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Study Shows US Natural Gas Production to Surge 60% by 2037

The U.S. shale boom kicked off with natural gas a decade ago, and dry gas production is expected to keep surging by another 60 percent during the next 20 years, according to a new report Wednesday.

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Concerned About Electricity Rates, Maine Regulators Take Another Look at Offshore Wind Project

Maine utility regulators, concerned that a contract that finances an offshore wind energy project could raise electricity rates, are taking another look at the agreement.

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How to Get a New Energy Meter for Your Business

Need a new meter for your business premises? Or does you need to upgrade your energy meter due to capacity changes? No matter the size of your business, it is a given that utilizing technologies such as new meters gives your business the upper hand when it comes to strategic planning and utility management.

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Nearly One Third of American Households Faced Challenges Paying Their Energy Bill

Nearly one-third of U.S. households (31%) reported facing a challenge in paying energy bills or sustaining adequate heating and cooling in their home in 2015.

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9 Summer Energy Savings Tips to Lower Your Electricity Bill

It is hard to find anyone who doesn’t like summer with the longer days, warmer weather, and no school. However, there is one thing that typically doesn’t like the summer all that much - your electricity bill.

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Texans in competitive electric markets have seen a 19.6% drop in electricity prices

From 2007 to 2016, Texas residential prices in the deregulated — or competitive — areas have dropped by 19.6 percent.

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8 U.S. States are Federally Approved for Offshore Wind Farms

There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But that will likely soon change, partly because of states with ambitious offshore wind targets.

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Midwest States Take Aim at Utility Stand By Charges for Heat and Power Plants

Several Midwest states are taking a new look at a long-ignored utility charge that efficiency advocates say discourages investment in combined heat and power plants.

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PSNH to Issue $636 Million in Bonds to Recover From Past Investments; NH Electricity Rates Will Rise for Some, Fall for Others

Public Service of New Hampshire is preparing to issue $636 million in bonds to recover past investments in power plants it’s now divested from.

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New Hampshire’s New Energy Strategy Focuses on Lowering Electricity Rates by Growing Nuclear, Not Renewables

A new 10-year energy strategy from the Sununu administration prefers Uber to trains, supports nuclear at least as much as wind and solar, and says that electricity cost to ratepayers rather than support for renewables should be topmost in the minds of regulators and lawmakers.

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