Posted: 10/17/2011 - Gov. Bob McDonnell's second annual conference on energy convenes in Richmond this week, bringing in industry leaders and hundreds of exhibitors.

Posted: 10/05/2011 - A top state energy official says the federal government is preparing to accept expressions of interest from prospective developers of wind power in Virginia's coastal waters.

Posted: 10/04/2011 - Dominion Virginia Power is starting a pricing program for residential customers who own or lease plug-in electric vehicles.

Updated: 09/27/2011 - The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is going green by using propane-fueled patrol cars.

Posted: 09/02/2011 - President Barack Obama is directing his administration to withdraw a controversial proposed regulation updating government smog standards.

Posted: 06/11/2011 - A natural gas group is offering an expenses-paid trip to pro-drilling landowners to get them to attend U.S. Energy Department meeting on the controversial practice known as fracking.

Posted: 06/10/2011 - American Electric Power's plan to shutter a string of aging coal-fired electric plants if regulators adopt strict new pollution rules is likely the first in a string of similar decisions that has the coal industry bracing for waning demand.