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'Green MBA: Your guide to eco-entrepreneurship' Mike Hopping's Energy Report:
WNC Faces Massive Rate Hike, Tougher Building Codes, Proposed National Center for Sustainability Asheville author and journalist Michael Hopping files this Asheville Area Energy Report on Sept. 12, 2008 In his copyrighted article, Michael Hopping reports that Progress Energy has requested utility commission approval for a massive rate hike. The company wants to phase in the increase over three years. Residential customers would see an initial bump of 11.2%. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for September 16.
CEAC facilitator, Steve Cochran, announced that he is part of a group hoping to convert the Haywood Park Hotel and Starnes Building in downtown Asheville to a state-of-the-art efficient National Center for Sustainability. The Center would house organizations and business groups oriented toward sustainability issues in a variety of fields including heavy industry and retail business. | For Hopping's complete report, entitled "CEAC and the Iron Equation," visit MichaelHopping.com or Click Here |
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