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Thousands more business owners, sole proprietors, and small business employees now qualify for Health Insurance Subsidies!

***Breaking News*** Most small business owners make too much money to qualify for a federal subsidy when buying an health insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace.  The result has been premiums that were often unaffordable.  The rules changed on March 11th!! The cap on income level for premium…

Duke Energy Carolinas reaches agreement on request to increase rates in South Carolina

July 23, 2013 GREENVILLE, S.C., July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Duke Energy Carolinas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy DUK -1.53% , has reached an agreement with the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS), Wal-Mart, the S.C. Energy Users Committee and the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce concerning the…

Residential power bills to rise by more than 10 percent under Duke rate hike propos

July 23, 2013 By Rudolph Bell, Greenvilleonline.com Power bills for homeowners and renters would increases lightly more than 10 percent over two years – much more than business customers –under a proposed settlement of Duke Energy’s third rate hike in South Carolina since 2010. The settlement, which the state Public…