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ELECTRIC

  • Lawmakers Deny Problems With Double Duty
  • RMP Late Fee Plan Is Under Fire In Wyoming
  • Wind Harvest
  • Calif. Commission Wants To Rip Out Klamath Dams
  • Competitively Priced Electricity Costs More
  • Corroon Pitching Solar Power
  • MidAmerican Keeps Promise To Improve Infrastructure
  • Nuclear PLants Won't Make Much Difference In Utah Plans
  • Pros and Cons Of Nuclear Power Debated
  • Coal Plant Plan Sparks Concernes
  • Concerns In Utah About Proposed Nevada Power Plant
  • Give Us Anything But Nuclear
  • State Divided On The Prospect Of Home Grown Nuclear Energy
  • Wind Farm To Generate Electricity And Tax Base For City
  • Balance Is Essential
  • Bill Would Allow Electric Co-op To Keep Water Rights
  • Electricity and Natural Gas Rates On The Rise
  • Hydro Electric Power To Stay On Klamath River
  • IN OUR VIEW Nuclelar Power Has Role To Play
  • Legislators Wrap Up Nuclear Talks
  • Utility Plans Wind Farm For Northern Nevada Area
  • Wind Farm Uner Construction In Spanish Fork
  • Brown or Blackouts Predicted
  • Googles Electricity Initiative
  • How To Save On Holiday Lighting
  • Poll: Utahns Warming Up To Nuclear Plant Idea
  • Taking Swipes At Nuclear Power
  • Utah and LA Power Tiff Heats Up
  • Utility To Delay Coal Fired Plant
  • MidAmerican Energy Co Named Power Co Of The Year
  • NRG's Application To Expand Nuclear PLant Accepted
  • Toquops Environmental Safegards Mitigate Any Concerns
  • Turning Heat Waste Into Electricity
  • Utah Could Produce Power For 1.4 Billion People
  • Utah Nuclear Power For L.A.?
  • Will MidAmerican Build A Nuke Plant In Payette County?
  • Child Cancer Risk Higher Near Nuclear Plants
  • Coal Fired Power Plant Proposal Advances
  • How Risky Is The New Era Of Nuclear Power?
  • IPA Executive Pushes Nuclear Energy
  • More Extensive Use Of Wind Power Seen
  • New Nuclear Plant In Idaho?
  • Nuclear Power Is Headed For A Fight
  • That Giant Sucking Sound
  • Bountiful Power
  • Energy Law Pulls Plug On Edison's Light Bulb
  • High Price Of Power
  • Hydropower: Wave Of Utah's Energy Future
  • Nuclear Power Gets A Lift From Unusual Allies
  • Power Plants Survive Power Play
  • Rocky Mountain Power Seeks $161M Rate Hike
  • Dutch Using Asphalt To Harness Sun
  • FERC Issues First License For Hydrokinetic Enery Project
  • Industry Brief
  • PacifiCorp Idaho Utility Gains 6.4% Rate Increase
  • Solar Power: Logan Offers Incentive For Home Systems
  • Digging Deeper
  • FERC Issues Order To PacifiCorp
  • Health Warning On Low Energy Bulbs
  • Know Your Wind
  • PGE Proposes To Build British Columbia To California Power Line
  • US 2007 Electricity Out Put 2.8% Higher Than 2006
  • Perception Is Vital Component Of Power Plant Issue
  • Power Demand Could Outstrip Supply In 2008
  • Drought Could Force Nuke Plant Shutdowns
  • Eagle Mountain Group Fights Power Pole Plan
  • Nuclear Fast Track Endangers Citizens
  • Power Plant Approval One Step Closer
  • Salt Lake City Power Line Plan Stires Wrath of Councilmen
  • The Dark Side Of Green Bulbs
  • Wyoming Leaders Pitch Coal Power To California
  • Electric Utilities Confront & Examine Grand Challenges To Industry
  • Plant Has Small Air Impact
  • Science Targets Coal Impact
  • Wind Energy Confronts Shortage of Transmission Lines
  • Wind Farm Projects Begin This Year
  • BYU Research Making Case For Cleaner Coal Power
  • Idaho Utilities Strike Wind Power Deal
  • Thermal Power Heats Up Nevada
  • Utah Co. Drilling For Geothermal Power Hits Boiling Water
  • Utahns Back Nuclear Power
  • Utility Corridor To Get 4th Major Power Line
  • Coal Cannot Fill Worlds Burning Appetite
  • Competition Has Not Cut Electric Rates
  • Cooperative Wants Power Line Through Grand Staircase
  • Nuclear Power Not Efficient Enough
  • PacifiCorp Will Defend Coal Fired Plant
  • Hydroelectric Plant Proposed
  • Power Company To Ask For Second Rate Increase
  • Power Line Will Span West Part Of The County
  • Utah To Share Some Wind Power With California


  • TELECOM

  • Utah May Overlay Area Code
  • Supreme Court Backs Dismissal Of Bell Anti-Trust Suit
  • Shareholders Ruffle Qwest Meeting
  • New Area Code Could Be In Our Future
  • Dual Area Codes Coming To Wasatch Front
  • Utah PSC Approves Qwest Wire Center Settlement
  • Court Rejects Qwest Appeal of UTC Reporting Requirements
  • Utah Comment Deadline Extended In Qwest Wire Center Case
  • FCC Official Favors Qwest Deregulation Bid
  • WX May Look At Feasibility Of UTOPIA
  • How 2 Guys Iowa Connection Took Big Telecoms For A Ride
  • Utah PSC Partially Approves Additions To Qwest Wire Center List
  • Utah Regulators Direct CLECs To Respond To Data Requests


  • NATURAL GAS

  • Gas rate request faces challenges
  • Cold Crimps Natural-Gas Flow
  • Natural Gas Use Heats to a Record Level in January
  • Utah PSC to Hold Hearing on Questar Gas Expansion Costs
  • Bingaman Calls US FERC Response Partial
  • Gas Projects Win Environmental Nod From FERC
  • Questar to Spend 1 Billion
  • Rising Gas Costs Shift Focus To Coal
  • Administration Proposes New Energy Drilling
  • Plans For Gas Drilling Bring Protests
  • Pipeline Hub Sought To Move Natural Gas
  • Energy Transfer Partners Aquires Midstream Assets
  • Stepping On The Gas
  • Questar's Blending Plan May Save Utahns Money
  • Winter Heating Costs Could Rise An Average 10.5%
  • Natural Gas Line To Coast Planned
  • Utah Natural Gas Rates Cut By Nearly 9 Percent
  • Consumer Group Asks High Court To Review Questar Ruling
  • Slow The Flow
  • Some Cool To Furnace Edicts
  • Guilt Free Gas Heating Season Is Anticipated
  • QG Reminds Customers To Keep Vents & Meters Clear
  • Drilling Technique Damaging Less Land
  • Questar Seeking 7% Hike
  • Questar Customers To See Rate Decrease
  • Pipelines Unlocking Bounty Of Rocky Mountains
  • Natural Gas Rides High For Now
  • Pipeline Would Carry Rockies Natural Gas


  • MISC.

  • Renewable Energy Proposal Addresses Some Vital Concerns
  • Utahs Reliance On Coal
  • 4 Australian Lawmakers Doubt Human Contribution to Global Warming
  • Coal Boom Carries High Price As Accidents Rise
  • Coal Is Still King
  • Coal Plants In Crosshairs
  • Coal To Liquids Becoming Reality
  • Greenbacks Promote Green Earth
  • Heat On Australia PM Over Climate Skeptic MPs
  • Guv: Inspect Murray's Mines
  • Incentives and Penalties Proposed
  • There Is Cash In Coal
  • Western States Set Goal For Reducing Emissions
  • Would Oil Shale Require Coal
  • Government Regulations Stages A Comeback
  • Supreme Court To Hear Case From Energy Crisis
  • 2 Bills Would Hurt Oil Exploration In Utah
  • Study Finds More Efficiency In Competitive Markets
  • A Loophole Could Dim Impact In Proposed Energy-Saving Bill
  • Cut Energy Use Reap Rewards
  • Ex-Insider To Head Up Utility Agency
  • Utahs Energy-Wise Strategy
  • Canadian Uranium Company Buys Whole Town In Southern Utah
  • Cedar Hills Enlists In Renewable Energy Program
  • Contract Paves Way For Big Energy Savings
  • The Carbon Calculus
  • State Board Upholds Permit For Coal
  • Coherent Energy Policy Is Needed
  • Energy Initiatives Called Ineffective
  • Groups Question Energy Corridors
  • We Must Learn To Live Within Existing Resources
  • Cannon Questions Mans Link To Warming
  • Royale Energy Rocky Mountain Update
  • Panel Explores Renewable Energy Options
  • Dumping Ground Nuclear Waste and Utah Don't Mix
  • Powell Pipeline Could Include Hydro Power
  • Time For A Fresh Start
  • WA Sitting On A Hot Energy Source
  • We Have No Choice But To Develop Our Alternative Energy Reserves
  • BLM Says Coal Reserves Will Last About 40 Years
  • Coal On Trial
  • Energy Alternatives Exist But At A Higher Price Tag
  • NRRI Report Details Cap and Trade
  • Public To Get Say On Energy Corridors
  • Utah's Coal Reserves Raise A Burning Question
  • H.E.A.T. Accepts More Families
  • Americans For Balanced Energy Choices Research
  • State Chiefs Meet To Talk Energy Efficiency
  • Climate Change Rule May Hurt Utilities
  • Reining In Energy Costs
  • Utilities Cut Rate Requests
  • Business Groups Campaign Against Climate Change Bill
  • Government Wants Stricter Energy Star Rules

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