By GREG EDWARDS The average price of regular gas set a record in the Richmond area and across Virginia yesterday - $4.01 per gallon.

By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Jul. 19--Customers of Appalachian Power Co. could face a nearly 12 percent increase in their bills beginning Sept. 1 if regulators approve a requested rate change. The utility says the cost of coal at its plants is rising sharply.

By Greg Edwards and Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Jul. 8---- Environmental groups will file legal challenges this month to a $1.8 billion coal-burning power plant Dominion Virginia Power is building in Wise County.

By GREG EDWARDS Monthly bills for Columbia Gas of Virginia customers will turn upward for the second time in the past two months ... unless customers use less gas.

By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Jul. 4--More than 250 readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch tested the speed of their Internet broadband download and upload speeds and reported their results.