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Independent Analysis Finds Revised Taylorville Energy Center Plan Projected to Save Illinois Ratepayers $437.7 Million
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 16, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), Illinois electricity customers could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation, according to a rate impact analysis conducted by Pace Global LLC, a Siemens business. More...
100 turn out to speak on coal plant permit
May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Burgeson Connecticut Post, Bridgeport - About 100 people packed a meeting room in the City Hall Annex for a public hearing on whether the Bridgeport Harbor Power Station, the last coal-burning power plant in Connecticut, should have its operating permit renewed. More...
Company would convert solid waste into energy
May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - A New York company wants to turn West Virginia communities' solid waste into electricity. More...
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Indiana Gasification Plant Steps Closer Toward EPA Approval Says IG Partner During Courier Press Interview
May 15 - PRNewswire-USNewswire - Indiana Gasification is one step closer toward the development of a $2.9 billion substitute natural gas plant as its emissions permit has been sent to the EPA for final approval, the Evansville Courier & Press recently reported. More...
NRG urged to continue payments
May 15 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Robinson The Buffalo News, N.Y. - Sen. Charles E. Schumer is pushing NRG Energy to continue making $16.6 million in payments over the next two years to Dunkirk and other Chautauqua County governments, even if it moves ahead with its plan to mothball its coalfired power plant in Dunkirk. More...
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Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine -> I Spy Radio program +energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,elections

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Energy and the Economic Prospects for Texas

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A Few Energy Questions

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Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine -> I Spy Radio program +energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,elections

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India Cuts Iranian Oil Imports: Enough to Avoid US Sanctions?

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Solutions for High Gas Prices

By Tam Hunt
It is common knowledge that "there is no quick fix" for high gas prices. It's going to be a long-term effort to reduce our reliance on oil and we're probably in for higher prices no more...
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Two Natural Gas Kings: Russia & Qatar

By Ferdinand E. Banks
n my forthcoming energy economics textbook (2012), the two natural gas kings are three -- Russia, Qatar and Iran -- while if I were beginning that book today, I would consider making it a foursome.

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Toward Energy Literacy

By Tam Hunt
"Energy literacy" and "peak oil literacy" should be requirements for pundits -- and for citizens more generally. I've followed these issues for many years now and it still amazes me how poor the knowledge of more...
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Some Valuable Remarks About Oil and Speculation

By Ferdinand E. Banks
Last night I participated in a debate (arranged by Russia Today TV -- 24-7 -- Crosstalk, and transmitted internationally in English) in which I pointed out -- on several occasions -- that the aggregate (though more...
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Dependence on Oil...Good or Bad?

By Sam Mutasem
Many in the energy industry, due to varying reasons and drivers, express a great need to reduce or eliminate our dependence on foreign oil as quickly as possible...a matter of National Security.

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