Saturday, 5th of July 2008
Saturday, 5th of July 2008
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Mr Rays
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Con Edison is seeking to raise electricity rates 11.6 percent -- 17 percent for a typical residential customer and 10.7 percent for a typical business. The rate proposal must be approved by the The New York State Public Service Commission. The commission recently released a report which blamed Con Edison's lack of maintenance and other issues as the cause for the wide-scale blackout in Queens last July.

Solar investements and other alternative energy sources looking better all the time.
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Well someone in the Pentagon is thinking green. The Air Force is breaking ground on a new 15-megawatt install at Nellis Air Force Base outside of Las Vegas. It will generate 25% of the needed electricity in the peak summer months. It is a 70,000 panel array and will take up 140 acres. That is a lot of glass.

PowerLight is building the site and MMA Renewable Ventures is going to fund it. I find it slightly odd that they are using outside financing for this...guess all the Air Force cash is being


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