Recent Electricity Articles page 10

Houston Chronicle - More than half of workers at the state-run electricity and gas companies also took part in the strike, but officials said there was no effect on households or businesses. As the workday wound down, the key question was how much momentum the strikers ...

International Herald Tribune - That would mean that public sector workers would have to pay pension contributions for 40 years instead of 37.5. In special fields, including electricity and railroads, certain workers can even retire with full pensions at age 50. Unions will meet on ...

CNN - At least 6,800 homes and businesses were without power, according to Gulf Power spokesman John Hutchinson, who advised that it may take some time to restore electricity because of the continuing storms. More stormy weather may be on its way. Florida's ...

Bloomberg - With fuel costs rising, the cost of electricity in Galena and power prices are four times more than the national average,'' Yoder said. Galena operates six diesel generators as the main source of electricity for households. ``Galena definitely needs ...

Forbes - BALTIMORE, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In anticipation of a report due to the Public Service Commission on October 31st, AARP in Maryland is hosting two community listening sessions to hear how consumers have been affected by recent rate ...

CNBC - PIERRE, S.D. - State law does not allow a utility company to seek approval to provide electrical services to an unwilling customer outside its service area, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court's unanimous decision said the ...

Bloomberg - SunPower touts its solar cells as the most efficient in production, converting up to 22 percent of absorbed sunlight into electricity, compared with about 15 percent for standard modules. The company, which plans to produce systems ...

Baltimore Sun - Proponents say the $1.05 billion project initiated by Pepco Holdings Inc. will reduce power line congestion that contributes to the region's high electricity costs. The power line will start in Dumfries, Va., cross Southern Maryland and the Delmarva ...

Washington Post - Sometimes, in the scenes where the patricians alternately plot and fret, someone forgets to inject some electricity. And you might expect, too, the close aides and bedmates of a tyrant this erratic to be a bit warier than they are, in and out of his ...

Washington Post - The operator of the mid-Atlantic region's electricity grid approved yesterday a high-voltage power transmission line that would begin in Northern Virginia and cut across Southern Maryland before going under the Chesapeake Bay and ending in New Jersey ...