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What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

Rate design has been a site of experimentation and contestation since the earliest days of electricity provisioning. In the earliest days of electricity provisioning, fixed charges were common in residential rates due to the limits of metering technology. Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3

PA Environment Daily

The application includes seven (7) 633 MWe combined cycle combustion and ten (10) 25 MWe simple cycle aeroderivative natural gas turbines, three (3) 67 MMBtu/hr auxiliary boilers, emergency generators, emergency fire water pump engines, cooling towers and fuel gas heaters. There is a 30 day public comment period from this publication.

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Reduce Energy Use At Home

Academy of Natural Sciences

Whether we’re turning down the AC to cool off, or turning up the heat to get cozy, we use a lot of energy. When we consume less power, we reduce the amount of released toxic fumes in the air, conserve the earth’s natural resources and help protect ecosystems from destruction. When seasons change, so do indoor temperatures.

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Natural Lands Adds 373 Acres To Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County

PA Environment Daily

These cool, clear streams support aquatic life and help contribute to safe drinking water for everyone in the watershed. Said Natural Lands’ Conservation Project Manager Kate Raman, “The Nature Conservancy's Resilient Land Mapping tool indicates that this new acquisition stores more than 34,000 metric tons of carbon.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Luzerne County [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Hear Update On State Budget, Chesapeake Bay Program March 26 [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

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July 29 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 17 In Luzerne County Shade Creek Watershed Assn. 1 DCNR: Aug.

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October 21 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Of Agriculture Invests Over $6.7