Standby for higher electricity costs… Progress Energy gives up on coal plants — NewsObserver

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Progress Energy gives up on coal plants – Business – NewsObserver.com.

Electricity
U.S. Electricity Consumption. Retail sales of electricity to the industrial sector from January through August 2009 were down by an average of 0.34 billion kilowatthours per day (Bkwh/d) compared with the same period last year, with about 35 percent of that decline occurring in the Midwest region. While projected industrial sales begin to recover only [...]

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Progress Energy plans to shut down coal plant, build $900M gas-fueled facility – Triangle Business Journal: .

http://www.eei.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Releases/Pages/090715.aspx

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124891262544491699.html

http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2246344/renewables-top-per-cent-power

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/is-a-coal-production-boom-imminent/