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Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close (Necessarily skyrocket reminder!)
Chicago Trubune ^ | 06/11/11 | Julie Wernau

Posted on 06/12/2011 9:19:54 AM PDT by nhwingut

Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few years.

The reason: Pending environmental regulations will make coal-fired generating plants, which produce about half the nation's electricity, more expensive to operate. Many are expected to be shuttered.

The increases are expected to begin to appear in 2014, and policymakers already are scrambling to find cheap and reliable alternative power sources. If they are unsuccessful, consumers can expect further increases as more expensive forms of generation take on a greater share of the electricity load.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coal; democrats; electricity; energy; epa; liberalfascism; obama
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To: nhwingut

I’m looking into solar panels. Power bills are already too high for my tastes.


21 posted on 06/12/2011 11:11:01 AM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: nhwingut

Under the category of: We will starve the red states.

You simply can’t say enough good about what caused our founders to rebel, but it will never happen as long as there is forced National Education (Indoctrination) policy.


22 posted on 06/12/2011 11:12:34 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: nhwingut

As more plants run on natural gas, a lot of folks will have their heating bills go up along with their electric bills.

Thanks, obie!


23 posted on 06/12/2011 11:14:39 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: LibertarianLiz

The alien is not a American.

He is hellbent on destroying America. Electricity is gpoing to rocket. Oil and its byproducts the same. Unemploytment is rising. Costs to industry ...rising... costs to the household? Rising while income is dropping.

I wonder when the working stiff is going to figure out this Obama thing is just no good and needs to be evicted?


24 posted on 06/12/2011 11:25:07 AM PDT by himno hero ("Armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"... Barrack Obama's vision)
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To: nhwingut
i put in an electric on-demand endless hot water system and my electric bill dropped below my delivery charge

my only real drag anymore still is the fridge and the AC every now and again

25 posted on 06/12/2011 11:44:03 AM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Army Air Corps

More proof that supply side economics doesn’t work. /sarcasm.


26 posted on 06/12/2011 11:58:30 AM PDT by DManA
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To: cripplecreek

The GOP needs to run that non-stop from now to election day...


27 posted on 06/12/2011 12:40:41 PM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: Rytas

The next step of the plan is Obama’s “smart grid” which will be used to ration electricity. Once the coal plants go offline and the solar panels and windmills fail to make up the slack the US will begin experiencing the frequent brownouts and blackouts of third world nations. When the sheeple bleat, the Marxists will nationalize the power companies and implement rationing in order to “fairly” distribute power while reducing carbon emissions so the greens can feel good.


28 posted on 06/12/2011 1:55:20 PM PDT by Soul of the South (When times are tough the tough get going.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

Excuse my language but now that’s fucked up. Well, we had this coming after all we voted for “change” back in ‘08.


29 posted on 06/12/2011 2:03:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

additional:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2733681/posts


30 posted on 06/12/2011 2:14:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: nhwingut

Wait until the blackouts hit. (Can I use the term “black out”?)


31 posted on 06/12/2011 2:48:08 PM PDT by rmlew (No Blood for Sarkozy's re-election and Union for the Mediterranean)
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To: Army Air Corps; marvlus; DollyCali; markomalley; Bockscar; Thunder90; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; ...
Thanx for the ping Army Air Corps !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

32 posted on 06/12/2011 7:23:34 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
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To: nhwingut

And, the Obama Administration also wants to increase Federal taxes on gasoline (by $1/gallon) to hand out to those on Welfare.


33 posted on 06/13/2011 1:42:28 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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