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Cuccinelli: Cap & Trade will drastically affect electric rates, jobs
By JOEL TURNER - Staff Writer
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Thursday that the proposed federal cap-and-trade legislation would "drastically affect" utility rates and jobs in Virginia.
The legislation could cause electric rates to increase by 35 percent during the next 10 years and cause the loss of 50,000 jobs in the state, Cuccinelli said.
Virginia would be hit much harder than other states by cap-and-trade legislation because it depends on coal for the generation of 80 percent of its electricity, he said. The national average is only about 50 percent.
Cuccinelli, a Republican, came to Rocky Mount for a town hall meeting at The Franklin Center on electricity rates and the federal cap-and-trade legislation.
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August has been wettest month of 2010
By MORRIS STEPHENSON - Staff Writer
After two consecutive months with little rainfall, August turned out to be the wettest month Franklin County residents have seen this year with 8.07 inches of precipitation.
The county received at least a trace of rain on 16 of the 31 days, according to the National Weather Service instruments on Scuffling Hill in Rocky Mount.
Residents also experienced another unusually hot month, but the official high marks are not known. A storm knocked out the NWS temperature instruments, and it took a couple of weeks for the electronics to be repaired, a spokesperson said.
The wet August was welcomed and much-needed, especially by the farmers.
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