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...trillion over the next 30 years. The problem used to be that prices were too low, averaging €25-€30 per MW-h, so building new plants didn't make economic sense. Prices are now up to about €35 per MW-h - still below the €40 threshold experts say is necessary to make building a new plant economic. Ian Russell, chief executive of Scottish Power, has said prices are still too low for him to invest in building new power stations, but his company did buy an existing power plant earlier this year to help meet demand...
...like the true end of the year, far more than that strange week of playing with new gadgets and shopping the after-Christmas sales. Teachers say kids go a little crazy in June (honest teachers admit they do as well), caught in a nasty collision of Separation Anxiety and Threshold Anxiety, as they stand in summer's doorway, knowing they're supposed to plunge eagerly through but not sure what will happen in all that open space and fresh air and free time...
...remain frustrated...do we have any threshold at all to be recognized as a student activity?” Kidd says. “I want more clarity. By letting people start new groups, rather than work within established structures, I’m not sure we’re teaching the right lesson...
Council Vice President Michael R. Blickstead ’05 announced that proposed changes to the council’s constitution came up two votes shy of the 75 percent passage threshold...
Kerry strategists acknowledge they have little hope of overcoming Bush's advantage on questions of strength and security. But they also argue they don't have to; all they must do is make voters comfortable enough with Kerry on those issues. Says one top adviser: "These are threshold questions for people, as distinct from comparative questions...