In the United States power generation industry, the switching from coal to natural gas is in full swing and likely to accelerate over the coming years.
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Opponents of a Congressional plan to mandate a minimum amount of renewable energy for most utility companies say it will increase the cost of power in states where wind power is not prevalent.
Added to that, the government last week gave India's 29 states the power to opt out of the retail measure, and a number of India's states have already said they won't allow foreign supermarkets to open there.
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In a first for the United States, power from the ocean was harnessed and fed into the electrical grid late last week.
Legislation giving states the power to compel retailers outside their borders to collect sales tax is touchy for Internet merchants and consumers alike.
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In doing so, it rejected an interpretation of the 21st Amendment that granted the states the power to regulate all aspects of alcohol within their borders.
To deliver 42 kWh per day per person from wind for everyone in the United States would require wind farms with a total area roughly equal to the area of California, a 200-fold increase in United States wind power.
Officials at PacifiCorp, which supplies power to six states, said wind power will be an important part of diversifying energy sources.
These dams, which produce one-third of the hydroelectric power in the United States, attracted the power-hungry aluminium plants that supplied metal for Boeing's aircraft production in the second world war and afterwards.
When Great Britain ceased to be an empire and its power declined, the United States emerged as the new power.
However, an intriguing characteristic emerged among participants in high-power states who felt they did not deserve their elevated positions.
The same is even more true of the United States' economic power, which is inextricably dependent on space-based systems.
States have the power to decide how their electoral votes get allocated, the National Conference of State Legislatures noted on its website.
Among participants in all of the low-power states, morally hypocritical behaviour inverted itself, as it had in the case of tax fraud.
Under the Government of Alderney Law 1948, Alderney States had no power to reject the laws, which had already been approved by Guernsey.
As Hurricane Sandy smashed into the northeast of the United States, nuclear power plants in its path were on the minds of many.
Mack states that the power and scope of the TVT registry actually makes it easier for ACC and STS to move forward than Edwards.
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History shows there is only one way to effect constructive change at the United Nations: By the United States exercising the power of the purse.
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Here, too, states have the power to set the rate providers can charge for transporting electricity from the distribution center to the business or home.
Moore's Law, which states that computing power doubles every two years, also applies roughly to server efficiency, says David Douglas, Sun Microsystem's vice president of eco-responsibility.
Officials in both states have the power to reject hikes.
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Regulators in the United States had total power over subprime lending but as the bubble built, they used that power not to raise down-payments or credit standards, but to lower them.
Rep. Tom Davis and Rep. Frank Wolf, both Virginia Republicans, have drafted a bill that would effectively abolish the federally designated transmission zones by giving states the full power to site power lines.
China has indeed reemerged as the dominant strategic power among states in Northeast Asia.
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He said there were some "alarming scenarios" that could weaken the power of states to resolve conflicts.
Right now only 21 states have any review power over insurance rates, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Annapolis showed that for all its woes in the Middle East the United States still has pulling power.
The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay.
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Kennedy said the law appears to intrude on the power of states that have chosen to recognize same-sex marriages.
Small states can become big power brokers and television stations can ring up millions in ad sales to candidates.
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