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Mishawaka's mayor thinking ahead to 2033
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA -- The city's 200th birthday is just 21 years away, and Mayor Dave Wood aims to start planning for it now. Not for a party, he said, but a vision for how the city should look and operate and "to make this community the most livable it can be."...Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Central Park, Tourism and Leisure
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Regulators approve NIPSCO electricity rate hike
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana utility regulators have approved an agreement that will increase the electricity bills of Northern Indiana Public Service Co.'s residential customers by an average of 4.5 percent.
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New guidelines for utilities give property owners more power
If you own a home and live in Indiana, you now have new rights when it comes to protecting your trees from power companies. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission recently issued an order saying utilities can't just enter onto private property and trim...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Indiana Michigan Power Company
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Deal gives NIPSCO smaller electricity rate hike
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An agreement calls for the electricity rates paid by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. customers to increase by about one-fourth as much as regulators had approved last year. NIPSCO reached the agreement with the Indiana...Tags: Munster, Indiana, Hammond
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Guideline gives Indiana property owners new rights
WSBT-TV ReporterIf you own a home and live in Indiana, you now have new rights when it comes to protecting your trees from power companies. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission recently issued an order saying utilities can't just enter onto private property and...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Indiana Michigan Power Company
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Power company: Copper thefts on rise in N. Ind.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A power company is warning that copper theft is becoming so rampant in northern Indiana that it could lead to outages. The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/vOednX ) that Indiana Michigan Power is warning that...Tags: Theft, Crimes, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Crime, Law and Justice
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I&M Power: Proposed rules would mean rate hike
Indiana Michigan Power says a series of proposed stricter emissions standards by the Environmental Protection Agency are unrealistic and, if passed, would force the company to increase electricity rates for customers as much as 30 percent.
Based on the...Tags: Environmental Politics, Physical Conditions, Politics, Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no...Tags: Japan, Tsunamis, Nuclear Power, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), U.S. Geological Survey
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Henry A Waxman, Southern California Edison Company, Barbara Boxer, Politics
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Acquisitions benefiting shareholders, PPL CEO says
Recent acquisitions are driving up the price of PPL Corp. stock, CEO William Spence said Wednesday at the Allentown company's annual shareholders' meeting. "Investors have noticed that we are delivering on our promise," Spence said. "Our stock price...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, CEO Pay
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FACTBOX-U.S. coal-fired power plants scheduled to shut
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....Tags: Allete Inc., Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Nisource Incorporated, Avon (Dare, North Carolina), Riverside (Southampton, New York)
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North America has enough summer power, but Texas problem possible
Reuters(Reuters) - North America should have enough power to meet electricity demands this summer, the region's electric reliability organization said on Thursday. But continued growth in power demand with only a small increase in power resources could cause...Tags: Weather Warnings, Conservation, Nuclear Power, Natural Disasters, Alternative Energy
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