In Citizen Kane, newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's loneliness and private life become far more intriguing than his wealth and public power.
For the history-challenged, I recommend reviewing the experience of holders of Washington (state) Public Power Supply bonds that were issued to fund a nuclear power plant.
The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit, public-interest-group law firm, recently released a report, "Public Power, Private Gain, " that documents how extensive the abuse of condemnation powers has become.
Caplan, with the American Public Power Association and Brobeck, with the Consumer Federation of America, go on to say that regulators do not adequately monitor the open access system.
In October, EnviroMission received approval to sell electricity from the first of two planned 200 MW solar power facilities to the Southern California Public Power Authority under the terms of a Power Purchase Agreement.
And the shift has occurred from public power to private power, from political power to economic power, from hard power to soft power, with the end of the Cold War as the turning point.
"I think if there were a thousand journalists in India employing sting journalism to catch out people in public office, misusing public money and public power... that will be a great deterrent, " he says.
Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), a public authority that includes 10 municipal utilities and one irrigation district in southern California, purchased an option to buy two large solar updraft towers being developed in the county of La Paz, Arizona.
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The successful application of Brazil ensures visibility to these important collections, contributing to their preservation as it calls attention of the Public Power and the Brazilian society to the need of protecting and making the archives from the military regimen times available for consultation.
Beyond just personal vindication, Silver has proven to the public the power of Big Data in transforming our electoral process.
The session is part of an inquiry into the future prospects for nuclear power in the UK, with subjects covering how any new power stations would be financed, and the attitudes of the public towards nuclear power.
And he has persuaded state lawmakers to hold public tree and power-line hearings in advance of February's legislative session.
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Health and safety director Ewan McMillan said it showed a "staggering disregard" for personal safety and that of the public and Scottish Power staff.
Although the majority of the Japanese public opposes nuclear power, it is extremely difficult for the Economics Ministry to agree to the no-nuke pledge.
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It comes straight out of the school of public-choice economics, which says that the public sector seeks power in the same way that private companies do.
Private equity firms like Blackstone and hedge funds like Fortress are under intense scrutiny by Congress, regulators and the investing public as their power and influence in the markets strengthens.
As with any public or private power, TIA's capabilities could have been abused -- which is why the Pentagon research team planned to build in powerful safeguards to protect individual privacy.
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"We remain concerned about proposals pending in several countries that would give public agencies greater power to demand access to encrypted keys or plain text, " David Sobel, EPIC general counsel, said Monday in a phone interview.
The federal government recently announced two initiatives to open up millions of acres of public land for solar power project development, and it highlighted seven wind and solar projects on public land in a press release on Tuesday.
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For example, new federal regulations of financial services put even more power in the hands of a few public servants rather than dispersing power among market participants.
Either way, the public ends up with less purchasing power, and it is this purchasing power that Draghi borrows from the public.
It has been in on public offerings with staying power: Jakks Pacific and Cereus Technology Partners.
Newly elected conservatives will also likely push to clip the political power of public-sector unions.
Luckily, the public does have the power in the end, and we can move to enact change.
France and Sweden have decarbonized more than any other nation through public deployment of nuclear power and hydro.
Women are also thin on the ground when it comes to positions of power in public and political life.
At stake are the power of public-sector unions and the future of entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security.
Many of these involve monopoly power, public and private, political and economic.
This being the inaugural "Most Powerful" list, we assessed the power of public figures throughout their careers, with particular attention to current clout.
Instead, it shows the hubris of those who claim competent and well-informed government officials and public servants have the power to anticipate the future.
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