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Wind turbines

AWEA launches new safety campaign

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has launched a new campaign “Take Time to Take Care” with wind turbine technician safety in mind.
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gallagher

PUCT approves Oncor rate case settlement

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2017 - Oncor Electric Delivery Co., the largest transmission and distribution electric utility in Texas, has withdrawn a proposal to institute a solar rate that would have imposed a minimum bill on residential customers who generate solar power.
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Chris Giancarlo

CFTC may reconsider, delay swap dealer rule

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - The new GOP chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said he will seek a one-year delay in a registration rule for swap dealers so the agency can review a change he says would unfairly sweep in agribusiness traders.
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Solar plant City

ITC hears testimony in solar panel remedy hearing

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Representatives from all segments of the solar industry, including American manufacturers, testified in a remedy hearing last week before the U.S. International Trade Commission following an ITC ruling that a flood of solar panel imports from abroad had hurt the U.S. industry.
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