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What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….
theenergycollective.com - 5/6/2009
What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….
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Progress Energy said Friday it has pushed back by 20 months its schedule for bringing on-line two planned new nuclear reactors in Florida, after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said its review of the plant site will take longer than expected. Progress also said it will spread out over ...
miamiherald.com - 5/2/2009
Oil companies push Florida legislature for offshore drilling - Florida
— miamiherald.com — TALLAHASSEE -- Dangling the promise of millions for the state's dwindling budget, a group of mostly unidentified... oil and gas companies are bankrolling a last-minute fight to bring offshore drilling to Florida's coastline. Florida Energy Associates, a ... (more) Oil companies push Florida legislature for offshore ...

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usatoday.com - 5/7/2009
Stimulus weatherization aid favors cold regions
— usatoday.com — "People think weatherization is only for cold weather," says James Miller, spokesman for the Florida Department of... Community Affairs. "The heat is just as dangerous as the cold." President Obama's economic stimulus plan provides $5 billion for ... (more) Stimulus weatherization aid favors cold regions

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tampabay.com - 5/5/2009
Final Progress nuclear reactor tab could top $17-billion - St. Petersburg Times
— tampabay.com — Asjylyn Loder , Times staff writer In Print: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 If you think $17-billion is... a whopper of a price for a pair of new nuclear reactors and related construction in Levy County, be warned. "They may be more expensive," Progress ... (more) Final Progress nuclear reactor tab could top $17-billion ...

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What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….
Peak Energy — Joe Romm has a post on the economics of nuclear power in the US - What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….. Progress Energy said Friday it has pushed back by 20 months its schedule for bringing on-line two planned new nuclear reactors in Florida, after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said its review of the plant site will take longer than expected. Progress also said it will spread out over five years certain early–stage costs for the new reactors that it could legally bill to ratepayers entirely in 2010, an apparent bid to tamp down customer anger over rate ...

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