Footnotes:
1 Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
2 Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, miscellaneous technologies, and non-renewable waste (municipal solid waste from non-biogenic sources, and tire-derived fuels).
3 Data collection frame differences and nonsampling error. Derived for the diagram by subtracting the T & D Losses estimate from T & D Losses and Unaccounted for derived from Table 8.1.
4 Electric energy used in the operation of power plants.
5 Transmission and distribution losses (electricity losses that occur between the point of generation and delivery to the customer) are estimated as 7 percent of gross generation.
6 Use of electricity that is 1) self-generated, 2) produced by either the same entity that consumes the power or an affiliate, and 3) used in direct support of a service or industrial process located within the same facility or group of facilities that house the generating equipment. Direct use is exclusive of station use.
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Duke Energy Requests Big Rate Hikes (Ohio)
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Duke-Energy-Requests-Big-Rate-Hikes/NZe7ynRHOkKmrNrJED51Pg.cspx
Duke Energy Carolinas to file for rate increase in February
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2013/01/duke-energy-carolinas-to-file-for-rate.html
Duke Energy to file for another rate increase (Georgia)
http://www.wral.com/duke-energy-to-file-for-another-rate-increase/11952514/
So long as the ChiComs continue to set new coal burning records each month, does any of this really help?