Borrowing costs up as spending for Duke Energy nuke plant reaches $403.4M - Charlotte Business Journal

John Downey

Senior Staff Writer-Charlotte Business Journal

The report says $15.1 million, or 69.7% of the costs incurred in the first six months of the year, is categorized as “allowance for funds used during construction,” or AFUDC. That’s the cost for those six months of the money Duke has borrowed to finance the work done to date.

Religious Conservatives Embrace Proposed E.P.A. Rules - NYTimes.com

THEODORE SCHLEIFERJULY 30, 2014

Although many of the faith leaders come from traditionally progressive congregations, like black churches, synagogues and mainstream Protestant denominations, others were more conservative Christians who reflect a growing embrace of environmentalism by parts of the religious right. This week’s hearings on the new E.P.A. rule gives them an opportunity to make their argument that climate change hurts the world’s poor through natural disasters, droughts and rising sea levels, and that it is part of their faith to protect the planet.

Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record

By Terence P. Jeffrey

(CNSNews.com) - For the first time ever, the average price for a kilowatthour (KWH) of electricity in the United States has broken through the 14-cent mark, climbing to a record 14.3 cents in June, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.