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The tea party in NC: taxing North Carolina with both hands, the chemicals used in FRAC and how social media handled the news
Raleigh, NC—it amazes me how much and how often history has a way of repeating itself. If you tell a lie big enough, and if you tell it long enough, people will begin to believe. The tea party led Republicans certainly know this to be true. For the last four years, Republicans have campaigned on…
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Join Me Thursday From 7-9am on Jammin’ 99.3
What’s really at stake in this election cycle? Find out in the morning on Jammin 99.3 as I co-host with David Perkins. Not in your car? Don’t worry, you can listen by clicking the link below: Trust me, this is not the show to miss with 6 days left until Nov. 2nd.
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Current News in local Utilities
ElectriCities No electricity rate increase seen istockAnalyst.com (press release) – Oct 8, 2010 Oct. 08–TARBORO — Town of Tarboro electric rates should stay the same for the next five, maybe seven years, Graham Edwards said Thursday. MCO – PGN N.C. cities with municipal power will not see rate increases StarNewsOnline.com – Sep 24, 2010 Meeting…
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ElectriCities: In The News—News Briefs
As a convience, I’v grouped all of the ElectriCities material together so you can sort through the articles. BRIEF: NEW BILLBOARDS TMCnet – 5 hours ago ElectriCities did the designs and presented them to Town Council this week and council members expressed their approval. "They have to be able to draw the … No electricity…
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Toe to Toe with Buck Newton: Buck’s Closing Argument Doesn’t Work
Rocky Mount, NC—This morning on Jammin’ 99.3, The Dave Perkins Show, Buck Newton was a guest at the 8:00 hour and taking questions. I called Kat and asked if DP would be willing to take my phone call; DP was kind enough to give me a few moments in what turned out to be a…
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Problems with ElectriCities—Repost from ENC Today
I hate to say it because I think we need to talk about the price of electricity in eastern North Carolina. We need to understand the hardships of having to face high light bills month after month with limited incomes, but everything that was said in Smithfield has been said 100 times before. From where…
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Fitch Upgrades North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) to ‘A-‘; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings assigns an ‘A-‘ rating to the $185 million North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) power system revenue refunding bonds, series 2010 A & B. The 2010 bonds are expected to price on Sept. 8, 2010. Proceeds will be used to current refund certain maturities of the series 1993B bonds. In…
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Butterfied: Paying down ElectriCities Debt with Fed Money is Not Possible
When asked about using federal stimulus funds to pay down ElectriCities’ debt, he said it’s not possible. He explored the idea but found there are too many places in the country facing soaring energy costs to be able to single out one area for special help. To use federal funds to pay down the regional…
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NCEMPA Refinanced $191 Million on August 3rd
Power agency plan may help with users’ electric bills from the Sun Journal-New Bern The power agency that supplies electricity to New Bern has passed the first milestone to lower its debt payments, a move that may help hold consumer electricity rates steady until 2013. The N.C. Local Government Commission on Aug. 3 approved a…
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What Happens When A City Doesn’t Budget Enough For Your Electric Utilities
From Washington NC, here is a great article about what can happen when a city doesn’t budget enough to maintain it’s electric system. I’m retelling this story primarily for two reasons: I live in Rocky Mount (and glad we don’t have this problem) secondly, to illustrate that fact that there is more to a public…
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