The week of July 4 was not a vacation for utility companies across the Midwest and Northeast as storms and power problems following last week's storms persisted. Duke Energy's merger with Progress Energy attracted attention as well in our news feed, ranking alongside Con Ed's union problems and Dominion Power's repair efforts in our most-read posts of the week.
If you still feel like you're catching up on the past week's news, here are the five items that proved to be most popular with our readers:
- Bill Johnson resigns as Progress-Duke merger takes effect, gets $10 million—Progress Energy CEO Bill Johnson was supposed to be CEO of the merged company under the Duke name.
- Dominion restoration ahead of schedule, but Florida lineman killed—Dominion Power says it is a day ahead of where it thought it would be in restoring power in Virginia, and it noted the death of a lineman among Gulf Power crews sent to the Florida panhandle.
- Con Ed repairing equipment amid NYC lockout and brownout—Con Ed blames the brownout on heat, while union reps say maintenance is suffering without them.
- New York transmission owners have jobs for proposed entity—New York State Transmission companies have 18 job-generating infrastructure projects for a public-private company they want to create.
- Union workers request federal mediation after Con Ed lockout—Managers responding to emergencies as New York City heat becomes a potential issue.
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