Utility News
A source of information for individuals interested in public utilities and their regulation.
Author: Edward G. Lanza is an associate at Saul Ewing in Harrisburg, Pa.
Blawg Related Categories: Energy Law • Environmental Law • Associate
Recent Posts from Utility News
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Dominion Sells Two Utilities
MarketWatch: Dominion said Wednesday it’ll sell two gas utilities for $910 million. The Richmond, Va. electric and natural gas utility firm said Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Fund North America, a San Francisco-based infrastructure fund,…
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Nuclear Economics
Business Week: The U.S. nuclear industry believes that delays and cost overruns, which helped kill new plant construction in the late 1970s, are less likely today, thanks to now-standardized reactor designs and a streamlined…
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T-Mobile Offers Landline Service
USAToday: Cellphone company T-Mobile USA is set to launch a nationwide service that lets customers place unlimited domestic calls with their landline phones over a broadband connection. The service, called T-Mobile AtHome, will cost…
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Natural Gas Prices Rise Sharply
Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo!: Natural gas futures have vaulted 154% since its Aug. 27 low to $13.203 per million British thermal units on Monday. The run-up has outpaced the rise in crude oil,…
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Utility Shut-Offs Are Up
USA Today: As skyrocketing food and gasoline prices strain budgets, utilities are disconnecting many more customers who fall behind on their bills, and even moderate-income households are getting zapped. Electricity and natural gas shutoffs…
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Cap-and-Trade in Europe
The New York Times: As the United States moves toward taking action on global warming, practical experience with carbon markets in the European Union raises a critical question: Will such systems ever work? Backers…
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New Bill Protects Telcos
The Washington Post: House and Senate leaders agreed yesterday on surveillance legislation that could shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits, handing President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to…
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Bigger Fines for Water Polluters in NY
AP via WCAX TV: A bill increasing penalties for contaminating public drinking water supplies has received final legislative approval. If signed into law by Governor Paterson, the legislation would set fines of up to…
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Concerns About Rural Telcos
AP via Forbes: An Oppenheimer analyst said Wednesday he is taking a more cautious stance on shares of rural local exchange carriers because of regulatory concerns. Analyst Timothy Horan wrote in a note to…
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Exelon Plans to Be Carbon Neutral
Dow Jones via CNN Money: Exelon Corp., one of the largest U.S. power companies, is completing a plan that will make it carbon neutral, the company’s chairman said Monday. Jon Rowe said the Chicago-based…