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Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: PNM prices expected to be lower this winter

Albuquerque resident Ed Benavidez says this winter’s natural gas bills aren’t hammering his pocketbook yet, but he’s ready for things to get worse. With cold weather and snow flurries expected this weekend, they just might. But Public Service Company of … Continue reading

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Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: County seeks funds to buy water utility

The battle to control a portion of Albuquerque’s water supply took a step forward with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority’s request for $50 million in bonds. The money, if approved, could be used to buy New Mexico Utilities … Continue reading

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Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: City, New Mexico Utilities square off over water usage

Concern over the Duke City’s future water supply has pitted the city against a private water utility company serving 55,000 people in northwestern Albuquerque and northern Bernalillo County. “They continue pumping the same aquifer we’re trying to save,” said Alan … Continue reading

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Article in The Albuquerque Tribune: Duke City’s energy future pondered

If you thought Hurricane Katrina was bad, consider this scenario described at a conference on Albuquerque’s energy future: As greenhouse gases from fossil fuels cause the earth’s temperature to rise in the future, oceans deepen – possibly by dozens of … Continue reading

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Article in The Times of Northwest Indiana: Competition frazzles the grid

Consumer demand for electricity and construction of new power-generating facilities is rising, but even after last summer’s massive blackout, investment in the nation’s strained electricity transmission grid is lagging, partly because of federal-state turf contests. Reliability of the grid, experts … Continue reading

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Article for Medill: Power is blowin’ in the wind

About 100 miles west of Chicago, one answer to Illinois’ future energy supply may be blowing in the wind. In January the state’s first large-scale wind farm — 63, 213-foot tall turbines turning wind into electricity –- got its finishing … Continue reading

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