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Chubb said that it will no longer cover coal businesses in the U.S., the first announcement of its kind but one that probably presages more to come. Globally, the insurance industry is dropping its exposure to coal-associated risk.

‘Major consequences’ loom for unprepared economies and for ‘the status-quo leaders of the hydrocarbon age: from Moscow to Caracas, and from Teheran to Riyadh.’

“Transition is happening so fast and furious that even top industry executives are having trouble keeping up,” the author writes.

Closing all of the state’s coal-fired plants and replacing them with wind or solar would save customers billions of dollars, a new study concludes.

Texas-based Vista Energy will close 40 percent of its generation capacity at eight Illinois coal plants by the end of the year. The plan, brokered by the state, defies Trump administration policy.

From Florida to Texas, regulatory relief is driving the uptake of solar-powered electricity generation. Investors have received outsize returns, as a result, this year.

A branch of the Paiute Tribe has signed a deal with NV Energy for the biggest utility-scale project in the U.S., bringing benefits that include lease revenue, tax payments, and construction jobs.

A White House initiative to turn the clock back poses a threat to national growth: “The Trump administration’s ACE plan would move our nation backward, hurt our pocketbooks and cost America jobs.”

In a landmark ruling, Rhode Island has denied a permit for a conventional power plant, citing a fast-changing electricity-generation economy that favors other solutions.

A financial columnist explains how focusing one’s investments around sustainability themes—energy included—can be profitable, especially if channeled through a growing family of specialized ETFs.