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  2. Electricity - Wikipedia

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    Electric utilities measure power using electricity meters, which keep a running total of the electric energy delivered to a customer. Unlike fossil fuels , electricity is a low entropy form of energy and can be converted into motion or many other forms of energy with high efficiency.

  3. Online News Act - Wikipedia

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    The Online News Act (French: Loi sur les nouvelles en ligne), known commonly as Bill C-18, is a Canadian federal statute.Introduced in the 44th Canadian Parliament, passed by the Senate on June 15, 2023, and receiving royal assent on June 22, 2023, the act will implement a framework under which digital news intermediaries (including search engines and social networking services) that hold an ...

  4. Taxation of digital goods - Wikipedia

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    In the meantime, several countries led first by the European Union have begun to propose and implement digital services taxes (DSTs) which have a number of aims: [3] to raise tax revenues; to put pressure on other countries – in particular the United States – to reach an agreement; [9] and, arguably, [10] to create a level playing field until the OECD/G20 framework reaches an agreement or ...

  5. Electricity sector of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Current power plants map from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2023, US generation scale installed electricity generation summer capacity [6] in the United States was 1161.43 gigawatts (GW), up 15.57 GW from 2021. The main energy sources for electricity generation include Thermal/Fossil: 733.2 GW up 1.38 GW (+0.02%) from 2021

  6. Electricity crisis in the Gaza Strip - Wikipedia

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    As at 25 April 2017, all power lines from Egypt to Gaza were down. [10] [12] [13] The electricity supplied by IEC was the only electricity available in the Gaza Strip. In April 2017, the PA told IEC that it would only pay ILS 25 million of the ILS 40 million monthly bill for Gaza and instructed IEC to reduce supply. [12]

  7. Commonwealth Edison - Wikipedia

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    The net effect was an increase of around 33% in the typical residential electric bill. The prospect of seeing electric bills rise so dramatically drew much public outcry. It was widely claimed, at the time, that such a dramatic rise in rates was proof that the deregulated environment did nothing to help the consumer and was a sham. [ 14 ]

  8. Tulsi Gabbard - Wikipedia

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    If passed, this bill would effectively ban many transgender athletes from participating in programs corresponding with their gender identity. [323] [324] [325] After introducing the bill, Gabbard was condemned by activists and LGBT organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, which said: "Gabbard has lost all credibility as an ally." [326]

  9. Electricity pricing - Wikipedia

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    According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), "Electricity prices generally reflect the cost to build, finance, maintain, and operate power plants and the electricity grid." Where pricing forecasting is the method by which a generator, a utility company, or a large industrial consumer can predict the wholesale prices of ...