Guest columnist: Tax targeting nuclear energy could be disastrous The Norwich Bulletin Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:38 PM PDT SB 1176, currently being considered by the Legislature, proposes a tax on electricity generators, and to be honest, it is directed at the nuclear industry. At face value, it targets coal, nuclear and oil, but the proposed tax on coal and oil is 0.5 mills ($0.0005) per kilowatt hour, while nuclear is $0.02 â" 40 times higher. That amounts to an additional tax burden of $338 million a year. | Energy efficiency program in early stages in Danville Danville Register & Bee Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:24 PM PDT The Danville Utility Commission had a marathon meeting Monday, getting updates on plans for a residential energy efficiency program, an update on the Biennial Utility Rate Study and holding a public hearing on Danvilleâs compliance with the federal Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. | Google invests $168M in solar energy project INO News Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:23 PM PDT (AP:SAN FRANCISCO) Google Inc. is investing $168 million in an alternative power project that aims to produce enough solar energy to light 140,000 homes. | Gores says he will do 'whatever it takes' to makes Pistons successful The Oakland Press Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:19 PM PDT AUBURN HILLS â" Billionaire Tom Gores was getting set to talk to the media for the first time since buying the Detroit Pistons, the Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre and used the word excited to describe how he felt. But Gores had to stop himself, the word excited didnât quite get the job done. | | |
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