Nuclear regulators side with Progress
Fire barriers at Shearon Harris first failed tests in 1989, two years after the plant went into operation. The utility has implemented corrective actions.
Raleigh-based Progress Energy has until June 2008 to propose a permanent solution for meeting fire safety standards at the Shearon Harris plant.
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Ontario rolls out ultra-low electricity rates
TORONTO - A million households can opt into a new ultra-low overnight electricity rate offered by the Ministry of Energy, but that's just a fraction of customers in Ontario.
Only eight of the 61 provincial power utilities will offer the new rate on the May 1 launch date. The rest have up to six months to get on board.
That means it will be available to 20 percent of the province's five million electricity customers, the Ministry of Energy confirmed to CBC News.
The Ford government's new overnight pricing was pitched as a money saver for Ontarians, undercutting its existing overnight rate from…
