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Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
Times Staff WritersEbocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the...Tags: Measles, Global Change, ConocoPhillips, Investments, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Reporter's notebook: ComEd bills to be set according to formula
Commonwealth Edison Co. will receive faster and more frequent returns on the investments it makes in the electricity grid under a new formula that will be used to determine electricity rates. The formula approved Tuesday by the Illinois Commerce...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Consumers, Crime, Law and Justice
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ICC unanimously OKs new way to set electric rates
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Commerce Commission unanimously approved on Tuesday a formula that will determine electricity rates for Commonwealth Edison customers going forward. The landmark decision changes the way such rates are determined and will ensure that ComEd...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution
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ICC rejects Ameren's smart grid plan
Tribune staff reporterThe Illinois Commerce Commission Tuesday rejected a plan by Downstate utility Ameren Illinois to deploy smart grid technology in its service territory. Commissioners said the plan lacked the details required under the law and did not clearly lay out...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution
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Developer of coal-to-gas plant urges legislators to force utilities to pay construction costs
The developer of a coal-to-gas plant slated for the Southeast Side of Chicago is asking the state Legislature to force Ameren Illinois and Nicor Gas customers to pay 95 percent of its costs to build and operate the plant. Legislators heard testimony...
Tags: Laws, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System, Illinois Governor, Sales
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Coal-to-gas plant developer seeks legislative solution
Tribune reporterThe developer of a coal-to-gas plant slated for the Southeast Side of Chicago is asking the state legislature to force Ameren Illinois and Nicor Gas customers to pay 95 percent of its costs to build and operate the plant. Legislators heard testimony...Tags: Laws, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System, Illinois Governor, Lawyers
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Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support
A few short months ago, the future looked bright for three coal plant developers with the idea that they would create a new market for the state's abundant, but dirty, coal.
Proponents even called the coal "clean" because it wouldn't be burned and sent...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Politics, Leucadia National Corporation, Illinois Governor
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Ameren warns Ill. customers of presidential scam
Decatur Herald & ReviewHere's a news flash: President Barack Obama is not going to hand you a credit of up to $1,500 to pay your utility bill. But scammers claiming that have been targeting dozens of customers in the Ameren Illinois service territory, the utility's parent...Tags: Email, Corporate Crime, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Interior Policy
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Coal plant closures could send electricity costs soaring
Residential electricity prices are expected to spike by more than 10 percent beginning in 2015, with consumers paying between $150 and $330 a year more than this year, as coal plants, the least expensive producers of electricity, continue to close....
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Insurance Cost, Goldman Sachs, Electricity Production and Distribution, Heart Disease
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Tenaska willing to drop coal to strike deal, source says
Tribune staff reporterTenaska Inc., the Nebraska-based company seeking to gasify coal to generate electricity in Downstate Taylorville is ready to take coal off the table. Instead, it may power its plant from old fashioned natural gas in an attempt to win votes for its...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Politics, John E. Bradley, Goldman Sachs
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Tenaska wants to strike a deal that eliminates coal
Nebraska-based Tenaska originally proposed turning Illinois' high-sulfur coal into gas to power a $3.5 billion electric generating plant in downstate Taylorville. That proposal had been stalled in various forms at the Legislature since 2008 because of...
Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, John E. Bradley, Environmental Politics, Goldman Sachs
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