Utility rate hike eyed by Texas Electric Service Co
Texas Electric Service Company seeks a 16.1 percent rate increase with a proposed residential limited load plan to curb bills for low income and fixed income customers. The plan includes a tripper switch to shut off power if usage exceeds 15 amps, a one cent per kilowatt hour discount for participants, and a smaller basic charge. Officials warn on impact for indigents while noting no effect before fall.
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Texas Electric Service Company
Public Utility Commission
TESCO
Maxine Brown
State Department of Public Welfare
Odessa
Griffin
Betty Jo Sweetman
Ector County Welfare Department
Fort fixes up barracks at Fort Davis restoration
Fort Davis National Historic Site launches a restoration of an enlisted men's barracks to illustrate how buffalo soldiers of Troop H, 10th U.S. Cavalry lived in 1884. The project funds come from private donations and Park Rehabilitation and Improvement Program grants, with further work on officer quarters and site stabilization to follow.
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Fort Davis
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Odessa
Federal
10Th U.S. Calvary
Doug McChristian
U.S
Buffalo
McChristian
Denver Service Center
National Parks Service
Congress
Property insurance rates fall in Texas statewide
The State Board of Insurance approved a statewide average property rate cut of 3.8 percent for next year, effective Oct. 1, with homeowners down 5.9 percent, farm and ranch owners down 7.1 percent, fire coverage for businesses down 16.2 percent, and extended coverage down 5.5 percent. Tenant homeowners rise 10.2 percent and fire coverage on dwellings up 14.4 percent per staff recommendations. industry proposals favored larger increases.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Board of Insurance
Gaylon Daniel
J.M. Eddins
Texas Insurance Advisory Association
Sea Coast Territory
Central Territory
el Paso
Texarkana
North
Northwest Territory
Panhandle
Northwest Texas
Winkler
Clay Counties
Liquor sting stirs Huntsville Scout leaders and parents
In Huntsville police used two 15 year olds from a Boy Scouts Robert Ohmstede and the Sam Houston Area Council faced possible action after the law enforcement explorer post, with police approval, bought beer at eight liquor stores. Josh Silcox, Huntsville High School junior varsity tight end, called the purchases easy. The Scout executive pledged disciplinary steps and condemned using youths to break the law.
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Huntsville
Boy Scouts Organization
Explorers Post
Josh Silcox
Huntsville High School
Roger Ohmstede
Sam Houston
Ohmstede
Ruling tightens gun purchases for DWI offenders in Texas
A federal ruling construes gun and ammunition sales as illegal for anyone with a misdemeanor conviction punishable by over one year, including DWI. The rule could affect thousands in Texas, since DWI offenses carry up to two years in jail. Violations include lying on federal forms and face up to five years and a $5,000 fine. An ATF agent cautions that one-time offenders who shoot recreationally are not expected to be targeted.
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Austin
U.S. Supreme Court
Texas
Travis County
Ken Houp
Houp
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
PCB Spill Caps Damaged Capacitor Scene On Utility Pole
In Odessa American, captions for a report on PCB leakage from a capacitor after a lightning strike tagged the pole as a telephone pole. The pole was a Texas Electric Service Company utility pole.
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Odessa American
Texas Electric Service
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Allan Morris
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