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Washington DC - March 11 - Working gas in storage was 1,626 Bcf as of Friday, March 5, 2010, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 111 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 71 Bcf less than last year at this time.

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Washington DC - March 10 - U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 13.9 million barrels per day during the week ending March 5, 149 thousand barrels per day below the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 80.7 percent of their operable capacity last week.

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Washington DC - March 10 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate’s green jobs subcommittee, has introduced legislation to encourage the installation of 10 million solar systems on the rooftops of homes and businesses over the next decade.

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Washington DC - March 10 - Proposed federal energy efficiency jobs provisions would create about 333,000 jobs in 2010 and then 184,000 jobs in 2011, according to a new analysis released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

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Washington DC - March 10 - EIA forecasts that the annual average retail gasoline price will increase from $2.35 per gallon in 2009 to $2.84 in 2010 and to $2.96 in 2011 because of projected rising crude oil prices.  Average U.S. pump prices likely will exceed $3 per gallon at times during the forthcoming spring and summer driving season.

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Washington DC - March 9 - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced selections for the award of approximately $40 million in total for conceptual design and planning work for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP).

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Washington DC - March 9 - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment on a $117 million loan guarantee to finance the construction and start-up of an innovative 30 megawatt (MW) wind energy project in Kahuku, Hawaii.

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ashington DC - March 8 - Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $72 million loan guarantee to SAGE Electrochromics,  developers of the world’s only commercially available, electronically “tintable” window glass.

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Washington DC - March 5 - Individuals who ride public transportation can save on average $9,215 annually based on the March 3, 2010 national average gas price and unreserved monthly parking rate. The total savings as compared to last year at this time equates to an increase of an additional $715 in savings per year for transit commuters.

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Washington DC - March 4 - Working gas in storage was 1,737 Bcf as of Friday, February 26, 2010, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 116 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 71 Bcf less than last year at this time.

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Washington DC - March 4 - The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, established to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation’s used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste, will hold its first meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Washington DC - March 4 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 29 rural utilities and cooperatives in 16 states have been selected to receive loans and loan guarantees to build and repair more than 5,600 miles of distribution and transmission lines and make system improvements.

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Washington DC - March 4 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Government of India, and India’s Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry are hosting the 2nd Methane to Markets Partnership Expo in New Delhi.

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Washington DC - March 3 - U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 14.1 million barrels per day during the week ending February 26, 33 thousand barrels per day below the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 81.9 percent of their operable capacity last week.

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Washington DC - March 3 - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness and create new jobs.

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