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WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than one-quarter of the American public believes they should never experience an electric power outage, unless there is an extreme weather event, including 34 percent of those living in the Northeast. More than one-third of the public nationwide wouldn't accept a two-day power outage even if they were paid as much as $1,000 for it, including 42 percent of those living in the West. These are some of the findings from the...

Higher Electric Rates in Northeast and California Offset by Less Use COLORADO SPRINGS, Co., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Most below-average income households pay around $2.50 daily for all their home's electricity, despite the widespread perception that electric bills are high and always heading higher. Addressing the electricity industry's annual convention today, Steve Mitnick of Build Energy America released the research group's latest report, "Electric Values." The report...

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Baseload power plants produce about 80% of the nation's electricity so it is particularly alarming how few baseload plants are under construction or have been completed recently. At this rate, the aging baseload fleet will not be completely replaced with modern nuclear, coal and natural gas combined cycle plants for 70 years or longer. Looming in coming years is the need to retire the oldest nuclear and coal plants. But this will be...