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 …
Read More »Nuclear Power Prospects Chill A Decade After Fukushima Collapse
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 …
Read More »Texas Public Utility Commission Chief Resigns After Blackouts
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 …
Read More »India suspects China could be behind major blackout in Mumbai
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 …
Read More »Texas Power Market Short of $ 2.1 Billion in Payments After Freeze
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 …
Read More »Boeing moved to replace 777 engine covers before recent failures
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 …
Read More »The total death toll from the Texas storm could take months to determine
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 …
Read More »Boeing 777 engines made by Pratt & Whitney already face new scrutiny
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 …
Read More »IRS Postpones April 15 Tax Deadline for Texas Residents and Businesses
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 …
Read More »Houston businesses emerge from the winter freeze
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 …
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