A collection of stories tagged 'electricity' from NPR. http://www.reverbiage.com/ Copyright 2006 Reverbiage.com. Reverbiage is not affiliated with NPR nor its member stations. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:26:54 EST More than 125,000 Michigan residents could face New Year's Eve in the dark as downed trees and power lines slowed the progress of crews trying to restore electricity to the Detroit area. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/61361 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98784160&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:25:00 EST Utility crews are making progress bringing electricity back to customers in New Hampshire. Still, hundreds of thousands of people are without power across the southern part of the state. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60609 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98246493&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:38:00 EST An ice storm that cut through a swath of upstate New York and New England late last week has left hundreds of thousands of homes without heat, electricity or warm water. In New Hampshire, a cold snap has only compounded problems — utility officials there say power in some parts of the state may not be restored for several days. New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein spent part of Friday night with one family that lost power. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60595 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98240408&ft=1&f=1001 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST Students in isolated parts of the country may lack running water or electricity, but they now have laptops. Peru is purchasing hundreds of thousands of $200 computers through the One Laptop Per Child program. The hope is to link poor villages to the modern era. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/60573 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96510072&ft=1&f=1001 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:10:00 EST The North Carolina power company wants to pay customers for the ability to install solar panels on their roofs and vacant lots. Duke would own and operate the solar panels, and the electricity they generate would go straight onto the grid. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/58601 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96392743&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:43:00 EST Some middle-income families in Las Vegas are fighting off poverty in ways they never would have imagined. One woman recently found herself panhandling just to get her electricity turned back on. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/57288 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95670969&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:27:00 EDT Oil company officials say it may be more than a week before gasoline supply problems caused by Hurricane Ike are resolved. As many refineries regain electricity and attempt to reopen, gasoline remains in high demand. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55944 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94731384&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:02:00 EDT Houston residents are still coping with no electricity and waiting in long lines for water and ice. For people who survived Hurricane Katrina, the storm has brought back painful memories. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55896 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94699111&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT Half a million people have electricity again in parts of Texas ravaged by Hurricane Ike. But nearly 4 million people are still without power, and energy companies say they are working furiously to restore full power to the Houston area. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55880 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94666332&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:37:00 EDT One of the towns hit hardest by Hurricane Gustav was Montegut, La. Local officials say it could take weeks to bring electricity back to the community, and some worry that residents, tired of weathering hurricanes, will leave for good. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/55172 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94223398&ft=1&f=1001 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT When all the electricity in Newport, R.I., went out, Stephen Marley proudly announced that their generator stage was one of the few places in the town still wired. Sharing both the stage and their songs — including one by their father — brothers Stephen and Damian Marley tag-teamed a celebratory concert at the Newport Folk Festival. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/54459 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93714767&ft=1&f=1039 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:52:00 EDT Cash-strapped utility companies are beginning to reconsider the strengths of solar energy. According to ex-NASA engineer O. Glenn Smith, solar-panel satellites could gather massive amounts of energy and beam it to earth for the price electricity costs now. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53389 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93029434&ft=1&f=1006 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDT When Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley challenged the state's 5.6 million residents to reduce their home electricity consumption by 15 percent, NPR's Richard Harris looked at ways his household could better conserve. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/53359 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92931988&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:41:00 EDT One month after an avalanche knocked out its connection to a hydroelectric dam, much of Juneau, Alaska, is still relying on diesel back-up generators. Residential electricity rates have gone up about 400 percent. As a result, residents and the city have embarked on an extraordinary conservation campaign. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49778 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90755754&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 23 May 2008 07:43:00 EDT A Chicago-based entrepreneur says many industrial power users can save money, get more electricity, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using the energy they already consume more efficiently. It's called recycling energy — capturing waste heat and turning it into power. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/49696 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90714692&ft=1&f=1001 Thu, 22 May 2008 08:32:00 EDT Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll from a devastating cyclone that hit Saturday could reach more than 10,000. The storm knocked out electricity to the country's largest city and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48786 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90201476&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:24:00 EDT A new technology aims to make computer power, like electricity, a pay-as-you-go enterprise, potentially bringing supercomputing to the masses. Steve Inskeep talks to Craig Balding, an information technology chief for a Fortune 500 company, about what is known as "cloud computing." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48736 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90180142&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 05 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT A series of avalanches in April cut off the Alaskan capital from its source of cheap hydropower. The cost of electricity has quadrupled as a result. Juneau has been forced to cut its power consumption by nearly a third in one week. John Ryan of member station KTOO reports. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48668 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90142720&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT An avalanche in Juneau, Alaska wiped out a hydroelectric power facility two weeks ago, resulting in electricity rate increases of as high as 447 percent. John Ryan, a reporter for Alaska public radio, says residents have been forced to reduce energy use or face bills in the thousands of dollars. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/48478 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90060569&ft=1&f=1006 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 EDT Father Yod's followers were a fixture on the Sunset Strip in the late '60's. They took names like Electricity, dressed in robes and lived communally in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. A large group of followers, including many of Father Yod's 13 wives, recently held a reunion. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/47298 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89422387&ft=1&f=1012 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:23:00 EDT The city says a multimillion-dollar indoor composting facility would help generate electricity for 1,500 homes. Mayor Tom Menino says the composting center, which would take yard trimmings and discarded food, would help turn Boston from "Beantown to Greentown." http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/46787 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88163285&ft=1&f=1001 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:00:00 EDT Taser International is working with independent dealers to market a version of its stun gun -- in metallic pink, among other shades -- to women. The weapon, priced under $400, delivers 50,000 volts of low-current electricity. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45798 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19353066&ft=1&f=1001 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:01:00 EST In many areas of Baghdad, electricity is only available for a couple of hours a day. Iraqi officials usually blame the electricity shortages on disruptions in fuel oil supplies or sabotage at power plants. But now officials are confirming that corruption is sometimes a factor in who gets electricity in Iraq's capital. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45638 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19333983&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:39:00 EST Costa Rica's efforts to minimize global warming have made it especially vulnerable to climate changes. Because it relies on hydroelectric power, even a tiny shift in rainfall patterns could leave the country without enough water to meet its growing demand for electricity. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/45077 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18832252&ft=1&f=1001 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:01:00 EST Michigan State University researchers have added divorce to the long list of things that are bad for the environment. In the U.S., divorcees occupy 38-million extra rooms and the researchers argue it dramatically increases water and electricity consumption. http://www.reverbiage.com/launch/42566 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16875648&ft=1&f=1007 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:14:00 EST