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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, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program), Consumers, 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: Natural Gas, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Gold Standard Incorporated
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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: Small Businesses, Environmental Issues, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Sales, Health and Safety at Work
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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: Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Mutual Funds, Realty
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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: Ken Johnson, Friedens, Trials, Court Preliminary
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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: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Advice Columns and Columnists, Hartford County, Consumers, Prices
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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: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Diesel Fuel, Kerosene, Environmental Issues, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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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: U.S. House of Representatives, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Entergy Corporation, Science and Technology
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Propane stakes claim as cheap, clean fuel
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Home satellite TV provider DISH Network Corp has signed a deal to run 200 of its trucks on propane, in the latest indication that the niche fuel could soon rival natural gas as the United States' cheap transport alternative. Once...Tags: Services and Shopping, Natural Gas, National Government, Government, Vehicles
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Mail Call - March 5
“To the caller who would like to see only positive comments in Mail Call: I agree that a lot of comments are stupid and arrogant, but how boring would it be to read only thank you notes, comments on the nice weather, great Christmas lights, and...Tags: Interior Policy, Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kerosene
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State Budget Director says no cuts in Michigan for a month
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Automatic federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are unlikely to hit state government for a month and the potential consequences are largely unknown for now, Michigan's budget director said Tuesday. More than...
Tags: White House, Healthy Diet, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Rick Snyder
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