Alliant seeks 13 percent rate hike in Iowa hearing
Alliant Energy and its Interstate Power & Light unit press for a 13 percent rate increase totaling about 150 million dollars to fund transmission costs wind energy investments and environmental controls at Lansing Unit 4. The plan aims to cushion customers in early years using regulatory reserve funds tied to past asset sales while faces opposition from the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate and other groups during a four day Iowa Utilities Board hearing.
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Iowa agencies prep costly switch to narrowband radios
Tama County Emergency Management Agency coordinator Roxane Warnell says the move to federally mandated narrowband radio systems by 2013 will be expensive. The FCC required 12.5 kHz channels, freeing space for more digital devices, though funding remains a major hurdle.
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Deaf students embrace texting powered communication revolution
In Talladega Alabama the Alabama School for the Deaf shows how wireless devices transform life for deaf people. Students use hand held devices to text at lunch order by text and access the world on their terms.
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BP seals Gulf of Mexico well after five months
The BP well nearly 2.5 miles beneath the Gulf sea floor is cemented shut after a five month effort following the disaster. Retired Adm. Thad Allen said the well is effectively dead and poses no further threat. Pressure testing confirmed the plug’s integrity and relief wells completed the sealing.
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