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	<title>Crucians In Focus &#187; Energy</title>
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		<title>Alpine Energy &#8211; It&#8217;s Not Over Yet</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/07/alpine-energy-its-not-over-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s Note: The Alpine Power Purchase Agreements for St. Thomas and St. Croix are attached at the end of this document at no charge for your review.)
In a meeting that violated the public notice provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission (PSC) voted to approve the agreement between the Alpine Energy Group and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSC Responds to CIF – Update</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/05/psc-responds-to-cif-%e2%80%93-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/05/psc-responds-to-cif-%e2%80%93-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Editor&#8217;s Note: This article has been updated after further review of the PSC response to our inquiry about the notification of the AEG public hearings going on yesterday and today. CIF is challenging the premise of the PSC response and has updated this post to highlight the discrepancies.)
Crucians In Focus (CIF) has received a response to one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpine Agreements &#8211; Are They Valid?</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/04/alpine-agreements-are-they-valid/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/04/alpine-agreements-are-they-valid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The entire agreement between Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) and the Alpine Energy Group (AEG) may be invalid.
Research into documents related to this project, including the attached testimony of WAPA Executive Director Hugo Hodge, Jr., reveal that the critical Request For Proposal (RFP) criterion for a non-oil based renewable energy provider was not satisfied [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alpine Damage Control? Too Little Too Late</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/03/alpine-damage-control-too-little-too-late/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/03/alpine-damage-control-too-little-too-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that both the Virgin Islands Public Services Commission (PSC) and the Water and Power Authority (WAPA) need a lesson in communication, transparency and the law.
Both agencies appear to be deliberately making it difficult, if not impossible, for the public to be prepared for the hastily publicized hearings on the agreements with the Alpine [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>CIF To PSC: Not So Fast on Alpine Hearings</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/02/cif-to-psc-not-so-fast-on-alpine-hearings/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/10/02/cif-to-psc-not-so-fast-on-alpine-hearings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alpine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIF Requests Postponement; Late Notice Raises Legal Red Flags 
If there was ever an issue to cause our community to cry out for transparency, this is it.
The Virgin Islands Public Services Commission (PSC) will violate the 15-day advance notice provision of the Virgin Islands Code if public hearings on the Alpine Energy Group (AEG) proposal are held [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>PSC To Hold Alpine Public Hearings Oct. 5-6</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/30/psc-to-hold-alpine-public-hearings-oct-5-6/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/09/30/psc-to-hold-alpine-public-hearings-oct-5-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Virgin Islands Public Services Commission  (PSC) has scheduled public hearings on the controversial  &#8220;waste to energy&#8221; deal with the Alpine Energy Group (AEG) on October 5-6. The PSC may render a decision on the matter as early as October 6, following the end of the second day of hearings.
And despite all the discussion this proposal has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conflicting Objectives: Energy Plans Fizzle</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/06/conflicting-objectives-energy-plans-fizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2009/08/06/conflicting-objectives-energy-plans-fizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the tale of two energy entrepreneurs whose journey to free the Virgin Islands from the grip of fossil fuels has stalled at a guardhouse erected by the VI government bureaucracy.
The first tale was sent to us by Steffen Larsen, who has built his business, Mitchell-Larsen Studios, on a foundation of alternate energy principles. After increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>123</slash:comments>
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		<title>WAPA Can Do Better</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/14/wapa-can-do-better/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/14/wapa-can-do-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the PSC board approved a 22.9-percent increase in the electric Levelized Energy Adjustment Clause (LEAC) rate and a 14.6 percent increase in the water LEAC rate.  This action will raise the average monthly residential electric bill to $209.29 and the average residential water bill to $63.16 for a household using 2,400 gallons [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Have They Done?</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/11/what-have-they-done/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/11/what-have-they-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Opinion by Gonzalo Rivera
Eighteen months ago we went to the polls and elected a new governor and fifteen senators to represent us, yet today we are faced with the same challenges that existed at the time. Only difference between now and then is the fact that our representatives receive a bigger salary in exchange [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Political Rewind: High Cost of Living</title>
		<link>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/04/political-rewind-high-cost-of-living/</link>
		<comments>http://cruciansinfocus.com/2008/06/04/political-rewind-high-cost-of-living/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would candidate deJongh do to address our most pressing issue; the cost of living?

To date, we have witnessed:
-Press releases and press conferences on the formation of committees and task force groups 
-Press releases and press conferences on a land swap solution for the St. John school
-Press releases and press conferences on the reduction of [...]]]></description>
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