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Frontier prepares to take on Time Warner
Local cable subscribers can access a multitude of channels at the push of a button, and they have on-demand access to many popular shows and movies. But many customers still complain about the service: they have picture quality problems, their feed cuts out too often, they’re forced to pay for channels they don’t want, and […]
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Power plant sold
The complex network of industrial utilities inside Eastman Business Park is getting a new owner, again. And the buyers will pay to retrofit the park’s power plant with high-efficiency natural gas boilers, replacing its coal-fired ones. Recycled Energy Development reached a deal to sell its portfolio of site-specific power and utility systems – which includes […]
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Ginna and RG&E submit revised agreement
Rochester Gas and Electric and the Ginna nuclear plant have proposed some new terms for an agreement to temporarily prop up the struggling power plant. The amendments, which were submitted to the state’s utility regulator yesterday, would shorten the length of the proposed agreement and reduce its cost to RG&E customers. Ginna has been operating […]
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UR raises concerns about proposed RG&E-Ginna contract
The region’s largest private employer has some serious concerns with a proposed contract between Rochester Gas and Electric and the struggling Ginna nuclear power plant. Under the proposal, RG&E would temporarily prop up Ginna — with RG&E’s customers paying the bill. In a May 1 letter to the Public Service Commission — a state regulatory […]
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Regulators to look at Ginna contract
Rochester Gas and Electric has agreed to support the financially struggling Ginna nuclear plant so that the plant can keep operating, at least temporarily. But the deal first needs the approval of the State Public Service Commission. The commission will hold a procedural conference on the contract — a formal hearing in front of an […]
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FCC net neutrality decision is all about traffic
The Federal Communications Commission passed new net neutrality regulations yesterday that includes a measure that would classify broadband Internet as a utility, just like landline telephones. The regulations say that Internet service providers can’t prioritize one stream of traffic over another. They can’t provide “fast lanes” where a content provider pays the ISP for a […]
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RG&E and Ginna reach agreement
Rochester Gas and Electric has reached an agreement with the Ginna nuclear power plant where it’ll subsidize the plant’s operation through September 2018. The proposed contract will cost RG&E customers, but it’s not clear just how much. RG&E and Exelon have filed their proposed contract with the state Public Service Commission, which has to approve […]
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[UPDATED] Ginna and RG&E get extension for contract talks
UPDATED 4:10 p.m. – In a filing this afternoon, the Public Service Commission granted RG&E and Ginna the extension they requested. Original post: Rochester Gas and Electric and the owners of the Ginna nuclear power plant want more time to negotiate an agreement for the utility to purchase the plant’s electricity. The companies were supposed […]
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RG&E-Ginna contract due January 15
Rochester Gas and Electric and the owners of the Ginna nuclear power plant have about a week left to file a contract for the utility to buy electricity from the plant. But it’s still not clear exactly how much the agreement is going to cost RG&E customers. In November, the state Public Service Commission ordered […]
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Utility regulators direct RG&E to negotiate power contract with Ginna
Rochester Gas and Electric customers will probably have to temporarily prop up the struggling R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant. This morning, the state Public Service Commission directed RG&E to negotiate a temporary electricity purchase contract with Ginna. Earlier this year, Ginna’s owner, Exelon subsidiary Constellation Nuclear Energy Group, filed a petition with the PSC requesting […]
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Obama pushes for aggressive net neutrality policies
President Barack Obama says that he wants broadband Internet service treated just like other utilities, such as land-line telephones and electricity. Yesterday, Obama called on the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify broadband under Title II of the federal Telecommunications Act. That would give broadband providers “common carrier” status, and would impose certain key regulations with […]
