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Dominion rate adjustment takes effect

Dominion Virginia Power customers can expect to see a slight increase on their next bill.

Tags: Virginia State Corporation Commission , Paul Koonce

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Heat wave doesn't have to burn a hole in your wallet

Here are a few common sense reminders for how to lower your electricity bill.

Tags: Hank Silverberg , Heat wave , air conditioning , Dominion , LeHa Anderson

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Dominion says it could have communicated better after storm

Dominion Virginia Power was able to restore power to almost all of their customers by Saturday morning, but one of the company's executives said they could improve one thing.

Tags: Rodney Blevins , snow storm

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Decorating tips to avoid a deadly holiday disaster

Decorating your home this time of year can be a fun way to celebrate the holidays, but it can also turn deadly.

Tags: Decorating , Christmas tree , holiday lights , Underwiters Laboratories , Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Don't let holiday lights burn up your power bill

Newer LED Christmas lights use a tenth of the electricity as traditional bulbs, so they're a tenth of the cost to your electric bill.

Tags: national lampoon , christmas vacation , clark griswold , holiday lights , Christmas lights , LED , light emitting diode , incandescent , light bulb , Nathan Hager , wtop saves you money ,

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Crews work to restore power after Sunday's storms

Pepco customers who are still without electricity can get estimated restoration times.

Tags: weather , Storms , outages , Pepco , Baltimore Gas and Electric , BGE , Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative , NOVEC , Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative , SMECO , Joe Rigby , Adrian Fenty

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Plans for new reactor at North Anna move forward

Federal regulators say there are no environmental issues to prevent a new nuclear power plant at the North Anna Power Plant, but environmentalists don't want to see it built.

Tags: North Anna Power Plant , Spotsylvania County , Orange County , Hank Silverberg , Colleen Kelleher , nuclear energy , Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League , Louis Zeller , Richard Zuercher

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