Business
Many Say a Free Market Threatens What’s Left of the Nuclear Industry, but Some Hope That Other Factors--Cleanliness, Reliability and a Jump in Fossil Fuels--Will Insure Its Future.
Oct. 13, 1996
Nation Now
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Nov. 18, 2011
World & Nation
Energy: Much of the nation is already being zapped by double-digit increases. Several states have higher rates. Deregulation, anti-pollution laws and distance from fuel sources are to blame.
April 9, 2001
New England’s largest electricity company, Connecticut-based Northeast Utilities, said Thursday it offered to acquire bankrupt Public Service Co. of New Hampshire in a plan valued at $2 billion.
Jan. 13, 1989
Consolidated Edison Inc. said it’s buying Northeast Utilities for up to about $3.5 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would create one of the nation’s largest electric utilities.
Oct. 14, 1999
Lawyers for shareholders and creditors of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dismissed a $2-billion offer for the company by Northeast Utilities as too low.
Jan. 18, 1989
Emergency: Utilities strive to restore power in upstate N.Y., northern New England, Canada. Melting of ice brings flooding, other hazards.
Jan. 11, 1998
Northeast Utilities, the largest largest power company in New England, mismanaged its nuclear operations for the last 10 years and took a “hostile and arrogant approach” to the regulatory process, according to an audit report released by the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control.
Jan. 1, 1997
Snow showers lingered over the extreme Northeast as New England dug out from nearly two feet of snow and utility crews scrambled to restore power to thousands after the surprise spring storm.
May 1, 1987
The Connecticut Yankee nuclear power plant in Haddam, Conn., was operating smoothly despite a strike by unionized security guards, Northeast Utilities officials said.
March 21, 1988