A mother and six children ranging in age from 3 to 11 were killed in an explosion and fire, authorities said.
Natural gas futures have risen to 132% so far this year and industry experts have warned it, along with retail prices, could go higher if it's a very cold winter.
Duke Energy and Dominion Energy announced the cancellation of the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) citing "ongoing delays and increasing cost uncertainty."
Two dozen contractors were at Dominion Energy's campus in Cary for a free safety training offered to professionals who dig around gas lines -- getting a first-hand look at when things go up in flames.
The Department of Environmental Quality on Thursday hosted its final public hearing on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the $4.5 billion project touted by Duke Energy as the best way to increase natural gas supply to the booming Piedmont.
Thunder part owner Aubrey McClendon, the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy, died in a car crash Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being indicted in a bid-rigging scheme.