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...spoke before a group of 300 at the State House during the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) hearing on Boston Edison's construction plans for the Pilgrim II nuclear facility...
...biographer of an imposing collection of Old and New World figures; in Santa Cruz, Calif. After a period as a young expatriate in Paris in the 1920s, Josephson concentrated on famous Frenchmen (Rousseau and Zola). But a roving intellect led him home to do literary portraits of Americans (Thomas Edison, Al Smith and Sidney Hillman) as well as a study of 19th century capitalists whose rapacious ways he exploited in his most celebrated book, The Robber Barons...
...matter how the strike is eventually resolved, it will make coal more expensive. The settlement that the miners rejected two weeks ago would have added $3.17 a ton to coal's price (currently around $21). According to the Manhattan-based Edison Electric Institute, that would translate into a 15% increase in utility fuel costs, and a 5% increase in the average consumer's electricity bill...
Utilities with coal shortages have also been helped by shipments from nonunion mines, which furnish about half the nation's coal. Thanks to outside coal, Ohio Edison, the state's most important utility, was able to cancel 400 megawatts of power it was purchasing from other power companies. Barring some unexpected development, the company will not have to impose any mandatory cutbacks on industry for 15 to 30 days. That means homes will stay warm and well-lighted and factories will keep humming...
...Ohio, the state's largest utility, Ohio Edison, has been staying just above a 30-day coal supply. At that cutoff point, a mandatory 50% power cutback would be required, affecting General Motors and Chrysler plants and perhaps thousands of jobs. Last week officials were importing up to 35% of their power from Minnesota, New Jersey and other states...