High Fuel Costs Push Wisconsin Public Service to Seek Slight Increase in Electric Rates
GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group (NYSE:TEG) , today filed a request with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to increase electric rates about 90 cents per month for typical residential customers due to much higher than expected fuel costs to generate or purchase electricity.
"Our costs were significantly...
Credit Unions Urge Caution in Use of Account Statements for Identification
PEWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To avoid exposure to identity theft when registering to vote, use something other than your credit union account statement as proof of identification.
That's the advice of the Wisconsin Credit Union League, the trade association in Pewaukee that represents 260 not-for-profit, member-owned financial institutions in the state. The League says that while using a...
Alliant Energy Corporation Utility Subsidiaries Declare Preferred Stock Dividends
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quarterly dividends on preferred stock have been declared by the Board of Directors of Alliant Energy Corporation's (NYSE:LNT) utility subsidiaries. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO)
Wisconsin Power and Light Company Preferred Stock Dividends
The Board of Directors of Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) has declared dividends for its preferred stock shareowners of record...
Thrive Announces New Director of Agriculture Initiatives
UW Extension Outreach Specialist Greg Lawless will head sector-based work
February 11, 2008 (Madison, WI) – Thrive, a not-for-profit entity serving the eight-county Madison Region*, is pleased to announce the appointment of Director of Agriculture Initiatives, Greg Lawless.
Greg earned a BA in Political Science at the University of Illinois in 1989 and an MS in Land Resources at...
(WisBusiness) WED News Summary — 13 Feb. 2008
NOTE: The news summary sent earlier this morning inadvertently included content from the Tuesday edition. The summary below has today's content.
From WisBusiness.com ...
-- For a doctor, Craig Samitt has a rather bleak view of health care delivery in the United States.
“The industry is broken … and needs to be transformed,” said Samitt, who has been CEO of the...
U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner: Cap and trade — The wrong approach
Speech for “Coping with Climate Change” conference
There’s a calamity on the horizon. All the evidence points to it. There’s a growing consensus, and we all better get ready to do something about it.
The future is bleak. Billions of dollars will be lost, lives will be affected.
Do my words alarm you?
They should, because I’m talking about a major threat...
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin: Future of Midwest energy
Speech for “Coping with Climate Change” conference
February 11, 2008
If I wasn’t an “energy wonk” before going to Congress, the fact is, I am now, and a gathering such as this, believe it or not, really is my idea of a good time!
But, you know, this event, like the topic of climate change, itself, does have its skeptics. ...
Hoover Institution speaker coming to UW-Madison
An expert on using market approaches to spark environmental improvementwill speak in Madison next week.
Terry Anderson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will speak on"Water, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Sell," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday,Feb. 19, at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus, 702 Langdon St.
Anderson said his lecture will focus on how water...
