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| Don't Get Caught with Your Parts Down
Wednesday, March 02 @ 16:34:04 EST
by Mark |
 Parts is parts, right? Not for business owners. If you own a business in the United States, you have another government regulation to deal with. It pertains to your lighting. The Department of Energy (DOE) will be implementing new regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of fluorescent lamp ballasts. According to the DOE, this will result in significant energy savings and emission reductions. Lighting accounts for 20-25% of all electricity consumed in the United States.
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| Global Coal Demand Up, Mining Surging
Tuesday, December 28 @ 17:47:55 EST
by mark |
NEW YORK, Nov 16, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) - article from EnergyCentral
Strong demand for coal from China and India is driving coal production to record levels, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Last year world coal consumption rose 6.9 percent, compared with 2.1 percent for oil, according to BP, the British petroleum company.
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| Oil Be Home for Christmas - Energy Spike for Home Heating Expected
Monday, October 25 @ 18:03:27 EDT
by Mark |
 Oil prices topped the $52/barrel mark on October 7th and then over $54/barrel on October 11th taking us into record high territory. Concerns that heating fuel supplies may prove inadequate for the upcoming winter may be the main reason.
Heating oil stocks were down 1.2 million barrels to 51.2 million barrels in the week
to October 1st, which is 6% lower than a year ago. Normally, inventories
rise at this time of the year in preparation for the cold winter months.
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| Michigan PSC predicts High Heating Bills This Winter
Thursday, October 21 @ 19:14:47 EDT
by webmaster |
Webmaster's Note: The following article was reprinted from the Michigan
Public Service Commission's website (link at the end of this article). Local
newspapers, radio and TV are all reporting a projected increase of $106 to $253
dollars for this coming heating season. The time for installing energy
saving products is now, before the high cost of heating and lighting your home
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Heating-fuel expenditures per household are expected to increase this winter in Michigan and the rest of the country due to both higher fuel prices and, colder weather than last year which was warmer than normal. The following table shows historical and normal weather, average Midwest household demand, total expenditures, and Michigan price projections for natural gas, #2 heating, and propane. In Michigan 79 percent of homes are heated with natural gas, 10 percent propane 7 percent electricity, 4 percent home heating oil with the balance use wood or solar.
This analysis is based on heating bills analysis and price projections in the Energy Information Administration October 2004 Short Term Energy Outlook. The analysis uses historic Michigan prices, projected based on national trends. The actual increase for any given home will depend on many factors and the relative energy efficiency of the home. These figures are intended to show relative magnitude of the change in price and consumption.
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| Electricity Costs Expected to Rise
Monday, July 12 @ 17:27:45 EDT
by webmaster |
 WASHINGTON - Gasoline prices aren't the only energy cost rising. Retail electricity prices for the air conditioning season in June, July and August are expected to average 9.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, up 3.5% from 2003, according to data recently released by the Energy Department.
The prices are expected to peak in June and slowly decline in July and August. Although there is expected to be enough electricity, regional shortages aren't out of the question. The head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has warned Californians they might have blackouts this summer, reminiscent of 2001. The good news is the increase in electricity prices will be smaller than last summer's 4.9% gain. The bad news is the rise in prices comes as consumers pay more for all forms of energy, including a 37% jump in the cost to fill up their gas tanks from a year ago.
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| Blackout - The Story Continues
Tuesday, June 08 @ 17:18:26 EDT
by webmaster |
 The joint US-Canadian task force responsible for tracking down the cause of the August 14th blackout stated in their final report that there was a disregard of the rules intended to ensure the flow of reliable electricity. This disregard, coupled with inadequate monitoring of events by a regional grid system operator contributed to the outages that affected 8 states and portions of Canada. Other factors were communications problems, faulty equipment and inadequate training.
The report cast much of the blame on Ohio-based FirstEnergy Corp., saying that it failed to recognize and respond to problems on three of their lines in time to stop the cascading outages. FirstEnergy has contended that the grid problems were more widespread.
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