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• Puget Sound Energy adds another wind-power project.

  - 2004-12-02

  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--Puget Sound Energy, the state's largest utility, said Wednesday it will launch a second wind-power project in Washington. The $200 million deal would provide 150 megawatts of power and give Puget...

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• Washington state utility regulators set forums on Puget Sound Energy rate hikes.

  - 2004-11-05

  By Jack Keith, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 5--Puget Sound Energy, the state's largest private utility, is seeking rate hikes for both natural gas and electricity that would total nearly $129 million in annual revenues, and you...

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• Tacoma, Wash.-Area Utility's Megawatts Might Be Blowin' in Wind.

  - 2004-05-21

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 21--Puget Sound Energy is looking at several major wind power projects as it investigates adding 355 megawatts of electrical energy to its system. Potential providers of wind...

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• Bellevue, Wash.-Based Utility Is Energized by Revenue Increase.

  - 2004-04-28

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 28--Buoyed by colder weather in the first three months of 2004, Puget Sound Energy said its revenues were up 16 percent over 2003, and earnings per share were 49...

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• Bellevue, Wash.-Based Puget Energy Posts 9.2 Percent Rise in Annual Earnings.

  - 2004-02-11

  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 11--Puget Energy, the parent of utility provider Puget Sound Energy, said Tuesday that 2003 earnings were up 9.2 percent, matching the performance of 2002. Puget, which has about 1.4 million...

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• The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-11-26

  By Al Gibbs, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 26--PUGET SOUND ENERGY SEEKS 355 MORE MEGAWATTS: Puget Sound Energy on Tuesday issued a request for proposals to acquire 355 megawatts of electric power by 2005. ...

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• The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-09-10

  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 10--PUGET SOUND ENERGY SEEKS RENEWABLE POWER SOURCES: BELLEVUE, Wash.--Puget Sound Energy has issued a request for proposals to acquire as much as 150 megawatts of wind power -- enough to power 150,000...

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• Energy Consultant Wants to Turn Enumclaw, Wash.-Area Cow Pies into Kilowatts.

  - 2003-09-02

  By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 2--An energy consultant has come up with a recipe to cook Enumclaw's cow pies into kilowatts and get rid of a smelly pollution problem in the process. ...

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• The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., Business Briefs Column.

  - 2003-08-27

  The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--BELLEVUE, Wash.--EX-UTILITY CHIEF TO SERVE ON PUGET BOARD: Stephen Frank, former chairman, president and CEO of utility giant Southern California Edison, has joined the board of Puget Sound Energy. Frank,...

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• Washington State Environmental Agency Approves Lake Tapps Drinking Water Plan.

  - 2003-07-02

  By Eijiro Kawada, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 2--The state Department of Ecology has bolstered the effort to save Lake Tapps by permitting Puget Sound Energy to withdraw lake water for drinking. In a...

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