http://www.mail.com/subjects/14606-utilities.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14606-utilities.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103814-tesla-uses-stock-note-sale-to-repay-government.html DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it wired in a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday. The money, coupled with two prior payments, paid off a $465 million loan Tesla got from the Departm... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:38:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2103814-tesla-uses-stock-note-sale-to-repay-government.html 2013-05-22T22:38:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103064-feds-open-special-inspection-nc-nuke-plant.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the ... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103064-feds-open-special-inspection-nc-nuke-plant.html 2013-05-22T16:00:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093014-czech-us-cooperate-developing-reactors.html PRAGUE (AP) — The United States says it has completed a transfer of 75 kilograms (165 pounds) of salt coolant material to the Czech Republic as part of cooperation between the two countries in developing new nuclear reactors. The U.S. Embassy in Prague says the fluoride salt comes from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and will be u... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:41:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093014-czech-us-cooperate-developing-reactors.html 2013-05-17T13:41:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091002-trump-to-court-to-oppose-scotland-wind-farm.html LONDON (AP) — American tycoon Donald Trump is taking legal action to challenge the Scottish government's decision to approve an offshore wind farm near his luxury golf resort. The Trump Organization said Thursday it has lodged a petition with Scotland's Court of Session. The company is asking for a judicial review of the decision by Scottish officials to ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2091002-trump-to-court-to-oppose-scotland-wind-farm.html 2013-05-16T17:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday. The International Joint Commission, which advises both nations on issues aff... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:36:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2085932-report-card-great-lakes-big-problems.html 2013-05-14T22:36:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even tho... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html 2013-05-14T21:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081306-amtrak-unveils-locomotives-to-replace-aging-fleet.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Amtrak has unveiled at a plant in California the first of 70 new locomotives, marking what the national passenger railroad service said it hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and more energy efficiency. On a broader scale, the new engines displayed Monday could well be viewed as emblematic of the impr... Tue, 14 May 2013 01:13:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2081306-amtrak-unveils-locomotives-to-replace-aging-fleet.html 2013-05-14T01:13:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082816-federal-board-issues-mixed-ruling-san-onofre.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal board has ruled partly in favor of an environmental group that wants an extended hearing on the plan to restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California. It's not immediately clear how Monday's ruling by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing board will impact the pending restart propo... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:17:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082816-federal-board-issues-mixed-ruling-san-onofre.html 2013-05-13T21:17:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070886-polands-shale-gas-hopes-suffer-blow.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy. Canada's Talisman and U.S. Marathon Oil said Wednesday they had not found enou... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:03:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070886-polands-shale-gas-hopes-suffer-blow.html 2013-05-08T19:03:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070696-german-utility-eons-profits-rise-asset-sales.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German utility company E.ON SE says net income rose 25 percent in the first quarter thanks to the sale of several businesses. The company's profits fell however when that one-time boost was excluded, and the CEO said it faced a difficult environment. CEO Johannes Teyssen said in a statement Wednesday "the economic situation of ou... Wed, 08 May 2013 10:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2070696-german-utility-eons-profits-rise-asset-sales.html 2013-05-08T10:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2059798-apnewsbreak-judge-axes-federal-suit-lake.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against air quality regulators who are requiring the city to do more to control dust on a lake that was siphoned dry a century ago to provide water for the booming metropolis. U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii granted a motion Wednesday to dismiss the lawsuit in the latest... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:36:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2059798-apnewsbreak-judge-axes-federal-suit-lake.html 2013-05-03T00:36:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055458-1st-chinese-automaker-us-to-open-calif-plants.html LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — The first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturer in the United States unveiled ambitious plans Wednesday to eventually build as many as 1,000 plug-in electric buses a year at a refurbished RV manufacturing plant in a wind-swept, sage-dotted corner of the Mojave Desert. In a news conference on a patio outside BYD's new energy-efficient... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055458-1st-chinese-automaker-us-to-open-calif-plants.html 2013-05-01T21:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054814-calif-reactors-retired-restart-nixed.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Costs tied to the long-running shutdown of California's San Onofre nuclear power plant have soared to $553 million, while the majority owner raised the possibility Tuesday of retiring the plant if it can't get one reactor running later this year. The twin-domed plant between San Diego and Los Angeles has not produced electricity since J... Wed, 01 May 2013 03:48:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2054814-calif-reactors-retired-restart-nixed.html 2013-05-01T03:48:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea are extending for two years their current civilian nuclear agreement and postponing a contentious decision on whether Seoul will be allowed to reprocess spent fuel as it seeks to expand its atomic energy industry. Wednesday's announcement is a setback to South Korea's new leader, Park Geun-hye, who had made revis... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:15:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html 2013-04-24T21:15:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039680-un-official-hopeful-2015-climate-talks.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Governments are more serious and the impact of climate change is more dramatic, improving chances of a groundbreaking global warming pact in 2015 in contrast with the failure of such an effort in 2009, the U.N. climate chief said Tuesday. The climate change talks in Copenhagen were a resounding failure, setting back the ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039680-un-official-hopeful-2015-climate-talks.html 2013-04-23T19:58:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest on Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend. The massive system was wreaking havoc from the Rockies to the Rust Belt, and offic... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:16:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html 2013-04-19T03:16:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027084-japan-deficit-swells-ships-to-us-than-china.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit ballooned to a record $83.4 billion in the last fiscal year as a surge in exports to the U.S. failed to offset the impact from territorial tensions with China and weak demand from crisis-stricken Europe. The customs figures released Thursday showed the U.S. edging ahead of China as Japan's largest export market as Americ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:55:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027084-japan-deficit-swells-ships-to-us-than-china.html 2013-04-18T09:55:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022844-cars-utilities-lift-us-industrial-output-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial output rose in March as cold weather kept utilities busy generating heat and a surge in auto production helped offset broader weakness in manufacturing. Production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.4 percent in March from February, the Federal Reserve said. Utility output rose 5.3 percent, as Americans... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:50:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2022844-cars-utilities-lift-us-industrial-output-march.html 2013-04-16T13:50:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020188-emergency-shutdown-bulgarian-nuclear-plant.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Officials say a turbo generator at Bulgaria's only nuclear power station has been shut down due to a hydrogen leak in its cooling system but insist there is no danger to the public. A statement Monday from the Kozloduy power plant said the component that was shut down was part of its conventional, non-nuclear unit. It said "there we... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:18:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2020188-emergency-shutdown-bulgarian-nuclear-plant.html 2013-04-15T11:18:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019704-iaea-reviewing-cleanup-damaged-japan-nuke-plant.html TOKYO (AP) — The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency Monday began reviewing the decommissioning process at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, where new problems are triggering growing safety concerns about a cleanup expected to take decades. The experts will assess and analyze melted reactors, radiation levels and waste management at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant ... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:01:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2019704-iaea-reviewing-cleanup-damaged-japan-nuke-plant.html 2013-04-15T07:01:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017860-amid-investigation-coal-exports-record-levels.html DECKER, Mont. (AP) — From the time coal is scooped from the depths of the Spring Creek strip mine in Montana's wide-open Powder River Basin until it travels more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to power plants in South Korea, the price can increase more than fivefold. Mining companies, however, are only paying government royalties on the price o... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:23:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017860-amid-investigation-coal-exports-record-levels.html 2013-04-13T19:23:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit by Suu Kyi, in Japan for the first time in 27 years, is highlighting Japan's interest in helping to craft a blueprint for Myanmar's economy and tapping... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:36:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html 2013-04-12T13:36:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013700-caracas-chavismos-unfulfilled-promises.html VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — It's just after nightfall and the power is out again in untold hundreds of thousands — probably millions — of Venezuelan homes. If the government knows how many, it's not saying. It hasn't issued reports on problems in the public power grid since 2010. In Venezuela's third-largest city, Pedro Martinez dons a shirt for visitors d... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:07:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013700-caracas-chavismos-unfulfilled-promises.html 2013-04-12T02:07:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012146-water-rats-outages-japan-nuke-plant-precarious.html TOKYO (AP) — A rat causing a power outage by short-circuiting a temporary switchboard. Another blackout occurring as workers install anti-rat nets. Holes in the linings of huge underground tanks leaking radioactive water. Japan's crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has run into multiple problems recently that highlight its precarious state mor... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:52:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2012146-water-rats-outages-japan-nuke-plant-precarious.html 2013-04-11T01:52:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary. The Senate approved her nomination, 87-11, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was among those who opposed Jewell. At Interior, Jew... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html 2013-04-10T23:05:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011544-obama-budget-hints-sale-largest-public-utility.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Obama administration's 2014 budget is calling for a strategic review of the Tennessee Valley Authority, opening the possibility that the largest U.S. public utility could be sold. TVA officials seemed to have been caught off guard by the budget proposal released Wednesday. Board Chairman Bill Sansom and President and CEO Bill J... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:13:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011544-obama-budget-hints-sale-largest-public-utility.html 2013-04-10T22:13:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the investigative arm of Congress, ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:08:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html 2013-04-10T20:08:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007982-iran-37-killed-earthquake-south.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the P... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:03:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007982-iran-37-killed-earthquake-south.html 2013-04-09T21:03:22Z