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Energy Choice Blog
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Texans in competitive electric markets have seen a 19.6% drop in electricity prices
From 2007 to 2016, Texas residential prices in the deregulated — or competitive — areas have dropped by 19.6 percent.
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8 U.S. States are Federally Approved for Offshore Wind Farms
There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But that will likely soon change, partly because of states with ambitious offshore wind targets.
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Midwest States Take Aim at Utility Stand By Charges for Heat and Power Plants
Several Midwest states are taking a new look at a long-ignored utility charge that efficiency advocates say discourages investment in combined heat and power plants.
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PSNH to Issue $636 Million in Bonds to Recover From Past Investments; NH Electricity Rates Will Rise for Some, Fall for Others
Public Service of New Hampshire is preparing to issue $636 million in bonds to recover past investments in power plants it’s now divested from.
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New Hampshire’s New Energy Strategy Focuses on Lowering Electricity Rates by Growing Nuclear, Not Renewables
A new 10-year energy strategy from the Sununu administration prefers Uber to trains, supports nuclear at least as much as wind and solar, and says that electricity cost to ratepayers rather than support for renewables should be topmost in the minds of regulators and lawmakers.
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Utilities are Starting to Seek Rate Hikes to Make Up for Slowing Electricity Demand
After growing for over a century, electricity demand has started to decline.
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Renewables and Natural Gas Make Up Most of Electricity Additions in the US in 2018
According to EIA, nearly 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity will come online in the United States in 2018, more than in any year over the past decade.
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Electricity Prices Remain Flat Despite Coal Energy Decline
en years after coal began losing substantial electricity market share – primarily to natural gas – electricity prices have not risen at all.
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Ohio Public Utilities Commission Grants $26 million Electricity Rates Discount to Acero Junction
Steelmaker Acero Junction has been granted a multi-million-dollar discount on electricity rates.
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US Expected to Dominate Global Natural Gas Markets
Recently, BP released its latest Energy Outlook, pointing out that by 2023 the US will be self-sufficient in energy and continue to lead global gas production. The report also adds to the growing consensus that the US will become the dominant player in the global LNG market.
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