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The Texas Public Utilities Commission said Friday that it did not intend to reverse $ 16 billion in electrical surcharges that an independent market monitor had noted as a result of week-long …

OMAEZAKI, Japan – At a seaside nuclear power plant, a concrete wall that stretches a mile along the shoreline and rises 73 feet above sea level offers protection against almost any tsunami …

The head of the Texas Public Utilities Commission resigned as the consequences of the energy crisis that hit the state during a severe winter storm last month mounted. DeAnn Walker said Monday …

NEW DELHI – Indian officials are investigating whether China’s cyberattacks could have been behind a blackout in Mumbai last year. State officials in Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, said Monday …

The financial consequences of the Texas blackouts are beginning to emerge in the state’s electricity market, with some players not paying for the power they bought last week and others revealing sizable …

Boeing Co. licensed in letters 8.12% it planned to strengthen protective engine covers on its 777 jets months before a couple of recent serious failures, including one near Denver last weekend, according …

The severe winter storm that hit Texas and other states last week has been blamed for dozens of deaths, though authorities said it would be weeks or months before the human cost …

U.S. aviation safety regulators were considering whether to require further inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney engines before one of a United Airlines Holdings Inc. flight broke over a city near Denver …

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service extended the tax payment and filing deadline from April 15 to June 15 for all Texas residents and businesses, citing damage from recent winter storms and …

HOUSTON – When Henry Nguyen reopened his barber shop in southwest Houston, half a dozen neighbors rushed in, not to cut their hair, but to wash their hair. They had spent days …