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Jul 30 2023
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24-Year-Old Dies After Being Shocked By Electricity In Lake Lanier
FORSYTH COUNTY — A 24-year-old man died after he was shocked by electricity at Lake Lanier in Forsyth County, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The man jumped off a dock Thursday near Lanier Beach South Road and was shocked by electricity in the water, a department spokesman said, adding a neighbor shut off the power and pulled the victim from the lake. The man later
Patch.com
Jul 29 2023
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VinFast breaks ground on North Carolina electric vehicle plant that will employ thousands
VinFast breaks ground on North Carolina electric vehicle plant that will employ thousands MONCURE, NC (AP) — A Vietnamese company planning an electric vehicle plant in central North Carolina that would employ 7,500 workers met a milestone Friday as its top executive joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others for a ground-breaking ceremony. VinFast announced last year that it would build its first
WWAY 3
Jun 30 2023
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Electrical fire sends smoke billowing from Tiffany’s
NEW YORK (AP) -- An electrical fire in a transformer that serves the Tiffany & Co. store on New York's Fifth Avenue spewed thick gray smoke from under the iconic building on Thursday and caused two minor injuries, officials said. The fire did not spread to the store itself, but firefighters evacuated about 100 people from the building as a precaution, Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Carlsen said
Jefferson City News Tribune
Jul 21 2023
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Federal government providing Kansas $13.3 million to improve electric grid
The U.S. Department of Energy will provide Kansas with $13.3 million to update its electrical grid infrastructure.
The funding comes from the Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program. The Kansas Corporation Commission will administer the funding, which it will use to modernize the state's power grid. The state also wants to use the money to protect the power grid against
Washington Examiner
Aug 15 2023
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President Biden visits Milwaukee to promote electric vehicles, days before 1st GOP debate
Watch live: President Biden arrives in Milwaukee for speech at electric vehicle maker President Joe Biden is traveling to Milwaukee on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to make a speech at the Ingeteam electric vehicle-making facility near American Family Field. During the visit, President Biden "will deliver remarks on how Bidenomics is Investing in America to grow the economy from the middle out and the
WTMJ 4 Milwaukee
Jul 19 2023
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Electrical fire, carbon monoxide concerns close Massachusetts Statehouse for 2 days
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Statehouse was closed for a second day Wednesday after an electrical fire in the basement was discovered a day earlier, forcing the evacuation of the historic building, including the governor, lawmakers and the public. Tuesday’s fire was in a transformer room in the building’s sub-basement, police said. The Boston Fire Department confirmed that the fire was
Associated Press
Aug 28 2023
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Hawaiian Electric admits its power lines started the Maui wildfire but says the fire department declared mission accomplished too soon
Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Hawaiian Electric Company released a statement Sunday night in response to Maui County’s lawsuit blaming the utility
Fortune
Aug 01 2023
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American Electric Power Co. Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
Shares of American Electric Power Co. Inc. AEP, shed 0.84% to $84.03 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, rising 0.20% to 35,630.68 and the S&P 500 Index SPX, falling 0.27% to 4,576.73. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. American Electric Power Co. Inc. closed $21.57 below its
MarketWatch
Aug 25 2023
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ERCOT asks Texans to conserve electricity from 3-9 p.m. today amid extreme heat wave, record-breaking demand
WOAI 4
Jul 24 2023
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Large Fire on Pittsburgh's Brunot Island After Electrical Reactor 'Catastrophically' Fails
Firefighters in Pittsburgh were battling a large fire along the Ohio River on Monday night after an explosion started the blaze near a power plant on Brunot Island, according to multiple local media reports. The explosion and fire are the results of a power reactor at a Duquesne Light Company power station that “catastrophically failed," ABC News’ Pittsburgh affiliate WTAE reported. With no
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