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MPSC Rules NorthWestern Energy May Re-file General Rate Filing to Comply With State Minimum Filing Requirements
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) announced today that the Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) recently determined that the Company's general rate case filing on Oct. More...
Public Service Commission breaks down $1.2 billion in storm costs
Nov 19 - Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.) - The state Public Service Commission on Wednesday itemized $1.2 billion in damages from last fall's wind storm and the winter's ice storm and told state legislators it will make 60 recommendations to utilities, government agencies and electric-utility customers on how to handle the next disaster. More...
PSC: Don't bury all power lines
Nov 19 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Andy Mead The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. - The January ice storm that cut Kentucky off from the rest of the world should not lead to a massive effort to bury power lines, the state Public Service Commission said in a report released Thursday. More...
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House advances bill to ban foreign nuke waste
Nov 19 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune - A House committee advanced legislation Thursday that would block Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions's plan to import 20,000 tons of Italian radioactive waste into the United States and bury some of it in Utah. More...
Final decision eludes group crafting rules for energy corridors
Nov 19 - Portland Press Herald - A study panel formed to recommend how to regulate energy corridors across Maine put off its final decision Wednesday as members wrestled with a last-minute bid to extend a moratorium on proposed projects. More...
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