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  • Honda issued a rare apology on Friday to frustrated customers who were having difficulty finding the electric version of it popular Fit hatchback.
  • Maine's Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to audit Central Maine Power Co.'s smart meter program, to determine whether it is saving money and providing the benefits that were expected when the commission approved it in 2010.
  • Met-Ed is alerting customers that it has suspended its energy-saving Easygreen program.
  • The installation of additional metering equipment at Boomer Lake Station, where Stillwater Utilities Authority has its power generation plant, was completed Thursday.
  • A plan to be unveiled today to more than double the energy efficiency in state and Honolulu County buildings could add 5,000 new jobs to Hawaii's economy by 2015 and bolster efforts to meet aggressive clean-energy goals.
  • The Centralia City Council approved moving forward with a variety of projects aimed at energy efficiency Tuesday night, including updating 1,506 streetlights, improving the Fort Borst Park ball fields and replacing lighting at the Centralia Train Depot.
  • Sixteen consumers have sued Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric in state court alleging that the utilities' "smart meters" caused them physical harm ranging from dizziness and ringing in their ears to radiation burns and cancer.
  • Appalachian Power spokesman Phil Moye said last summer's derecho was the worst storm in the company's history.
  • Smart meters continue to draw some opposition, but the devices that communicate customers' power use information are central to meeting Texas electricity demand by reducing it, panelists said at a Houston conference Tuesday.
  • Met-Ed is alerting customers that it has suspended its energy-saving Easygreen program.