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Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum

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From community solar installations to a push in some municipalities for all-electric building codes, interest in solar keeps growing. The power comes from 688,360 solar panels across 870 acres just north of town that provide electricity to the entire community. Energy Innovation: Solar Energy Solutions Continue to Gain Momentum.

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Massachusetts Holds On To Top Energy Efficiency Ranking

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The balance of the 10 most-improved states are Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Louisiana, Oregon, Washington, D.C., Rhode Island’s third place ranking in this report, up from fourth last year, demonstrates that our investments in electric and natural gas energy efficiency programs are paying off.”. and Kentucky.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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A state may have the largest installed capacity of a certain type of renewable energy, but that state won’t meet its renewable energy portfolio standard’s goal if only 10 percent of its electricity is generated from renewables. Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. The facility also produces electric and composite products and is the primary global services and support center for Boeing’s rotorcraft.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Having witnessed income and social class inequities entrenched by corruption on their European mission, and a system in which government officials and business entrepreneurs rarely collaborate to solve civic and social problems, the Ivorys recognized the seeds of similar dynamics in their own backyard. and Outward.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Texas edged out Utah, last year’s top-ranked state for Best Business Climate. With mega-incentives for big-ticket projects and low business taxes, Utah has succeeded in convincing tech giants including Adobe and eBay to put major operations in the Beehive State. billion in Federal individual income taxes, and $1.9 percent.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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Since the onset of shale gas production, Pennsylvania businesses and homeowners have benefited from a 50 percent decline in natural gas prices and a corresponding 40 percent reduction in the cost of electricity. Wind energy is now the fifth-largest electricity source in the U.S., Wind power in the U.S. The expansion will?be