Tag: power outages
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Colorado governor rebukes Xcel Energy for preemptively shutting off power to thousands
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday rebuked Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power to roughly tens of thousands of customers in anticipation of strong winds over the weekend, saying it should have been done “as a last resort.” That decision, Polis said, “further harmed Xcel’s reputation and social license.” The windstorm that hammered the Front…
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Power outages hit Boston transit system during morning rush hour, stranding thousands
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Thousands of commuters have been left stranded around Boston after power outages hit several lines of the beleaguered transit service
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Pakistan’s election: Who’s running, what’s the mood and will anything change?
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Pakistanis are electing a new parliament Thursday in a race that essentially is concentrated on two parties
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Fossil fuel-dependent Puerto Rico can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, a federal study says
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As Puerto Rico struggles with chronic power outages and a decaying electric grid, federal officials believe the U.S. territory that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, according to a new study that has been two years in the making