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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, March 6, at 4pm EST—On WAUG Power 750 with Cash Michaels
Join me Thursday, March 6th at 4 p.m. EST on Power 750 WAUG-AM, and www.myWAUG.com. Topics: North Carolina Politics—North Carolina Democratic Party—Chairman Randy Voller—Rev. Dr. Ben Chavis
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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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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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Electric Rate Reality.
Reality and electric rates don’t go hand in hand, at least not in Rocky Mount, NC. Bronson Williams’ the “truth hurts” radio broadcast is convoluted with misinformation. Allbeit, the same misinformation, day after day after day… If you live and work in Rocky Mount, you’d be better served to listen to 92.1 “Express Yourself” on…
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The Real Story Behind Deregulation and Why Your Utility Bill Is Higher
News & Observer, The (includes Chapel Hill News) (Raleigh, NC)The News & Observer July 15, 2001 Article Text: Betty Lou Baker isn’t responsible for the decisions by Lumberton and 50 other North Carolina cities and towns to buy overpriced nuclear power plants. But she and 735,000 other people are paying for those choices. Baker buys…
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Fayetteville NC Electric-May End Ties with ElectriCities
Fayetteville’s home-grown utility may sever ties with a trade organization in Raleigh. The Public Works Commission is balking at next year’s projected $94,353 in dues that must be paid to remain a member of ElectriCities, which represents 51 cities that own electric utilities. Most of the members are in North Carolina. PWC commissioners say the…
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