Hundreds of electric utility companies are trying to burnish their green credentials by offering customers the option of supporting alternative energy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

And not only that, the utility must agree to a long-term contract that covers power generation costs, plus a decent profit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Dave Warren of the Washington Public Utility District Association notes electricity demand fell during the recession and may stay down, thanks to conservation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Authorities arrested a Pakistan-born U.S.citizen, Faisal Shahzad, two days after an explosive device inside a sports utility vehicle failed to detonate in Times Square on May 1.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The dairyman sells his excess power to the local electric utility.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

According to Mexican authorities the second victim was also in a white sport utility vehicle and since the gunmen were not sure which one was Redelf's car, they decided to kill the occupants of both vehicles.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

He estimates rates in his home state could go up by as little as 0.03 percent to as much as 15 percent, depending on how many customers a utility company has to spread the costs across.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23