15% of Valley electricity customers switch suppliers
24.01.10
Carlo Ferraro, proprietor of Garden Terrace Pizzeria, saw his "” and acted tout de suite.
His Sunbury restaurant, a major electric consumer with its coolers and ovens, was paying about $1,000 a month for energy from PPL.
His January bill jumped to $1,629 "“ and that covered only 10 days with the value cap lifted. It could easily have been $2,000 if it was for a full month with the cap off, he said.
He moved his account to MXenergy, which promises to come to someone's rescue him about $300 to $400 a month, he said.
But Ferraro elected only a six-month reckon with.
"I could have had an even lower rate with a two-year contract," he said. "But who knows which way the rates will go? They could go down."
Ferraro finds it very annoying to have to keep an eye open for electric rates when it used to be something he didn't have to think about, but the amount of money affected makes it necessary.
Source: Danville News
OPINION: We may not be ready for electric cars
17.01.10
(Outset: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

By Dennis Seid, Northeast Mississippi Diurnal Journal, Tupelo, Miss.
Jan. 17--Our home has about three dozen electrical outlets, with about two-thirds of them occupied.
Among the advert-ins: two televisions, a DVD player, a Nintendo Wii, a computer, a printer, several lamps, a washer, a dryer, the fridge, the oven ... well, you get the sentiment.
It's a scene repeated across the country.
Now, automakers hope that we'll be plugging one of their cars into one of our accessory outlets in the near future.
The Chevrolet Volt is the carrier getting the most press. General Motors introduced the car a brace of years ago at the North American International Auto Show, and the automotive force has been eagerly anticipating its rollout sometime this year.
The cost? About $40,000 before paramount tax credits kick in.
Here's GM's description of it:
Source: istockAnalyst.com (press release)