A California power utility is seeking to end a contract early, leading to the closure of the world's largest solar power plant on the California-Nevada border.

What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening

Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada state line. Maybe you’ve read about birds getting fried to death as they fly through the sunlight directed to the tops of the towers by fields of mirrors.

Two units at the massive solar power plant near Primm, Nevada will shut down in the coming years as a deal with a California utility winds down.NRG Energy and P

The winter storm is still hitting parts of the state with Maui and Hawaii Island feeling the effects. Although a flash flood warning for Maui County has now been dropped, South Maui saw some heavy flooding overnight.

STORM LAKE, Iowa (KCAU) — A train collided with a semi Thursday afternoon between Alta and Storm Lake. A crash report from the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened Thursday around 2:25 p.m. at Highway 7 and 70th Avenue, about two miles west of Storm Lake.

Sutter County, Yuba City and Live Oak have begun the process of joining a coalition of local government agencies in the region that have created an alternative to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) for electricity generation.

What was once the world's largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame

A federal lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges one of the main companies involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center racially discriminated against one of

Nicaragua’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife “copresidents” of the Central American nation. Rosario Murillo currently serves as vice p

BENSON — Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., was selected in January to receive $485 million in grant money through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's New Empowering Rural America Program.

YUBA CITY — Lower-cost electricity could be heading your way if you live in California's Sutter or Nevada counties. Pioneer Community Energy, a not-for-profit electricity provider, is looking to expand its service. The company is locally owned and already serves approximately 800,000 customers.