years ago
Mariner East 2 pipeline is up and running, Sunoco says
The company said in a notice that the 350-mile line, which spans Pennsylvania, will be carrying ethane, butane and propane to the Marcus Hook industrial complex.
6 years ago
Trump EPA says mercury limits on coal plants too costly, not ‘necessary’
The National Mining Association welcomed the move, calling the mercury limits "punitive" and "massively unbalanced."
6 years ago
Efficiencies, pipelines help propel Pa. gas production in 2018
Natural gas production in Pennsylvania is expected to reach a new high by year’s end: 6 trillion cubic feet.
6 years ago