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New York Times  Jan 29  Comment 
Massachusetts state officials on Friday announced new energy efficiency standards for utilities that aim to be the most ambitious of any in the nation.
EE Times  Jan 28  Comment 
Deployments of smart electricity meters worldwide will rise from 76 million in 2009 to reach about 212 million in 2014, according to a new report from ABI Research. Electricity - Electricity meter - Energy - Business - Utilities
Business Times - Singapore  Jan 27  Comment 
SEMBCORP Industries is expanding its utilities business to southern China, establishing a beachhead there through an 80:20 joint venture to build, own and operate a wastewater treatment plant in the Qinzhou Economic Development Zone (QEDZ) in...
The Globe and Mail  Jan 27  Comment 
Last year, he guided the power-generating spinoff of Epcor Utilities through an IPO. Now he's trying to reshape its culture
Canadian Business  Jan 26  Comment 
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Municipal utilities in New Brunswick will each receive tax rebates of one-million dollars a year to help them cope with a rate
PR Newswire  Jan 26  Comment 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GCI (Nasdaq: GNCMA) received notice today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service ("RUS") had approved United Utilities, Inc's application for an $88 million loan/grant
Wall Street Journal  Jan 25  Comment 
U.S. natural-gas prices, beset by excess supply, tepid demand and mostly mild weather over the past year, may be pressured even lower this spring if the winter heating season ends with an excess of gas in underground storage.
The Globe and Mail  Jan 25  Comment 
Last year, he guided the power-generating spinoff of Epcor Utilities through an IPO. Now he's trying to reshape its culture
Clean Energy Sector  Jan 25  Comment 
There are a lot of similarities between the build out of telecom and Internet infrastructure, and the current rollout of the smart grid. But here’s one major, and very important, difference between the construction of communications and energy...
Reuters  Jan 24  Comment 
Property firm Egyptian Resorts has replaced its chief executive to help its push into services that provide a buffer against volatile land sales, such as providing utilities, it said on Sunday.



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