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September 2002

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An Increase of $1.2 Million...

Energy Office Receives $3.21 Million in Federal Grants

Gov. Mike Johanns said the Nebraska Energy Office received five grants totaling $3.21 million from the U.S. Department of Energy...

Nebraska's Largest Wind Energy Project...
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Wind turbines

Seven Wind Turbines Sprout in Kimball

Sometime in October, turbine blades at the state's first wind energy farm near Kimball...

A New Renewable Energy Source Tapped...

Omaha Public Power District Finds Power in Trash

Old trash is now getting a second life because of Omaha Public Power District's and Waste Management's new methane gas power plant at the Douglas County landfill...

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Propane burner
One More Year...

State to Continue Monitoring Propane and Heating Oil Prices and Supplies

Nearly 60,000 homes in Nebraska, or almost 9 percent, use propane as the primary home heating fuel...

Hundreds and Hundreds...

Conversion and Equivalency Tables At Your Fingertips

One of the newest additions to the agency's energy statistics data base...

Savings of 25 Percent and More...

Dozens of Ways Schools Can Lower Energy Bills and Improve Learning

The federal energy department is offering a series of publications that will help school districts save millions...

450 More Homes To be Done this Year...

Income Levels for Free Home Weatherization Increase

Even though federal funding for home weatherization for low-income Nebraskans increased by 50 percent, fewer people might be eligible for these services because...

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Double pane windows
September Energy Tips...

Windows and High Energy Bills

If your home has single-pane windows...

Three Honored...

Nebraskans Receive National Awards

In June, three Nebraskans with decades of service...

Consumer Alert...

Beware of Product Claims of Multi-Gard "Liquid Siding"

Dealers of Multi-Gard "liquid siding" have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that ads claiming their product provided consumers with an insulation value of R-20...

DESL Q & A

5% Dollar and Energy Saving Loan Questions

If you already have made energy saving improvements...

Things Are Always Changing...
A Roundup of New and Updated Web Sites

The world of the internet is ever-changing...

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