Alliant plans $399 million energy efficiency program
Alliant Energy proposes a 2014 to 2018 plan totaling 399 million dollars, down from 400 million last time, with forecast direct benefits of 768 million in lower energy bills and projected electricity savings of 815 gigawatt hours. The plan expands LED focused changes, eliminates several programs, and shifts to year round lighting efficiency through Change-a-Light. The Iowa Utilities Board will review the plan in late 2013 with minimal impact on customer bills.
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Alliant Energy
Iowa Utilities Board
Alliant
Interstate Power
Justin Foss
Energy Star
Jeanine Penticoff
Penticoff
Foss
Drought Threatens Mississippi River Barges South of St. Louis
The Mississippi River level falls amid months of drought threatening barge traffic from St. Louis southward. Thebes gauge may hit 3 feet by Jan 6 with forecasts down to 2 feet by Jan 23, risking halted shipments of corn, grain, coal and petroleum. Measures to boost flow are urged, including releasing more water from the upper Missouri River dam.
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Mike Petersen
Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Thebes
Ill
National Weather Service
Coast Guard
American Waterways Operators and Waterways Council Inc
Corps
Corps of Engineers
Missouri River
South Dakota
Mississippi
Michael Toohey
Waterways Council Inc
Cairo
Ohio River
Middle
Salary disparity rising in fast-food industry
A Chicago worker at two McDonald’s locations endures bar baths to cope with grim hygiene needs while earning $8.25 per hour. The piece links rising fast-food hiring to stagnant wages, noting McDonald’s large share buybacks and executive pay, and a broader push to freeze minimum wage despite rising costs for workers.
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Hicago
Tyree Johnson
McDonald's
Macy’s
McDonald’s
Johnson
Holy Name Cathedral
Illinois
U.S
Burger King Worldwide Inc
Yum Brands Inc
Pizza Hut
Taco Bell
McDonald’s Corp
Bloomberg
Chicago
New York
Cago
Oak Brook
Jim Skinner
Walmart Stores Inc
Yum Brands
Economic Policy Institute
Alicia Scott
Atlanta
Printed books lose share as e books rise in reading
Pew Research Center finds 23 percent of adults read an electronic book in the past year up from 16 percent, while printed book readers drop to 67 percent. Tablet ownership climbs to a quarter of adults, up from 10 percent in 2011, and e reader ownership rises to 19 percent from 10 percent.
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Pew Research Center
Amazon
Kindle
Barnes & Noble
Apple Inc
Pew
Lee Rainie
Pew Internet Project
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