New England Nonprofit Grid Plan Aims for Low Cost Power
Vermont Governor Hoff advocates six state coordination to form a nonprofit corporation to build a regional electric distribution grid. The plan envisions linking with Quebec Hydro power and possibly the Dickey-Lincoln project to cut costs for New England utilities and strengthen reliability. Financing through 1.03 billion in bonds, with potential 45 to 7 mills per kilowatt hour rates, aims to insulate against outages.
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Philip HH. Hoff
Vermont
New England
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Governors’ Power Committee
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Maine
Florida
Yankee Dixie
Northeast
Plan Would End Blackout Threat
Public power officials propose a Northeast power backup plan to hedge against another blackout. Yankee-Dixie Power Association and affiliates outline a low-cost East Coast program, including three large generating plants at Appalachian coal mine mouths, each about two million kilowatts.
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UPI
Northeast
Yankee-Dixie Power Association
Yankee-Dixie
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Victim Freed as Police Seek 2 Kidnappers
Tacoma AP reports 13 year old Charles Hyde was kidnapped for a $45,000 ransom and freed unharmed after his father paid the money. The boy aided officials in planning likenesses of the two captors with Detective Pete Schultz as they continue the investigation.
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Charles Hyde
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Sheriff's Office
Pete Schultz
Suffolk University to Install Fenton as Fifth President
Suffolk University will install John F. Fenton, former presiding judge of the Massachusetts Land Court, as its fifth president on December 12. Very Rev. Raymond J. Swords, J.C.D., president of the College of the Holy Cross, will be principal speaker at the inauguration in John Hancock Hall.
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UPI
Suffolk University
John FE. Fenton
Massachusetts Land Court
University
Raymond J. Swords
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