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Solar and wind power are no panacea for climate change
Your recent commentary on climate change continues the politically correct approach to the problem of global warming and its solutions without approaching the reality of what has been accomplished and what the underlying issues are ("Forecast calls for...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Weather, Solar Energy, Plant Openings, Automotive Equipment
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Winnetka loses bragging rights to lowest electric rates
Thanks to the recent trend of aggregation, Winnetka residents no longer have the cheapest electricity rates in the area. But they have one amenity that no one for miles can claim: Immediate response to emergency outages. The North Shore community is the...
Tags: Small Businesses, Springfield, Winnetka (Cook, Illinois)
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Tighter greenhouse gas limits adopted for Md., Northeast
A consortium of Northeastern states including Maryland has agreed to reset a power plant emissions cap to current levels and to tighten it annually starting in 2015, an action officials said would increase investment in energy efficiency and slightly...
Tags: Weather, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Exelon Corp., Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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Greener power
For all the hysteria generated by climate-change deniers over how reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be disastrous for consumers and the economy, Maryland and the other eight states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative are demonstrating that...Tags: Weather, Mining, Politics, Consumers, Environmental Issues
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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: Plant Openings, Energy, Nuclear Power, Progress Energy Incorporated, Duke Energy Corporation
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Paper mills reap millions from state energy law
A Western Maryland paper mill and several others in the region have collected millions of dollars over the past eight years by taking advantage of an obscure provision in a state law that is supposed to encourage the development of wind, solar and other...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Politics, Baltimore County, Allegany County
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Power company seeks to exceed emissions levels
The president of Midwest Generation recently argued that state regulators should allow the financially-strapped company to exceed some emissions limits for two years at its Illinois power plants, including two in Will County. The proposal was met with...
Tags: Mining, Ameren Corporation, Bankruptcy, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations
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State to continue reviewing electric company responses to Superstorm Sandy
Watchdog with Paul MuschickPPL, Met-Ed, PECO and other Pennsylvania power companies will be in the spotlight next week when state officials conduct another review of how utilities prepared for and responded to Superstorm Sandy, which left much of the Lehigh Valley area in...... -
Regional climate compact at a crossroads
A pioneering regional compact to fight climate change stands at a crossroads, as officials from Maryland and eight other Northeast states meet Tuesday in New York to weigh new limits on their power plants' carbon dioxide emissions. With emissions...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Weather, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy, Alternative Energy
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Mail Call - Jan. 15
“Responding to the callers in Mail Call about not having your meters read by the electric company, the number they gave, I called the number and all you get is a list of all power companies and their number, and you call those numbers and all you...Tags: Sears, Politics, The Herald-Mail, Death Penalty, Government
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Several housing options being looked into for Washington County Public Schools' operations
julieg@herald-mail.comThe estimated costs of several long-term options to house Washington County Public Schools’ operations based at a Commonwealth Avenue complex range from an estimated $4 million to buy a former power company building to $16 million to build a new...Tags: Employees, Science and Technology, Schools, Public Schools, Services and Shopping
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Danville Utilities warns customers of meter tampering, possible bill increase
WDBJ7 ReporterA Southern Virginia power company claims more electricity is being stolen now that ever before. That could mean higher utility bills later this year. Danville Utilities noticed the increase in power meter tampering last year with help from the...Tags: Theft
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