Nation's Largest Wind Utility: Wind Energy Tax Credit Hurts Consumers

The biggest wind energy purchaser in the country may sever ties with the industry’s largest trade group in the wake of a bitter fight to sustain subsidies for wind energy producers that, the company says, benefit producers at the expense of utilities and electricity consumers.

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electrical usage dropping as manufacturing levels fall - Albuquerque Business First

The Energy Information Administration is projecting that electricity use in the U.S. will rise an average of just 0.6 percent a year for industrial users and 0.7 percent for households through 2040.

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Lights out for aging electrical infrastructure | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

A crew from Asplundh work amid dead but downed power lines to remove a tree in Chatham after Sandy 

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Lights out for N.J. power system | MyCentralJersey.com | mycentraljersey.com

A utility crew works in Freehold on Nov. 8, nine days after superstorm Sandy, when 13 inches of snow was reported in the borough. / Mark R. Sullivan/Staff Photographer

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Highland Park’s Big Pecan Tree grows weary with age, stands tall in town lore | Dallas-Fort Worth Communities - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

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Parks department employee Javier Salas strings up Christmas lights on the 147-year-old Big Pecan Tree, an annual tradition in Highland Park.

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Utilities to Spend $1.4 Billion a Year on Smart Grid Analytics Software by 2020 : TreeHugger

With the roll out of smart meters and other smart grid technologies, utilities are now being flooded with data about the energy consumption of their customers that they weren't really able to see before.

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We Energies Blog: Governor to honor utility workers

We Energies Blog: Governor to honor utility workers

Loss of ancient, big trees becoming a global issue | Local News | The Seattle Times

A man visits an old-growth cedar during a walk along the border of North Cascades National Park. The Pacific Northwest was once covered with such huge trees.

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Palmerston North Trees | Arborist Darryl Judd Trying... | Stuff.co.nz

           

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CLOSE-UP VIEW: Arborist Darryl Judd inspects an oak tree on Te Awe Awe St, one of Palmerston North's notable trees that he says needs greater protection.

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