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Utilities Defined
Companies (usually power distributors) permitted by a government agency to provide important public services (such as energy or water) to a region; as utilities are provided with a local monopoly, their prices are regulated by the permitting government agency.
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Museum plans music festival fundraiser
Published July 5, 2009, 12:16 am, The Maryville Daily Times
Despite financial struggles, the Blount County Historical Museum continues pursuing its mission to highlight the legacy of county history. "We're now totally operating strictly on memberships and donations," said Board of Directors Member Ken Cornett.
Financial makeover: A "go-getter" goes after her spending habit
Published July 5, 2009, 12:12 am, Seattle Times
Nina Davis has met plenty of challenges in her life. "I'm a go-getter," Davis says. "And a really hard worker." Now she is working at spending less, cutting her debt and building for the future of her and her daughter.
Aqueduct leaks may pose big dangers
Published July 4, 2009, 11:30 pm, The Journal News
NEWBURGH - James Simpson looked down at a running stream of water behind the Danskammer power plant and wondered aloud how he could see through it so clearly.
Every day is a struggle"™: Interfaith still helping after 25 years
Published July 4, 2009, 11:30 pm, Casper Journal
When Joyce Bryan and Barbara Pringle met for lunch one day in 1984, the topic of discussion was the growing numbers of homeless families in Casper due to the latest bust in Wyoming’s economy.
Plan for the Wedding and for Life in any Economy
Published July 4, 2009, 11:23 pm, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - Planning for a wedding can be tough, especially when money is tight. But as you make your way through the mile-long checklist of things for the big day, have you thought about life after the wedding?
City, county clean up: Flash flood was rare event
Published July 4, 2009, 11:18 pm, Casper Star-Tribune
In a sight more common in river towns and the Gulf states, people filled sand bags in downtown Casper on Saturday afternoon to deter anticipated flood waters from further damaging the basement of the Hall of Justice.
Utilities projects power through losses in funds
Published July 4, 2009, 11:08 pm, The Glendale News-Press
Despite the loss of $2.5 million in state funding, construction has begun on two Glendale Water & Power facilities, one of which should reveal the preferred method for stripping chromium 6 from local ground water supplies, officials say.
In N.C., a dozen coal-ash ponds threaten lives
Published July 4, 2009, 11:04 pm, The News & Observer
Six months after a dam burst near a power plant in Tennessee, spilling more than 5 million cubic yards of ashy sludge across the countryside, much of the disaster's nastiness still lingers.
Berry, Ross on the right side of cap-and-trade
Published July 4, 2009, 11:02 pm, Arkansas News Bureau
It’s time to give credit where credit is due.
Renter affordability a growing, overlooked crisis
Published July 4, 2009, 10:11 pm, River Valley Business Report
The financial plight of the nation’s 34 million renters has deteriorated rapidly since the beginning of the decade, yet they are rarely included in conversations about housing affordability.
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