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ACTUALIZA 1-Grupo EBX vende participación campo crudo a malasia Petronas
Reuters* Petronas acuerda 1ra adquisición en Brasil dentro de expansión en el extranjero * Batista vende activos para mantener negocios a flote * Petronas tiene opción de adquirir participación de 5 pct en OGX (Agrega detalles, contexto, citas de...Tags: Eike Batista, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company
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Petronas refuerza a brasileño Batista con compra de yacimiento crudo por 850 mln dlrs
ReutersPor Al-Zaquan Amer Hamzah y Jeb Blount KUALA LUMPUR/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - La petrolera estatal malasia Petronas acordó pagar 850 millones de dólares por una participación en un campo brasileño de petróleo en alta mar, fortaleciendo a su dueñ...Tags: Eike Batista
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Duke Energy seeks $174M for nuke projects next year
Duke Energy Florida wants to collect $174.6 million next year from its customers for a proposed nuclear-power complex in Levy County and for a now-useless upgrade project at its permanently closed Crystal River nuke, according to documents filed last week...
Tags: Orlando, Duke Energy Corporation, Florida Legislature, Plant Openings
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Duke Energy adjusted profit slips as commercial sales weak
ReutersMay 3 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp, the largest power provider in the United States, reported a drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Friday, blaming weak demand for commercial electricity. For the first quarter, the company posted profit of $634 million,...Tags: Duke Energy Corporation
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Duke Energy suspends effort to license N. Carolina nuclear units
ReutersMay 2 (Reuters) - Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility, said it notified regulators on Thursday that it will drop plans to build two new nuclear reactors in North Carolina due to slow growth in power demand. Progress Energy, which Duke acquired...Tags: Nuclear Power, Scana Corporation, Duke Energy Corporation, Electricity Production and Distribution, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Fla. high court upholds nuclear-power surcharge law
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court rejected on Thursday the challenge to a controversial law that allows electric utilities to collect money from their customers for nuclear-power plants that won't be built for years — if ever. The...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Justice System, Judges, FPL Group, Miami-Dade County
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Letters to the Editor: Higher standards for design, nuclear energy
Higher standards for design Thanks to Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab for the exposure to poor designs on big-box stores ("Cities don't have to settle for ugly stores," Thursday). She is so right that they are a blight on any neighborhood. A dollar...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Architecture, Periodicals, Duke Energy Corporation
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Pay up-front for nuclear power?
Controversy has amped up in the Florida Legislature this year over a 2006 law that lets utilities pass on to customers the costs of developing nuclear-power plants years before they are up and running. Lawmakers at the time said they passed the...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Lawyers, Justice System, Duke Energy Corporation, Periodicals
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Repeal law that sticks public with risk for building plants
What if a contractor offered to build you a new roof and asked for the money up-front, refused to guarantee the roof would actually be built and told you there's no refund if the roof is, in fact, never built. Most Floridians would call that type of...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Mike Fasano, Finance, Government, Energy Saving
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Records show overlap between campaign cash and legislation
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelInternational Speedway Corp. is trying to win millions of dollars in tax breaks from the Florida Legislature this spring for an expansion of Daytona International Speedway. And the company found a perfect way to show off the racetrack: Free tickets to the... -
Customers are 'dumb money' for utilities
If you're a Progress Energy customer and you've looked yourself in the mirror lately, you're looking at "dumb money." Those aren't my words. That's how an energy policy wonk described customers who get saddled with financial risk when utilities take...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Justice System, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Judges, Energy
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Take Legislature, elections out of PSC process
We're supposed to believe that Florida's system for selecting the people who set our utility rates is fair and free of political meddling. That's a bigger fake-out than Manti Te'o's girlfriend. The Legislature controls the selection of Public...
Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Duke Energy Corporation, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Government
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