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Fla. high court upholds nuclear-power surcharge law
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court rejected on Thursday the challenge to a controversial law that allows electric utilities to collect money from their customers for nuclear-power plants that won't be built for years — if ever. The...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lawyers, Miami-Dade County, Florida Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters to the Editor: Higher standards for design, nuclear energy
Higher standards for design Thanks to Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab for the exposure to poor designs on big-box stores ("Cities don't have to settle for ugly stores," Thursday). She is so right that they are a blight on any neighborhood. A dollar...
Tags: Energy Resources, Architecture, Duke Energy Corporation, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Push to end NC's renewable energy program dies in committee
The News & ObserverThe push to terminate North Carolina's renewables program is over for the foreseeable future after a House committee in the state legislature defeated the measure with the help of key Republicans. The vote in Raleigh was closely watched by national...Tags: Raleigh, Solar Energy, Energy, Crime, Law and Justice, Rutherford County
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Panel asks state to consider additional bridge site
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.Despite some confusion Wednesday, the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Advisory Committee passed a resolution encouraging the state to take a look at a different location for another crossing of the Cape Fear River....Tags: Interior Policy, URS Corporation, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics
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BRIEF: Car crashing into pole closes Wade Avenue in Raleigh
The News & ObserverA car ran into a power pole on Wade Avenue just east of Faircloth Street early Tuesday, forcing police to close Wade while power-company workers brought trucks to make repairs. No injuries were reported in the wreck. Progress Energy said about three...Tags: Raleigh
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Wilmington company makes saving on utilities a business
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.It didn't take long for Brian Coughlan, founder of Utility Management Services Inc. in Wilmington, to find his calling. "Even in college I thought of myself as an energy guy," he said. That led Coughlan to spend 15 years at Carolina Power and Light --...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees, Cerebral Palsy, Water Supply, Hanover County
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Pay up-front for nuclear power?
Controversy has amped up in the Florida Legislature this year over a 2006 law that lets utilities pass on to customers the costs of developing nuclear-power plants years before they are up and running. Lawmakers at the time said they passed the...
Tags: Lawyers, Nuclear Power, Judges, Justice System, Florida Legislature
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Repeal law that sticks public with risk for building plants
What if a contractor offered to build you a new roof and asked for the money up-front, refused to guarantee the roof would actually be built and told you there's no refund if the roof is, in fact, never built. Most Floridians would call that type of...
Tags: Consumers, Florida Legislature, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil and Public Service, Environmental Issues
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Sutton smokestacks to come down in a few years
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.The twin smokestacks at the Sutton Plant site that have towered over the Wilmington area for decades are coming down. But not for a few years. The 550-foot, red-and-white-ringed smokestacks at the power station off U.S. 421 North will no longer be...Tags: Energy Resources, Coal, Duke Energy Corporation, Electricity Production and Distribution
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City takes next step to cleanup polluted site
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.More than a decade after the Park Street Power Station closed, the city of Sebring is still dealing with issues regarding it. The latest involved Sebring City Council Tuesday night approving spending nearly $27,000 to dig monitoring wells inside the...Tags: Plant Openings
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Records show overlap between campaign cash and legislation
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelInternational Speedway Corp. is trying to win millions of dollars in tax breaks from the Florida Legislature this spring for an expansion of Daytona International Speedway. And the company found a perfect way to show off the racetrack: Free tickets to the... -
Customers are 'dumb money' for utilities
If you're a Progress Energy customer and you've looked yourself in the mirror lately, you're looking at "dumb money." Those aren't my words. That's how an energy policy wonk described customers who get saddled with financial risk when utilities take...
Tags: Lawyers, Energy, Crime, Law and Justice, Electricity Production and Distribution, Energy Resources
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