Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Lake City veterans take trip to World War II Memorial | SCNOW

 "Nineteen electric cooperatives joined Honor Flight of South Carolina to fly 100 veterans, including Lake City’s Paul D. Poston and Zola Brooke Godwin, to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial built in their honor and other historic sites.

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Greenville County authorities seize 678 marijuana plants estimated at $350K | GoUpstate.com

Duke Energy called the sheriff's office at 11 a.m. Tuesday in reference to unauthorized electrical lines running from a power transformer to a building at 208 Old Piedmont Highway, according to a news release from Deputy Laura Campbell.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

FERC may be working toward June ruling on Duke Energy-Progress Energy deal - Charlotte Business Journal

John Downey
"The companies filed their latest proposal on March 26 — after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission    rejected two earlier plans. Last week, FERC responded with a few dozen highly specific, and generally technical, questions about the proposal. Some observers saw that as a sign that the federal proceedings could be slowed further as Duke and Progress press to beat a July 8 expiration date on their merger agreement."

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Santee Cooper, Mississippi power agency sign letter of intent

Santee Cooper and South Mississippi Electric Power Association signed a letter of intent, which begins negotiations for South Mississippi Electric to secure 2-7% of the capacity and energy output from two new nuclear units being built at V.C. Summer.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

How Green Are Electric Cars? Depends on Where You Plug In - NYTimes.com

Paul Stenquist, April 13, 2012
The U.C.S. report, which takes into account the full cycle of energy production, often called a well-to-wheels analysis, demonstrates that in areas where the electric utility relies on natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric or renewable sources to power its generators, the potential for electric cars and plug-in hybrids to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is great. But where generators are powered by burning a high percentage of coal, electric cars may not be even as good as the latest gasoline models — and far short of the thriftiest hybrids.

Duke, Progress respond to regulators’ latest request - Economy - NewsObserver.com

David Bracken
Progress and Duke said FERC’s requests were common and “were technical and focused on the transmission-related models that Duke and Progress submitted as an exhibit to the March 26 revised mitigation plan. Many of our responses involved re-formatting data previously submitted to FERC as part of that filing.”

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/14/1999673/duke-progress-respond-to-regulators.html#storylink=cpy

Friday, April 13, 2012

Landline rules frustrate telecoms - The Washington Post

By , Published: April 12

More than 130 years after the first residential phone line was installed, telecom companies are pressing to be freed from the obligation of providing low-cost fixed-line telephone service to homes, a move critics say will leave Americans with less reliable or more expensive options.

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