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New power plant to be built in Waldorf
Maryland energy regulators Thursday ordered the construction of the state's first new natural gas power plant since the state's electric power market was deregulated more than a decade ago. In a decision questioned by other power producers, the...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick County (Virginia), Marketing, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Electricity Production and Distribution
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This time, Constellation takeover will go through
Sometime around May 2012, you will open your BGE statement and react with mild pleasure, perhaps, on seeing that your bill is reduced by $200 or so.
True, this might be considered a long shot. History has held out such rebates before and then yanked them...Tags: MidAmerican Energy Company, Renewable Energy, Annapolis, Executive Branch, Companies and Corporations
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Exxon fined $4 million for gas leak
In what officials say is the largest environmental penalty ever levied by the state, ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $4 million to the Maryland Department of the Environment for a 26,000-gallon gasoline spill at a Baltimore County service station...Tags: Litigation, Waste, Baltimore County, Lawyers, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Constellation timeline
1816: Rembrandt Peale and four other prominent Baltimoreans form the country's first gas utility, Gas Light Co. of Baltimore. 1880: After fierce competition, Gas Light Co. merges with two rivals to form Consolidated Gas Co. of Baltimore City. 1906:...Tags: Mining, FPL Group, Goldman Sachs, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Electric rate jolt coming
Sun ReporterThanks to a nearly six-year cap on residential prices, electricity in Maryland is the one source of energy that costs less today than it did early in the Clinton administration. But tomorrow is the beginning of the end for consumers who cherish...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Global Energy Incorporated, Natural Gas, Energy
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Constellation, FPL unveil $11.5 billion merger plan
Sun reportersAfter Mayo A. Shattuck III and Lewis Hay III began meeting last spring to discuss a merger of the power companies they lead, they described their talks as "Project NASCAR." Shattuck's Constellation Energy Group Inc. in Baltimore was code-named "Chevy" and...Tags: Credit Ratings, Stock Market, Energy, Corporate Officers, NYSE
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Damage-control steps ordered in wake of Isabel
Sun StaffIn the wake of widespread power outages last fall from Tropical Storm Isabel, the Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered the state's utilities to take preventive steps aimed at reducing damage from storms and to improve communication with both...Tags: FEMA, Local Government, Weather Reports, Volleyball, Renovation
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In Maryland, most lights stay on
Sun StaffFor customers in Maryland and neighboring areas, the system worked. The most widespread blackout in the nation's history, which darkened parts of the Northeast and Midwest as well as Canada last evening, didn't spread much farther south thanks to circuit...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Cleveland, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC
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PSC chief fires 5 top members of agency staff
Sun StaffThe head of the commission that oversees power deregulation in Maryland has abruptly fired five top staff members as the Ehrlich administration continues to put its imprint on a key regulatory agency after decades of Democratic control. The firings...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Consumer Issue, Technology, Consumers
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Governor seeks rewriting of energy bill
Sun StaffThe Ehrlich administration called yesterday for a radical rewriting of a bill sponsored by House Speaker Michael E. Busch that would encourage greater use of "clean" energy sources, contending that it could raise rates in its current form. Michael T....Tags: Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Death, Laws
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Isabel leaves a wet mess
Sun StaffMarylanders spent Friday straining to recover from Hurricane Isabel, which flooded Baltimore's waterfront, drove hundreds into shelters and knocked out power for more than 1 million residents even as surging waters continued to threaten the western part...Tags: Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Hospitals and Clinics, Floods, Regional Authority
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Power outages prompt inquiries
Sun StaffState legislators and regulators moved yesterday to question utilities about the power outages that persist for tens of thousands of Marylanders nearly a week after Tropical Storm Isabel tore through the region. Virtually all schools and roads that...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), FEMA, St. Mary's County, Executive Branch, Baltimore County
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