Julie Wernau

For two years it has been all whispers and rumors in southern Illinois as farmers leased their land for future fracking operations while the identities of drillers and where they...

Chicago's Power2Switch -- a free service that helps consumers shop and compare electricity providers online -- has been acquired by Texas-based Choose Energy, the companies announced Monday. Terms of the...

As part of a city-wide initiative aimed at curbing energy usage in Chicago buildings, owners of large buildings will now be required to disclose how much energy their buildings use...

Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that adds a surcharge onto utility bills to pay for a $2.5 billion pipe replacement program under way by Peoples Gas. Nicor Gas Co....

Dwarfed by solar panels that rise like giant wings above Uncommon Ground's parking lot in Rogers Park, Melissa Pierce unplugged the electric vehicle from its charging station Monday and prepared...

Chicagoans are less-than-satisfied with their new electricity supplier, according to a new J.D. Power survey that pits alternative electricity suppliers against their peers.Chicago-based Integrys Energy Services, which began supplying power...

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing, better known as "fracking." The move, which was expected, adds a bevy of restrictions and protections to an...

For the first time, Commonwealth Edison will be expected to pay for spoiled groceries and government costs caused by prolonged, widespread power outages, the Illinois Commerce Commission ruled Wednesday. The...

The Illinois House passed legislation Thursday evening that would regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing in the state in a 108 to 9 vote.The legislation now moves to the Senate, the final...