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SMART Meters: A Dumb Idea LES is Considering for Lincoln

Originally published June 27, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 5 Comments

SMART Meters: A Dumb Idea LES is Considering for Lincoln

NOTE: Although this article does specifically provide information for Lincolnites, the issue is relevant to anyone who uses electricity. If you live elsewhere, especially if you are in Nebraska, and have information about SMART grid / meter implementation in your local area, please send us some information, by leaving a comment directly at the bottom […]

Filed Under: Featured, LES: Lincoln Electric System, Sustainable Development Tagged With: cleaner greener lincoln, concerns about smart meters, electrical grid, environmental protection agency, epa, green agenda, LES, les customer input, les smart grid, les smart meters, les survey, les sustainable development, les sustainable energy, lincoln electric system, lincoln nebraska sustainable development, rationing electricity, smart grid technology, smart meters, smart meters data collection, smart meters microwaves, smart meters privacy, smart meters tiered rate, the climate change agenda

Heating and Air Conditional? LES May Decide For You

Originally published November 4, 2010, By Linda. Updated September 28, 2011. Leave a Comment

Heating and Air Conditional?  LES May Decide For You

UPDATED Sept. 27, 2011 – Editor’s Note: Please see the bottom of this article for an important link. I was minding my own business at home the other night following an afternoon and early evening spent outside doing some chores and enjoying the brisk fall weather. It’s that time of year when Lincoln residents begin […]

Filed Under: Featured, LES: Lincoln Electric System, Local Tagged With: agenda 21, brown outs, cap & trade, cap and tax, cap and trade, carbon, carbon emissions, coal, coal-fired, coal-fired plants, coal-fired power plants, deteriorating resource adequacy, election results, electrical rates nebraska, electrical usage, electricity, electricity generation, energy, environmental program, environmental programme, environmentalism, epa, epa regulations, epa's unseen carbon agenda, global warming, green agenda, LES, les new rate structure, les phone survey, lincoln electric system, living without electricity, nerc, north american electric reliability corporation, november 2 elections, peak demand periods, peak use, phone survey, power, power grid, power outages, power plants, power shortages, reduction of electrical capacity, republican majority in congress, smart grid, Sustainable Development, u.s. congress, u.s. grid, un, united nations, wall street journal

ACTION ALERT: Avoid More Rate Increases! Weigh In On LES Cabling Project

Originally published October 10, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 28, 2011. 2 Comments

ACTION ALERT: Avoid More Rate Increases! Weigh In On LES Cabling Project

Thanks to Don Raskey, who has followed this issue, gathered information, and kept us informed for the past several months. The bulk of information for this post was provided by him. ***ACTION ALERT***   It’s possible to avoid a source of electrical rate increases in the immediate and long term IF those of us who […]

Filed Under: Action Alerts, Featured, LES: Lincoln Electric System, Local, Smoking Section, Taking Action Tagged With: action, Action Alerts, budget, buried lines, cabling project, central reliability project, citizen input, City of Lincoln, electric upgrade project, electrical rates, Grassroots in Nebraska, jon camp, LES, les ceo, let's make a deal, liba, lincoln, lincoln electric system, local view in lincoln journal star, ne, overhead lines, public utility

LES Public Meeting on Rates September 8th

Originally published September 6, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 2, 2011. Leave a Comment

As the Lincoln Journal Star reported September 1, Lincoln Electric System (LES) will be holding a public meeting on September 8 regarding future electric rates. This is the third of four meetings on the topic. Click on the link to the Journal Star article to get all of the details. For those who cannot make […]

Filed Under: LES: Lincoln Electric System Tagged With: Facts are Stubborn Things, free enterprise, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, LES, limited government, lincoln electric system, local, nebraska, public meetings, rate, rates, shelli dawdy, stubborn facts

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