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MidAmerican Energy customers rattled by electric rate hike

Some Central Iowa business owners are shaking their heads over hefty increases in their monthly electric bills, but MidAmerican Energy Co. officials say they’re doing all they can to help their customers keep their bills …

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Iowa Utilities Board affirms MidAmerican payments on wind project

MidAmerican Energy Co. will be required to pay its electric customers $2 million annually in energy adjustment clause credits as a condition of approval of its proposed “Wind IX” generation project. The Iowa Utilities Board …

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Drop in oil prices led to rise in job cut announcements last month

Job cut announcements surged to their highest level in nearly two years in January, as falling oil prices prompted cost-cutting efforts in energy and related industries, ouplacement consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc. said …

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Broadband legislation introduced in Iowa Senate

 

Sen. Steve Sodders, a Democrat from State Center, has introduced legislation that calls for extending high-speed fiber-optic services to rural Iowa and other underserved or unserved areas of the state. 

 

The legislation, Senate …

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Pipeline companies to merge in $18 billion deal

Dallas-based pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners LP, which is seeking regulatory approval to build a shale oil pipeline that would cross Iowa, announced today it has agreed to buy Regency Energy Partners LP in a …

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Broadband is broadly appealing

At a cost of up to $5,000 to lay a mile of fiber-optic line, extending broadband access to rural Iowa is a pricey deal.

Last year, enough House Republicans balked at having taxpayers pick up …

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New watershed authority to help clean Walnut Creek

  The recently formed Walnut Creek Watershed Management Authority will develop a plan to clean up Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Raccoon River and a source of drinking water for the Des Moines area.…
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Event aims to promote sustainability, collaboration

Urban Ambassadors will lead a sustainability summit 7-10 p.m Feb. 6 at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. This event will focus on connecting people and energizing  relationships across our broad community and will feature …

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Texas company applies to build oil pipeline in Iowa

A company based in Texas has asked the Iowa Utilities Board to approve its plans for a crude oil pipeline that would cross 18 Iowa counties, The Des Moines Register reported. The pipeline proposal has been controversial …

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Utilities board approves ratemaking for MidAmerican’s Wind IX project

The Iowa Utilities Board on Tuesday issued an order that sets the conditions for MidAmerican Energy Co.’s next planned phase of wind energy development in Iowa. The order establishes an 11.5 percent rate of return on equity …