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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: Science and Technology, Lawyers, Nuclear Power, Plant Openings, Periodicals
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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: Democratic Party, Companies and Corporations, Andrew P Harris, Barbara A. Mikulski, Justice System
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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: Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Finance, Politics
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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: Companies and Corporations, Electricity Production and Distribution, Nuclear Power, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance
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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: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), FPL Group, Politics, Progress Energy Incorporated, Elections
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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: POLITICO LLC, Democratic Party, Bank of America Corp., Politics, Human Interest
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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: Environmental Issues, Smithfield, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Defense Fund, Duke University
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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: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Injuries and Wounds
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LVPA Touring Choir wins gold in World Choir Games
Lehigh Valley ParentingLVPA’s 2012 Touring Choir has won a gold medal at the World Choir Games, called the Olympics of choral music, held in Cincinati through Saturday. The Touring Choir which competed in group of “mixed youth choirs” advanced to the... -
Two new Kansas wind farms now operating
Kansas' largest electric utility says new wind farms in central and southwest Kansas are now producing power for its customers. Westar Energy has agreements with the developers of the wind farms to buy up to 369 megawatts of electricity from them....
Tags: Solar Energy, Environmental Issues, Westar Energy Incorporated, Renewable Energy, Wind Power
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Bloomington unveils electric car charging stations
Bloomington is a bit more welcoming for electric cars. The city has installed two new electric vehicle charging stations downtown as part of a pilot program with Duke Energy. Those stations are located in Garage Market (Seventh and Morton streets) and...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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