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ELECTRIC

  • 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
  • Conservation Heavyweights Weigh In For Efficiency
  • Feds Suspend Bear Lake Power Plant Proposal
  • Geothermal Utopia Gaining Steam In Utah
  • Size Of Rate Hike Request Decried
  • Smart Power Meters Offer New Way To Save Energy
  • Wave Of US Plant Retirements Likely Approaching
  • FERC Sees Higher US Wholesale Electric Prices
  • Raser Begins Work On Geothermal Power Plant
  • Rocky Mountain Power Defends Plan For Rate Hike
  • Solar Thermal Shining As Potential Electricity Source
  • Utah and Oregon Regulators Approve PacifiCorp RFP
  • RMP: Your Bill May Go Up - But Not By So Much
  • Western States Team Up For Renewable Energy


  • 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
  • New Area Code In Place For Ogden, Salt Lake and Provo
  • PSC Press Release For Area Code Overlay


  • 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
  • Energy and Money Saving Ideas
  • Natural Gas Drillers Set Utah Production Record
  • Double Digit Rate Increases Looming For Residential Utility Customers
  • Bill Barrett Gas Drilling Plan In Utah Inadequate
  • Questar Will Ask For Rate Increase


  • MISC.

  • 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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