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Scholarship honors utility worker struck, killed by vehicle

2015-06-22 15:04:56| Energy - Topix.net

The Consumers Energy Foundation is supporting a scholarship program to honor a utility worker who was struck and killed by a vehicle three years ago. Jeffrey H. Creel of Bronson was hit June 22, 2012, while the journeyman line worker for Consumers Energy investigated a downed power line near Jonesville.

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How utility hopes to build shale-related business through Keystone Clearwater purchase

2015-06-20 15:49:27| Energy - Topix.net

American Water Works Co. Inc.'s acquisition of a regional water services company will give it a bigger link in the Appalachian shale-gas supply chain.

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African Utility Companies Struggle to Stay On the Grid

2015-06-20 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Central: In South Africa, major cities are subject to regular power outages as electric utility Eskom periodically shuts down parts of its distribution system to take the pressure off the aging national grid. Whole areas of Cape Town and Johannesburg are without power for hours at a time, a "last resort' Eskom is forced to resort to on a regular basis. In Nigeria, the country's biggest wireless service provider, MTN, has said it may have to shut down its services temporarily due to a shortage of diesel,...

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Threatened salmon die when utility temporarily shuts canal

2015-06-19 23:04:05| Energy - Topix.net

More than one-tenth of a threatened population of California Central Valley salmon has perished after a utility diverted some water from their creek. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

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