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- Looking at the power grid up close - EF News
“The mind can not conceive,” said Thomas Edison in 1916, “what man will do in the twentieth century with his chained lightning ” And a lot we did, to be sure But now it’s time to start conceiving what we’ll do in the 21st century — and there’s no time to waste
- Placing your home computer on an energy diet - Electricity Forum News
The free software, called Edison, is a consumer version of the PC energy-saving software sold to corporate customers by Verdiem, which is financed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, a leading venture capital firm and an aggressive investor in green technologies, and other venture investors
- New Calls for Re-Regulation - EF News - electricityforum. com
As a result, Pacific Gas Electric Company filed for bankruptcy while Southern California Edison teetered on the brink for several months Consumers were forced to pay higher and higher rates while the state budget surplus was wiped out while the Department of Water Resources then took over the burden of purchasing electricity
- Network of nuclear waste sites proposed - EF News
YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA - The United States should develop temporary storage facilities to hold the waste produced by the country's nuclear reactors until a permanent burial site can be developed, a federal panel proposed recently The United States has debated what to do with radioactive waste for
- Winds too fickle at Boston City Hall - EF News
Three months after Mayor Thomas M Menino first floated the idea of installing a windmill somewhere on the bricked-over swale abutting the city's seat of government, engineers have concluded there are too many unpredictable and dangerous gusts and downdrafts as wind bounces off the nearby buildings
- Missouri senators consider bill to pay for power plants
MISSOURI - Senators grilled AmerenUE leaders during a hearing on legislation allowing utilities to charge electric customers for the costs of new power plants before they come online Missouri law bars investor-owned utilities from passing the expenses of building a power plant to their customers
- Churchill hydro project touted for “greenness” - EF News
Meanwhile, New Democrat Leader Jack Layton visited Montreal to help shore up support for Thomas Mulcair, his deputy leader and the NDP's sole MP in Quebec Layton believes he can gain ground in the province, which is also expected to be a prime target for the Conservatives and Liberals
- B W To Supply Scrubbers At Michigan Plant - EF News
B W's full scope of supply includes the absorber island, piping, outlet flues and other associated equipment B W also designed and installed scrubbers for the control of sulfur dioxide emissions on the Monroe plantÂ’s two other units, which began successful operation last year The B W contract is a component of Detroit EdisonÂ’s overall FGD project, which is estimated to cost about
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