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FERC releases reports
Feds note electric rate increases and high construction costs for nuclear and coal |
Sean Casten |
21 Jul 2008 |
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| An interesting new report [PDF] from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeks to explain why electric prices are currently increasing so dramatically. They lay most of the blame on rising fuel costs and rising commodity costs (copper, steel, etc.), which is certainly contributory, but in my opinion deceptive, since it suggests that -- but for commodity volatility -- things could be hunky-dory again. This implicitly diminishes the fact that we're entering a buil ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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