They should be using the Bill to create a market for electricity saving, which would avoid the building of as many costly power stations.

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The human and solar power at the gym generated 36 percent of its electricity, saving about 37, 000 kilowatt-hours in 2009, Boesel said.

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At times of peak demand, electricity is made largely from natural gas in turbines so inefficient that saving 1% of U.S. electricity, including peak hours, saves 2% of total natural gas use and cuts its price 3% to 4%.

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One item that's dropped off the agenda is the Report and Third Reading stages of the Energy Bill - the "green deal" which will allow people to fund energy saving home improvements from the savings to their gas and electricity bills.

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Unlike other programs, where utilities subsidize energy-saving items like fluorescent lightbulbs and hope that customers actually use less electricity, Duke would get paid only if an independent entity verifies the savings.

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Power-saving techniques and voltage and frequency "slewing" will allow its chip to lower electricity consumption by up to 50%.

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Rive says Wal-Mart from day one will either be saving money with the new solar panels, or paying the same amount it had previously for electricity.

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