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Duke Energy suspends effort to license N. Carolina nuclear units
ReutersMay 2 (Reuters) - Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility, said it notified regulators on Thursday that it will drop plans to build two new nuclear reactors in North Carolina due to slow growth in power demand. Progress Energy, which Duke acquired...Tags: Progress Energy Incorporated, Scana Corporation, Weather Reports, Wake County, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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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: Justice System, Florida Legislature, Nuclear Power, Plant Openings, Judges
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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: Arts and Culture, Progress Energy Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Periodicals, Energy Resources
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04/29: Progressions
Architecture Jeff Yeager was appointed project manager at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, Orlando. Michael Gove, Antonio Layco, Robert Terry and Veronica Zurita were all promoted to vice president at VOA Associates Inc., Orlando....
Tags: Orlando, Crime, Law and Justice, Maitland, Apopka, Barry University
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Mikulski campaign account boosted by chairmanship
In addition to having a hand on the nation's checkbook, Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski is reaping a political reward from her new assignment as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee: a significant increase in campaign cash. The Maryland Democrat, who...
Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Elections, Human Interest, Political Fundraising, Eric Wargotz
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Duke Energy writes off $10-million loan for Democratic convention
WASHINGTON — Duke Energy has already written off a $10-million line of credit the company guaranteed to help produce September’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., boosting the role of corporate funds in putting on the event....
Tags: Elections, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Economy, Business and Finance, Charlotte, Bank of America Corp.
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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: Justice System, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Economy, Business and Finance, Nuclear Power, Energy
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Take Legislature, elections out of PSC process
We're supposed to believe that Florida's system for selecting the people who set our utility rates is fair and free of political meddling. That's a bigger fake-out than Manti Te'o's girlfriend. The Legislature controls the selection of Public...
Tags: Elections, Manti Te'o, Government, Progress Energy Incorporated, Regional Authority
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Obama will accept corporate cash to pay for inauguration
President Obama will accept corporate contributions to pay for his inauguration in January, a departure from his first inauguration and the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C. The decision, first reported by Politico, underscores how the...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Elections, Democratic Party, Human Interest, Barack Obama
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After years of research, hog-waste disposal still reeks
YADKINVILLE, N.C. - Google, of all companies, last year got into the business of hog poop. It joined a project started by Duke University, Duke Energy and a Yadkin County farmer to pull the potent greenhouse gas methane from swine waste and use it to...Tags: Smithfield, Duke University, Environmental Defense Fund, Google Inc., Environmental Pollution
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Two injured after car, utility truck collide head-on in Noblesville
A utility truck and a car collided head-on Wednesday morning in Noblesville, leaving two people injured. Investigators said it happened just after 8:30 a.m. on Indiana 19 near Forest Park. According to the Noblesville Police Department, the passenger...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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