Energy in America

Several insurance companies have filed lawsuits blaming Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a deadly California wildfire that destroyed 14,000 homes and triggered billions of dollars in insurance claims.

National Grid and union representatives reached a tentative agreement to end a bitter contract dispute that has left about 1,200 natural gas employees locked out for months in Massachusetts, according to both sides.

Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after tumbling more than 1 percent on the first trading day of 2019.

Global stocks are falling to start 2019 after more shaky economic news from China.

Michigan's new governor and attorney general moved quickly Wednesday to review the legality of a contentious state deal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes.

___ The stock market starts off 2019 with more turbulence NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finish the first trading day of 2019 with small gains as a roller-coaster ride continues for the market.

Dominion Energy says it has completed its merger with a South Carolina utility drowning in debt after the failure of a nuclear construction project.

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A North Dakota judge has refused to award attorney fees to a North Carolina security company that won a court case in the wake of protests over the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

A price-tracking service says the national average for gasoline will surge to about $3 a gallon by May before easing the rest of 2019.

A board of high-ranking Maryland officials has rejected a pipeline across the western part of the state that would carry natural gas produced in Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

A third firm has confirmed that it's interested in building a wind energy project off the New Jersey coast.

Gas prices have plunged in recent months – a decline that has occurred alongside a drop in the price of U.S. crude oil.

Asian stock markets tumbled Wednesday as 2019 trading began with news of weaker Chinese manufacturing.

Oil prices ended 2018 lower for the first time since 2015.

Asian stock markets tumbled Wednesday as 2019 trading began, after surveys showed Chinese manufacturing weakening.

The U.S. Department of Energy in October announced new restrictions on nuclear deals with China.

The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline missed a year-end deadline to plant thousands of trees along the pipeline corridor in North Dakota, but the company said it was still complying with a settlement of allegations it violated state rules during construction.

The latest plunge in oil prices has dealt a heavy blow to Iraq's stagnating economy, threatening the new government's ability to rebuild after the war with the Islamic State group and provide basic services to areas roiled by recent protests.

U.S. stocks climbed in early trading Monday as hopes grew for progress in resolving trade frictions between the U.S. and China.