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Protesters tell Idaho Power to 'lose the coal'

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Bill Roberts The Idaho Statesman, Boise - Idacorp, the parent company of Idaho Power Co., caught heat inside and outside its annual meeting Thursday for relying on coal for nearly half of its power generation. More...

Waste-to-energy firm CEO clarifies project details

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Hohmann Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va. - The chief executive officer of a company that wants to turn West Virginia communities' solid waste into electricity clarified some points reported in a Tuesday story. More...

Coal cleared from plans

May 19 - Republican & Herald - It won't be coal, at least not at first. With construction expected to begin next year, EmberClear Corp. plans to increase the power generation at the Good Spring Power Plant by taking advantage of decade-low natural gas prices. More...

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Coal plant closures could send electricity costs soaring

May 18 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Julie Wernau Chicago Tribune - Residential electricity prices are expected to spike by more than 10 percent beginning in 2015, with consumers paying between $150 and $330 a year more than this year, as coal plants, the least expensive producers of electricity, continue to close. More...

Cold Spring company bets on compost to tap into biomass push

May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kevin Allenspach St. Cloud Times, Minn. - Brad Matuska rolls up an overhead garage door and steps inside one of the large buildings at his business, Mississippi Topsoils. More...

Fights brewing over massive coal-export plans for the Northwest

May 20 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Craig Welch The Seattle Times - With the Northwest poised to become the country's leading coal-export region, fights are emerging on several fronts. More...

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Utilities pledges to look at options for downtown power plant

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Daniel Chacon The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo. - Colorado Springs Utilities pledged Wednesday to take a hard look at options to decommission the decades-old Martin Drake Power Plant in southwest downtown. More...

PNC funding of mountaintop mining hit

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Taryn Luna Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - A group of mostly elderly Quaker activists swelled to 75 on Wednesday as the final leg of their 200-mile, 17-day foot journey from Philadelphia approached its destination at PNC headquarters. More...

Waste Board puts the ball back in GGI's court

May 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kyle Wilson The Creston News Advertiser, Iowa - Prairie Solid Waste Board decided during a special meeting Wednesday, May 9, they will not even look at GGI Energy's 20-year feedstock waste agreement until the company comes to Creston and completes a feasibility study. More...

Independent Analysis Finds Revised Taylorville Energy Center Plan Projected to Save Illinois Ratepayers $437.7 Million

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 16, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Under the revised "Power Block First" proposal for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), Illinois electricity customers could save an estimated $437.7 million over a 20-year period, including more than $250.6 million in the plant's first five years of operation, according to a rate impact analysis conducted by Pace Global LLC, a Siemens business. More...

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