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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a $20 million cleanup plan for nearly 5 square miles of contaminated ground water in Cayuga County.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a $20 million cleanup plan for nearly 5 square miles of contaminated ground water in Cayuga County

Friday, March 15, 2013  New York utility regulators have approved new electricity and natural gas delivery rates for National Grid.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The recall covers the Altima midsize car, as well as the Leaf electric car, Pathfinder SUV and the Sentra compact. Also covered is the Infiniti JX35 SUV.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Charging stations, specifically for electric cars are showing up everywhere, thanks in large part to taxpayer funded grants.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  An audit finds national grid overcharged upstate electric and gas customers $8.5 million in 2009. Downstate customers may have been overcharged $35 million in gas usage around the same period. Now the Public Service Commission is working to determine whether customers should be refunded.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  While some brought signs, others brought their words to a public hearing on National Grid's proposed delivery rates for electricity and natural gas.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Authorities have released the names of two people killed when a helicopter checking power lines crashed in upstate New York.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  Following a report of a child left alone in a car, police at Fort Drum arrested the mother for using an electrical cord and switch to punish the child.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  The hydroelectric company that controls the level of water in Central New York's Salmon River says it's delaying an increase in the river's flow because of low reservoirs and a lack of rain in forecasts.

Friday, August 10, 2012  A hydroelectric company has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle the case of two fishermen who died after being swept away during a water release in Central New York.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Several thousand utility customers were without power overnight after severe thunderstorms rolled across upstate New York, knocking out electricity service to thousands of homes and businesses.

Monday, July 16, 2012  A spokesperson confirms that the New York State Public Service Commission is investigating Friday's power outage that affected some 17,000 National Grid customers.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Electric and natural gas utility National Grid is warning its customers not to fall for a bill-paying scam that asks them to disclose Social Security and bank routing numbers.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  This is just the start of the summer heat, so how do we keep our homes cool without driving up our electric bills?