The parts of a boat have funny names to a landsman. Many of the names go back hundreds of years and their origins are often lost. Some make sense only if you know something of sailing ship construction in the 16th century.
Cheap dreams, expensive realities. In the dawn of the nuclear era, cost was expected to be one of the technology's advantages, not one of its drawbacks. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Lewis Strauss, predicted in a 1954 speech that nuclear power would someday make electricity âtoo cheap to meter.â.
Duke also suggested to the regulators that the one-time fee of $1,073.70 could be deferred and that a smaller one-time cost of $126.70 be imposed. So far, Thelen said fewer than 100 customers have refused to take a smart meter out of about 1 million Duke natural-gas and electric customers who have gotten them so far.