Energy
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Utility coordinator honored with damage prevention award from JULIEAug 08, 2025 3:35 pm - Kim Kennedy, Operations Coordinator for Electric Conduit Construction and Midwestern Contractors, has been honored with JULIE's 2025 Gina Meehan-Taylor Award for excellence in utility damage prevention.
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Speakers give pros, cons against Nicor gas price increase requestAug 07, 2025 9:31 pm - People Thursday spoke for and against Nicor’s proposed $316 million natural gas rate increase, at a hearing in Elgin.
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ComEd closes customer relief fund amid high demand, rising energy costs
Aug 07, 2025 9:50 am - Citing high demand, ComEd has closed the customer relief fund it launched in early July, which aimed to offset the effects of rising energy prices on residents and nonprofits most affected by them.
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Trump’s push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred
Aug 07, 2025 6:45 am - When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question. It’s also a spiritual and cultural one.
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Trump to put additional 25% import taxes on India, bringing combined tariffs to 50%
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Batavia data center gets nod as residents worry about it ‘gobbling up’ energy reserves
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Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy
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Trump administration cancels plans to develop new offshore wind projects
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Trump announces 25% tariff on India and unspecified penalties for buying Russian oil
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‘A big decision’: St. Charles and Naperville weigh future energy optionsJul 29, 2025 6:34 pm - Residents are urging St. Charles and Naperville to reject a proposed 20-year extension of their contract with the agency that supplies electricity to the towns, in part, because some of that power comes from coal-fired plants.