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Utility bills across the United States have surged recently, putting a strain on Americans' finances. But what’s driving the increase in costs for everyday utilities like your gas, water and light bills?
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(Crain’s) — The Department of Energy awarded $1.05 million to a new Chicago non-profit headed by prominent local business leaders that aims to boost clean-energy businesses spun off from research at the region’s universities and labs. The Clean Energy Trust will use the grant and local matching funds to provide seed money, business training and […]
(NYT) — Electricity use is up sharply this summer, but in a windowless room near Albany that is the nerve center of New York State’s grid, controllers have noticed that something else is not rising: peak load. Peak load is the single hour of highest use in the course of the year, a condition for […]
(Washington Business Journal) — A new D.C. solar technology startup, 510nano Inc., has embarked on an ambitious venture capital hunt barely three months after moving its corporate headquarters from Research Triangle Park, N.C., to Georgetown. The company, which still has two North Carolina solar farms on the drawing board, opened its new office at 1101 30th […]
(Washington Post) — Michael Fold, a Baltimore area firefighter, never thought of himself as a “tree-hugger.” Sure, he recycled, but that was pretty much the extent of his eco-friendly efforts. That is until two years ago, when Baltimore Gas & Electric randomly selected him, along with 1,020 other customers, to participate in its smart grid […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Discarded wood chips, grass clippings and cooking oil could bring money to DeKalb County and a new source of renewable energy to Georgia. DeKalb gave the first approval Thursday for Green Energy Partners LLC to move forward with building a $50 million biomass plant in Lithonia. The company said its proposal calls […]
(Washington Examiner) — Maryland officials are banking $500,000 on the hopes that electric cars — which are months from hitting the market– go mainstream by the time they finish installing dozens of car-charging stations along Interstate 95 next year. Maryland’s Energy Administration is directing roughly $340,000 in stimulus money to a Baltimore company to build 55 […]
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