Natural gas today meets more than a third of the total U.S. energy needs. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation ...

On appeal, a three-judge panel in San Francisco ruled that Berkeley could not preempt federal statutes in attempting to regulate the piping that carries natural gas into a building as a way to ...

A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Monday that a natural gas ban proposed by the City of Berkeley, California, would illegally circumvent federal law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

The 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals’ refusal to rehear a pivotal gas appliance regulation decision has thrown a wrench into local efforts to reduce fossil fuel use. EPCA was enacted after the 1970s oil ...

A local California ordinance prohibiting natural gas hookups in new construction conflicts with federal law according to a federal appellate court. Yesterday a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of ...

A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The city of Berkeley, California, has agreed to halt enforcement of a ban on natural gas piping in new homes and buildings that ...

As another winter season approaches, the lessons learned from the heavy snowfall of last year are still fresh in our minds. The weight of snow and ice accumulation puts undue stress on meters and ...

The first city law banning natural gas hookups to new buildings is illegal under federal energy conservation law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The Berkeley, Calif., ordinance is not in line ...

A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Monday that a natural gas ban proposed by the City of Berkeley, California, would illegally circumvent federal law. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The city of Berkeley ...