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Peoples Gas seeks surcharge to pay for $2.5 billion pipe replacement program
Peoples Gas has dropped its request for automatic rate hikes on home heating bills to pay to replace aging pipes below city streets. Chicago's Peoples Gas is floating legislation in Springfield that would add a surcharge onto utility bills to pay for a...Tags: Ameren Corporation, Consumers, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Nicor Incorporated
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Peoples Gas wants surcharge
Peoples Gas has dropped its request for automatic rate hikes on home heating bills to pay to replace aging pipes below city streets. The natural gas utility is now floating new legislation in Springfield that would add a surcharge onto its utility bills...
Tags: Ameren Corporation, Consumers, Nicor Incorporated, Energy Resources
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'Green' gas plan offers climate-friendly home heating
Guest blogger(An earlier version of this post included incorrect information about Maryland Gas & Electric, its pricing and whether it offers a "green" gas plan involving carbon offsets. The Sun regrets the errors.) ---------------- (Another in an occasional...Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Consumers, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Gold Standard Incorporated
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Washington fire deaths down slightly in recent years
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.Fewer fire-related deaths were reported in 2012 than in the two previous years, according to a report released Wednesday by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Fire agencies reported 63 fire deaths last year, down from 71 in 2011 and 67 in 2010....Tags: Mount Vernon
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Webb: Take a rail tour through Canyon County
The Idaho StatesmanEriks Garsvo, a College of Western Idaho history student and one of the most knowledgeable tour guides around, hosts a guided auto tour of the BN&O (Boise Nampa & Owyhee Rail Road) route. The fundraiser tour will begin at the Nampa Train Depot and end...Tags: U.S. Military, Car Guides and Reviews, Human Interest
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Longtime Hagerstown firm loses 'heartbreaking' struggle to survive
arnoldp@herald-mail.comBelieving in his employees to the very end, Lynn Bowers used to encourage them, saying their small Hagerstown company could compete like “a Davy in an industry of Goliaths.” But last year, after struggling through the worst economy many of...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Environmental Issues, Consumers, Pies and Tarts, Labor Markets
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Risky alternative investments not for the faint of heart
With interest rates near record lows, older savers are finding it harder to stomach bank CDs or Treasury bonds. But Belvidere, Ill., retiree Miles Fryar would be having fewer sleepless nights if he had parked his cash in those traditional investment...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, 401K, Personal Finance, Textron Incorporated
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The Record (Hackensack, N.J.), Your Money's Worth column
The Record, Hackensack, N.J.Be prepared to dig a bit deeper into your pockets in the weeks and months ahead because food prices for a family of four are expected to increase more than $4 a week this year, according to an analysis by an Upper Saddle River-based trade association....Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry, Relief and Aid Organizations, Public Service Electric & Gas Company
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Friedens man arrested for threatening to kill wife, others
Matthew Scott Martin, 29, Listie Road, Friedens, was arrested and arraigned early Wednesday morning before Somerset District Judge Ken Johnson for allegedly driving drunk and threatening to kill his wife and others. Police said that shortly after...
Tags: Friedens, Court Preliminary, Trials, Ken Johnson
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Kevin Hunt: West Hartford Company Pumps Too Much Oil: Does Customer Pay?
The Hartford CourantWhen the home heating-oil pump doesn't stop pumping, someone has to pay. But who? Andrew Campbell of Cromwell asked Northeast Energy in early March to pump 100 gallons, and no more, that would be paid for with a Joe-4-Oil voucher, a Citizens Energy...Tags: Consumers, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Hartford County, East Hartford, West Hartford
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State Commerce Committee Kills Heating Oil Tax Bill
The Hartford CourantA bill that would have created a tax on heating oil and propane died on Thursday when commerce committee chairs decided against sending it for a vote. The proposed state tax — initially 1.5 cents per gallon and escalating to 3.5 cents per gallon in...Tags: Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Conservation, Environmental Issues, Kerosene, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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New England's Reliance On Natural Gas Straining Reliable Power Operations
New England has become dependent on natural gas for more than half of its electric generation over the past decade, creating severe challenges to reliable power system operations, the region's power grid operator said Tuesday. The primary problem is...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Standards, Northeast Utilities, Marketing
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