A study found that energy conservation practices at Minnesota's water plants could save as much as 42 million kWh of electricity annually, a 14% reduction.

Colorado regulator Megan Gilman worries that the electrification of home heating could leave fewer natural gas customers paying increasingly high bills. But Consolidated Edison executive Marc Huestis told the Energy Bar Association’s annual meeting Wednesday that could be avoided by continued use of natural gas infrastructure for delivering low-carbon fuel.

Horse trading isn’t going so well in the Minnesota Legislature’s final week of the 2021 session. Disagreements between the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled House of Representatives and the Republican-led Senate over new car emission standards could push budget talks into a special session. At issue is a May 7 administrative law judge’s ruling...