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Ajob in a Detroit machine shop gave young Henry Ford his first opportunity in 1879. Michigan can and should be about opportunity today. But two years ago, the Michigan Legislature passed a bill that required 90% of the state’s electricity consumers to buy their power from DTE and Consumers Energy. Only a small, fortunate 10% of customers would be allowed to shop for power from competitive …

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Let’s hope that a bipartisan group of six U.S. senate visionaries can accomplish what so far has eluded those of us hoping to bring more…

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Charges look set to increase as the government tries to cut power consumption in the emirate.

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Energetics Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of VSE Corporation, reported today the award of a three-year $21.7 million contract to support the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) in Washington, DC. The contract entails support for two of OE’s main programs, the Electricity Research and Development program and the Smart Grid …

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Gas from trash decomposing in Frederick County’s landfill on Reichs Ford Road is no longer going to waste. Instead, it is producing enough electricity for nearly 2,000 homes connected to Allegheny Power’s grid.

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Fewer than five months before electricity deregulation takes hold within PECO territory, two licensed alternative companies have emerged.

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David Case says energy conservation has become a priority in his Upper Gwynedd home. The bedroom air conditioning units, operated less than usual, are turned on at night while the living room units are turned off.

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By using smart meter, American consumers could cut their household electricity use as much as 12 percent and save 35 billion dollars or more over the next 20 years, according to a new report released recently by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

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Offshore wind turbines will line the Atlantic coast; vast solar arrays will cover swaths of the southwestern desert; transmission towers will cradle high-voltage direct current lines and take electricity from the windy Great Plains to the populated coasts. That is the renewable future for the U.S. that the Obama administration seems to envision and, certainly, what Jon Wellinghoff forecasts. And …

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Figures released by the government show that electricity generated by renewable energy rose in 2009 to 6.6 per cent, with wind accounting for 37 per cent of that total.

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