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...remained just that. New York City is facing an electricity shortage this summer. In the Northwest, Oregon and Washington, which typically import power from California in the winter, have recently been sending juice south and find themselves exposed to a cruel market driven up by their neighbor's woes. "Retail utilities may lack the financial resources to purchase needed supplies or build the generation we all agree is necessary," Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber wrote in a letter to outgoing Energy Secretary Bill Richardson last month...
...approval process more streamlined. Since 1995, 22 new plants have come online, and an additional 15 should be up and running in a couple of years. With that much capacity, it's no wonder state officials are guaranteeing a 6% rate cut from the get-go when retail deregulation takes effect next year...
...taste of post-Survivor show biz, mainly on shows from CBS or its Viacom siblings, including JAG, Becker, Nash Bridges and UPN's Freedom. But the network retains control over their availability. Jenna Lewis and Gervase Peterson had to turn down $10,000 to open a Best Buy retail store, for fear of alienating sponsor Target. Even Hatch was denied the chance to be a host of NBC's Saturday Night Live, and CBS kiboshed his plans for a Survivor book. "Basically, CBS owns the rights to their stories in perpetuity," says journalist Peter Lance, who was to co-write...
...auction prices for a Playstation 2 unit are now about even with the actual retail price ($350 on ebay vs. $300 at a retail store), you can begin to realistically think about whether to get one or not. Behind the hype, here are some practical considerations for Playstation 1 owners and non-owners alike...
...aware that a basic PS2 does not come with any game or even a memory card or a second controller (both of which retail for $35; games are around $50). All these will be necessary for the simplest kind of fun. A memory card is the most important item, since even basic system configuration information is stored on it. They could at least have had one storage chip in the machine, rather than forcing...