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Electricity rate hikes back on the radar in Glendale
Glendale will host a series of community meetings to discuss a schedule of electricity rate increases that city officials say is needed to pay for badly needed infrastructure upgrades and to improve the utility’s financial footing. The meetings...
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Pass The Clean-Energy Bill
A good bill to get more clean energy into Connecticut has been held up in the House. That's too bad. The House should pass the bill, which has already passed the Senate. It would likely lower Connecticut's sky-high electric rates while decreasing the...Tags: Northeast Utilities, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Hydroelectricity
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Nikkei hits new 5-1/2-year high but pace of gains slow, Bernanke cues eyed
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to a fresh 5-1/2-year high on Tuesday, reversing earlier losses, as retail investors scooped up underperforming stocks such as Sharp Corp and Tokyo Electric Power Co Inc . Trading was choppy, with...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Mitsubishi Estate Company Limited, Foreign Exchange Market, U.S. Congress, Nikkei
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Stroudsburg borough council votes to remove some street lights
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.In addition to purchasing their streetlights in order to get a better electricity rate, Stroudsburg officials also plan to remove some of the lights. They identified nine lights that could be taken down because they require extensive renovations...Tags: Punishment, Trials, PPL Corporation, Theft, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Power rationing jumps to 9 hours in Beirut
The Lebanon Daily StarMaintenance, equipment failures and the continued stoppage of the Fatmag �l barge combined to dim Lebanon's electricity supply over the weekend, with power cuts increasing from three to more than nine hours even in rarely rationed central Beirut....Tags: Weather Reports, Beirut (Lebanon), Lebanon, Weather
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Proposals seek to reduce power plant water pollution
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Federal environmental regulators have proposed a range of options designed to reduce toxic pollutants discharged by certain power plants close to waterways. The proposals were made in accordance with a consent order issued in a lawsuit filed by...Tags: Rivers, Environmental Cleanup, Mining, Coal, Bodies of Water
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TVA at 80
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.The Tennessee Valley Authority celebrated its 80th birthday on Friday, but officials insist America's biggest government utility shouldn't be retired or sold off yet even though President Obama has suggested studying the idea. "TVA's mission is as...Tags: Tennessee Valley Authority, Energy Saving, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Dwayne Johnson
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Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan, Tokyo (Japan), Natural Disasters, Tsunamis
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Group urges fair rates
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.Three industries in the greater Owensboro area have formed a new group to get customers at the grassroots level to speak out for what they call fair and reasonable utility rate increases from Big Rivers Electric Corp. and Kenergy Corp. Fair Rates...Tags: Non Ferrous Metal, Metal and Mineral, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Domtar Incorporated, Century Aluminum Company
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Southern California Edison Company, The New York Times, Genetic Engineering, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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North America has enough summer power, but Texas problem possible
Reuters(Reuters) - North America should have enough power to meet electricity demands this summer, the region's electric reliability organization said on Thursday. But continued growth in power demand with only a small increase in power resources could cause...Tags: Natural Disasters, Conservation, Weather Warnings, Nuclear Power, Weather
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FACTBOX-U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....Tags: Dynegy Incorporated, Springfield, Edgewater, Mining, Niles
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