Pepco Asks to Raise D.C. Power Rates 7.8%
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Pepco is seeking permission to raise residential electricity rates in the District an average of 7.8 percent, the company said yesterday, citing the increased cost of maintaining and upgrading its distribution system.
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The People&#39;s Bank of China, or China&#39;s central bank, announced Thursday to raise both lending and deposit interest rates 0.27 percentage point higher as from Oct. 29.
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Florida Power &amp; Light plans to ask regulators for an increase in what it can charge customers for electricity in part to recover costs from three hurricanes that hit its service area in August and September.
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The Office and Professional Employees International Union yesterday filed to intervene in a rate hike request by Washington Gas Light Co.,  saying it planned to protest the proposal out of concern that the company may hire outside contractors to replace customer service workers, which the union...
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams, five members of the D.C.  Council and eight city employees plan to spend nearly $80,000 in taxpayer funds to fly next week to Beijing, the first stop on an 11-day cultural and economic mission to China and Thailand.
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One of Britain's biggest power companies has announced price hikes of 17.2% for gas and 12.7% for electricity in a move set to hit more than four million households. via Grantham Today
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Reasonable people can disagree about Mayor Anthony Williams's latest plan for bringing professional baseball back to Washington. Unfortunately, a lot of the discussion so far has been based on misleading vocabulary and faulty assumptions. As the D.C. Council considers further action today, here's a business columnist's guide for thinking about the issue:
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By MATTHEW THOMPSON  Seven months after taking over Charleston's cable systems, Suddenlink is announcing rate increases for its customers.
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By JOHN DUNBAR  WASHINGTON - Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.
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Npower raises electricity prices by 12.7% and gas bills by 17.2%, blaming higher wholesale costs.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 10--Adding a fee to utility bills   The state's consumer advocate has concluded that higher electricity rates could be in your best interest.   And yes, there is a method to the madness.
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THE United States Federal Reserve is expected to raise the bellwether federal funds rate, which banks charge each other for overnight loans, by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent today.
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The energy servicing company should benefit from high utilization and rising rates.
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Decision time is nearing for the next rate increase by the Postal Service.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams has persuaded seven of the council&#39;s 13 members to line up in support of his baseball financing plan by slipping more than $70 million in
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At the halfway point between the West Coast energy crisis of 2001 and the next major electricity contract renewal year of 2011, a federal power marketing agency is proposing a policy change that could affect rates in the Pacific Northwest for generations and become a national model for energy development.
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The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, Tuesday raised short term interest rates for the third time in as many months. The central bank believes the economy has absorbed the sharp rise in energy prices that occurred earlier this year.