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Potomac Edison customers shocked in W.Va. Panhandle
richardb@herald-mail.comMore than two dozen Eastern Panhandle residents got their chance to vent against billing practices by Potomac Edison, which were based on estimated not actual usage and resulted in monthly electric bills that, they said at a public hearing Wednesday...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), FirstEnergy Corp., Herb Snyder
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New Washington County Public Schools administrative offices still in planning phases
julieg@herald-mail.comA sheet of paper with the words “Do not move” was taped to the U-shaped receptionist desk. A similar note was taped to a large white planter nearby that contained a pot of crusty old soil and dead plant material. A few yards away was a set...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Engineering, Science and Technology, Architecture, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Hundreds delinquent on Hagerstown utility bills
dona@herald-mail.comSeveral hundred Hagerstown utility customers are delinquent on their bills, but the city has no late fees for those who fail to pay on time, Councilman Kristin Aleshire said at Tuesday’s council work session. As of March 31, 30 percent of water... -
Four Board of Education members leaning toward the purchase of former Allegheny Energy
julieg@herald-mail.comRecalling his first tour of the former Allegheny Energy headquarters on Downsville Pike, Washington County Board of Education member Wayne D. Ridenour said he thought of the possibility the office building could house the school system’s...Tags: Public Officials, Physical Therapists, House Building, Health Treatments, Politics
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Mail Call - March 22
“Don’t think you have any choice about the smart meters for your electricity. The power company’s getting permission from the state to put smart meters in your house, and you’re going to pay for them on your light bill. Now, the...Tags: China, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Washington, DC, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Jonathan Lesser: Measuring the full cost of Md.'s wind farm subsidy
With the approval of Maryland’s legislature, Gov. Martin O’Malley will soon sign into law new state subsidies to lure power companies to build windmill generators off the coast of Ocean City. The legislation will raise electricity bills, but...Tags: Ocean City, Plant Openings, Prices, Annapolis, Solar Energy
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Letter to the Editor - Jan. 18
Power company shouldn’t estimate bills To the editor: This is in response to Tom Wilhelm’s letter in Monday’s (Jan. 7, 2013) Herald-Mail. I have to agree with him that the power company doesn’t read the meters the way they should... -
Letters to the Editor - Jan. 7
Estimated meter readings are too frequent To the editor: Fellow electric power customers, are you getting fed up with the meter readings for your service? I am, as are many of my neighbors. In the past 12 months, we have had our meter read three times,... -
Mail Call - Jan. 15
“Responding to the callers in Mail Call about not having your meters read by the electric company, the number they gave, I called the number and all you get is a list of all power companies and their number, and you call those numbers and all you...Tags: Death Penalty, Business, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Sears
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Several housing options being looked into for Washington County Public Schools' operations
julieg@herald-mail.comThe estimated costs of several long-term options to house Washington County Public Schools’ operations based at a Commonwealth Avenue complex range from an estimated $4 million to buy a former power company building to $16 million to build a new...Tags: Engineering, Career and Workplace, General Contracting, Education, Science and Technology
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Power surge caused sewer spill at Williamsport pump station
davem@herald-mail.comA sewage spill that occurred Tuesday afternoon at a Williamsport wastewater treatment plant pump station along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park downstream of the Cushwa turning basin was started by a power surge in the station, a...Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues
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Four charged in theft of copper wire from power stations
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comFour people have been charged in the theft of more than 400 pounds of copper wire from multiple electric power substations in Berkeley County since August, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records. Justin William Harrison, 25, of Inwood, W....Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Theft
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