US electricity demand projections…low but continuing rate. Image credit: USEIA Most of last remaining State electricity rate caps will have fallen away by the end of this year. The resulting electric bill increases – stemming from both “rate cap removal” and higher-priced coal – tend to be in the 20% and higher range. “Coal Dems” and “Tea Partiers” won’t have “Cap & Trade” to blame for the pain of higher electric bills, however, as higher bills are a direct result of the deregulation fervor which arose during era of the Clinton Administration (an Admini… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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