Soaring Temperatures Stress US Grids June 24, 2025 By Tope Alake and Naureen S. Malik Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of...
Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers September 30, 2024 By Tope Alake and Kyle Stock Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of...
Tornado Havoc Has Ohio Residents Facing Week-Long Power Cuts August 14, 2024 By Tope Alake and Brian K. Sullivan Thousands of FirstEnergy Corp.’s customers in Ohio will potentially be without power through this after two tornadoes hit the northeastern...
Texas Attorney General Opens Probe Into CenterPoint Over Beryl August 12, 2024 By Tope Alake The Texas attorney general is investigating CenterPoint Energy Inc. citing potential violation of the state’s law in the utility’s response...
Houston Utility Slammed Over Fumbled Response to Beryl Power Outages July 22, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Naureen S. Malik and Tope Alake Thousands of people in the Houston area were still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through...
Exxon Is Hit With $726 Million Verdict Over Benzene and Cancer May 15, 2024 By Tope Alake A jury in Philadelphia found Exxon Mobil Corp. liable for $725.5 million in damages due a former mechanic who claimed...
Hailstorm Claims Risk Undermining Solar Energy, Insurer Says December 6, 2023 By Tope Alake Solar farms around the world are under threat due to costly hailstorm-related claims, according to renewable energy underwriter GCube Insurance....
Swiss Re-Backed Nigerian Life Insurer Sees Sales Surge as Pandemic Starts Taking Hold June 16, 2020 By Tope Alake and Anthony Osae-Brown Nigeria’s biggest insurer is seeing more demand from the government and employers of health workers for life cover as the...