Results for keyword: Utilities
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California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps
California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones
by J.M. McCord, Feb 07, 2005 -
Klamath farmers face a new threat
Klamath Basin farmers may be hit with a huge increase in electric rates, but some say that even putting farms out of business may not save enough water for endangered fish
by Michael Milstein, Feb 07, 2005 -
Rearranging the grid
High Country News' publisher discusses his years on the board of the Delta-Montrose Electric Association, and the surprising common ground that has developed between the electric co-op and environmentalists like himself.
by Ed Marston, Jan 29, 2001 -
Backyard power struggle
Some locals on southwestern Colorado are fighting an electric utility's plans to upgrade the power line that runs between Nucla and Telluride.
by Hal Clifford, Jan 29, 2001 -
Power on the loose
Electric utility deregulation and California's energy crisis hold promise and peril for the rest of the West, as conservationists seek to ensure that new energy systems are both efficient and easy on the land and water and air.
by Paul Larmer, Jan 29, 2001 -
A tree did it
Two summer power blackouts in the West are caused by wayward trees.
by Betsy Marston, Aug 19, 1996 -
Ellensburg wins back its beauty
A group of concerned Ellensburg, Wash., citizens succeeds in getting 12 tall, unsightly power poles removed from downtown.
by Bill Taylor, May 13, 1996 -
Rural co-ops must change
Western Area Power Administration plan would require utilities to use Integrated Resource Planning.
by Staff, Apr 04, 1994






