City saves energy with LED lights (McKinney Messenger: Sat, 23 Dec) As Americans are making the switch to environmentally-friendly hybrid cars and cleaner-burning ethanol fuel, now, even the white lights of Town Center are going green. The traditional incandescent light strands have been replaced with LED lights, a brighter, energy-saving alternative.
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Romney wants utilities to pay for energy saving (Boston Globe: Fri, 22 Dec) Governor Mitt Romney's administration asked state utility regulators to investigate requiring Massachusetts utilities pay for millions of dollars in energy-efficiency measures as an alternative to building power plants. The proposal by Romney economic adviser Ranch Kimball calls for utilities such as NStar and National Grid by 2013 to have paid for electric conservation or demand-reduction ...
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Renewable energy finds home at APS (The Arizona Republic: Sat, 23 Dec) Arizona Public Service Co. started receiving power Friday from the first major renewable-energy project for the state, a wind farm in eastern New Mexico.
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Fuel diversity key for area's energy use (Allen American Star: Sat, 23 Dec) The Texas Association of Business has started a cross state campaign promoting policies for alternative fuel choices to keep Texas from running out of power. The TAB's plan is not supported by all though.
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