<div><p>RALEIGH, N.C. - Thousands were without power Wednesday evening as strongwindsand storms blew through the Triangle. <br /><p>A wind advisory wasin effectfor most of the area due towind gusts between 20 - 40 miles per hour. A high wind warning was also ...
<div id="subtitle">Surry residents say they worry about possibility of air pollution.</div><div><p>ELKIN - Months after Fibrowatt LLC announced that it would burn chicken litter to make electricity in Surry County, a group of residents is organizing to fight the placement of the company's ...
<div id="subtitle">Utility executives meet amid worries over the economy, credit, higher costs, global warming</div><div><p>If misery loves company, this week's meeting of the nation's utility executives is a good place to hang out.</p><p>A recession, tight credit markets, global ...
<div><p> The announcement may have proved the environmental version of the domino theory when one coal plant falls, the next isnt far behind.</p><p>NV Energys announcement Monday that it was shelving plans for a large, coal-fired power plant near Ely for at least ...
<div id="subtitle">SPX, Thermax strike joint venture deal to market SPX products for coal-fired plants in India</div><div><p>Industrial equipment maker SPX Corp. and energy and environment management company Thermax Ltd. said Wednesday that they entered a joint venture to market SPX's products to India's ...
<div id="subtitle">Lead utility Otter Tail Power pulls out of plans for $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in SD</div><div><p>The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota pulled out of the project Friday, citing the economic ...
<div id="subtitle">Arkansas Supreme Court says it will review SWEPCO case about the proposed $1.6B power plant</div><div><p>The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday it will review a case involving Southwestern Electric Power Company's planned coal-fired power plant in south Arkansas.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">Duke Energy Carolinas files proposed settlement seeking rate hike in South Carolina</div><div><p>Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in South Carolina, the company's parent company Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday.</p><p>Duke Energy Carolinas filed ...
<div id="subtitle">Duke Energy: Indiana coal-gasification power plant's cost grows to at least $2.5 billion</div><div><p>Duke Energy Corp. says the cost of the coal-gasification power plant it's building in southwestern Indiana has risen another $150 million, boosting the project's estimated price to $2.5 ...
<div id="subtitle">Progress Energy to close 11 NC coal-burning power plants that lack scrubbers by 2017</div><div><p>Progress Energy Inc. will close 11 coal-burning power plants in North Carolina that don't have scrubbers by 2017, the Raleigh electric utility said.</p><p>The units ...
