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• State utilities lag in conservation

  - 2006-09-19

  SAN FRANCISCO -- California utilities now lag in efforts to achieve the state's goals for energy conservation and increased use of renewable fuels, but regulators hope that the apparent shortfalls merely reflect growing pains in ambitious new programs and limitations in data collection. State Public Utilities Commission...

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• 2004 Ad

  - 2005-01-01

  States enacted a lesser volume of labor legislation (1) in 2004 than in recent years, due, in part, to an increased focus on budget issues. Forty-four States and the District of Columbia met in regular session, while the remaining States (Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Oregon, and Texas) were not...

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• National Coal Corp. Announces Contracts with Two State Utilities

  - 2004-06-07

  Business Editors KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 7, 2004 National Coal Corp. (OTCBB:NLCP) announced today that it has begun fulfilling contractual obligations to ship its coal to two state utility companies. The aggregate remaining value of both contracts is approximately $6.8 million. The company expects to ship the remaining tonnage...

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• State Utilities Officials End Rate-Request Hearing for Nevada Power.

  - 2004-02-20

  By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 20--State regulators on Thursday ended a hearing on Nevada Power Co.'s request for a 9.8 percent energy rate increase and began preparing to issue decisions on the company's current ...

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• Tacoma Power, Other Washington State Utilities Urge Refund.

  - 2003-06-03

  By Les Blumenthal, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 3--WASHINGTON--Tacoma Power and a handful of other Washington state utilities sought to convince federal regulators Monday that they were owed more than $500 million in refunds from energy companies...

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• California Passes Renewable Energy Bill; State Utilities Face New Requirements.

  - 2002-09-01

  By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 1--In a milestone for wind, solar and other non-polluting energy sources, California lawmakers approved a bill Saturday night that requires utilities to purchase 20 percent of their electricity ...

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• Washington State Utilities Bid to Recover Millions in Electricity Purchases.

  - 2002-06-04

  By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4--PORTLAND, Ore.--The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hopes to rule by year's end on a longshot bid by Seattle and Tacoma utilities to recover up to $348 million in alleged overcharges for purchases...

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• California Governor Makes Controversial Appointment to State Utilities Panel.

  - 2002-03-06

  By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 6--Gov. Gray Davis has appointed a former president of Southern California Edison to a state panel charged with regulating Edison and other public utilities. Davis said Michael R. Peevey...

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• Washington State Utilities Scramble to Cut Power Use.

  - 2001-04-11

  By Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11--From dirtier air, shorter showers and fallow farm fields, effects will be felt across the state as utilities scramble to meet the Bonneville Power Administration's call to cut electricity use...

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• Wilton, N.H., Telephone Firm Jeopardized by New State Utilities Action.

  - 2001-04-06

  By David Brooks, The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 6--WILTON, N.H.-An ongoing financial dispute between state regulators and the Wilton and Hollis telephone companies threatens the future of the century-old independent firms, according to paperwork filed at...

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