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PECO Expanding Fleet with NGVs & PHEVs

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The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. The matching stimulus grant will provide up to $2.5 million for the vehicle conversions.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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The energy storage market is currently limited by a number of factors, Pike notes, including: Inflexible electricity market structures; Displaced cost and benefits (i.e., Technology costs. The cost figures that Pike Research bases its forecast on have also changed. Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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In addition to the USPS, ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will participate in the test program. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) also has signed an LOI to provide USPS integration tools. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago. Postal Service for mail delivery.

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