Electricity

Electricity at the Danville parking garage will be turned off from 2-4 p.m. Thursday so workers can test operations. The gates will be raised, and the testing should not inhibit anyone from accessing the garage. For more information, call (859) 238-1200.

STANFORD - Lincoln Fiscal Court amended an ordinance Tuesday to make sure new houses have electrical service roughed in. "There have been some houses built that do not want electricity,� said Rhonda Brown, administrative enforcement officer for planning and zoning. Fiscal Court members said they realize some people prefer to be without electricity. "We have an abundant population of Amish and Mennonites here that don't believe in electricity,� said Judge-Executive Buckwheat Gilbert.

STANFORD - Lincoln Fiscal Court amended an ordinance Tuesday to make sure new houses have electrical service roughed in. "There have been some houses built that do not want electricity," said Rhonda Brown, administrative enforcement officer for planning and zoning. Fiscal Court members said they realize some people prefer to be without electricity. "We have an abundant population of Amish and Mennonites here that don't believe in electricity," said Judge-Executive Buckwheat Gilbert.

Kentucky Utility crews were working this morning on the south end of Garrard County to restore an electrical outage resulting from an early morning storm. Lancaster police said electricity was out, possibly caused by lightning, on most of the south part of town beginning around the Garrard County Ambulance Service office on U.S. 27. A barn on Vanarsdell Road in Mercer County was struck by lightning about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday and burned down, said Wayne Davis, director of Mercer County Emergency Management Agency.

For the record, I was not one of the panicked people who called 911 during the power outage last week. I quickly recognized it was not an emergency, although the thought of going without air conditioning produced a sweaty brow in anticipation. My daughter had a very different reaction, though. Interruption of her reality television program right at its most cliff-hanging moment was enough to send a chill of fear running down her spine. In the startling quiet a few moments into the blackness, I heard her voice quiver, "At least my cell phone still works.

The federal minimum wage rose Tuesday for the first time since 1997. This is the longest period between adjustments since the federal minimum wage was enacted in 1938. We'll hear the usual outcry from hostile commentators. There will be warnings of impending economic disaster to the nation all because the minimum wage is rising from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 this summer and to $7.25 in 2009. So how about a little context? In 1956, the flashy cartoon spokesman for the nation's electricity generation industry, Reddy Kilowatt, reminded us regularly to consume more electricity because electricity is "penny cheap.

July 19, 1986 Temperatures that soared into the upper 90s teamed up with stifling humidity to send Clark Countians flocking for the air conditioning Friday afternoon, creating an unusually high summertime demand for electricity, officials said. East Kentucky Power Public Information manager Jerry Schureman said demand for electricity set a record for the second consecutive day Friday. FRANKFORT (AP) - Scott Circuit Judge David Knox has set a hearing Tuesday on a labor leader's request for an injunction to stop construction of the Toyota Motor Corp.

HARRODSBURG - A historic electricity generating plant has been saved from the wrecking ball and will be renovated and preserved as a "green" resource for electricity. Kentucky Utilities announced Tuesday the sale of its Lock 7 hydroelectric generating facility to Lock 7 Hydro Partners. It completes the first part of an effort that began in March 2004 to save the plant that was built in 1928. Lock 7 Hydro Partners is a 50-50 partnership of Shaker Landing Hydro Associates and Salt River Electric of Bardstown.

Sudden widespread demand for electricity is hampering efforts to restore power to households that lost it during last week's ice storm, Kentucky Utilities spokesman Cliff Feltham said today. When large restoration operations occur in cold weather, one of the issues an electric utility's system faces in re-energizing the system is a dramatic rise in usage, and that results in an overload known as a "cold load," Feltham said. "Cold load is the amount of electricity customers demand as we try to re-energize areas that have been off for extended periods of time," he said.

Electricity was knocked out for hundreds of utility customers Saturday morning when a car hit a power line in Garrard County. Garrard Deputy Tevis Graham said Zachary King, 19, of Lancaster was eastbound on Ky. 52 shortly after 9 a.m. when his vehicle dropped off the shoulder then crossed the westbound lane at 4227 Danville Road. Graham said the vehicle struck a guideline attached to a utility pole, pulling the poll down and causing two electrical lines to touch. King's vehicle continued through a plank fence and rolled several times before coming to a stop.

LOUISVILLE - The Kentucky Public Service Commission yesterday approved the unanimous settlement agreement reached by Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company and all of the parties in the base rate cases. The ruling lowers the late payment charge, extends the time period for paying customer bills, gives the company responsibility for natural gas service lines, and provides for additional charitable giving. LG&E's base electric rates will increase $33.7 million, down from the original request of $62.1 million.

“Hidden America.” By Jeanne Marie Laskas, c.2012, Putnam, $26.95/$28.50 Canada, 318 pages.    It gets dark earlier now, which means you reach for the lights earlier, too. One click and you can see to read, cook, find your keys or avoid tripping over the cat. Chances are, in fact, turning on the lights is so automatic, you can find the switch without even thinking about it.  But think about this: Who makes sure you have lights in...

HARRODSBURG - The investigation into what caused a Monday fire at the Mercer County Fairgrounds will take weeks to complete, but it appears the fire was set either intentionally or accidentally, officials said. Early Monday morning, 30 firefighters from Harrodsburg, Mercer County and Burgin extinguished a blaze that destroyed an 18-stall barn at the Linden Avenue fairgrounds. Authorities including a state fire marshal and a Kentucky State Police arson investigator surveyed the scene Monday, said Jay Anderson, treasurer of the Mercer County Fair Board.

Students at East Jessamine High School were evacuated briefly Wednesday afternoon after lights began flickering and there was a burning smell in the building. The Nicholasville Fire Department arrived on the scene just before 3 p.m. and began investigating. The source of the problem was burnt electrical motors that caused electricity outages in the building and a smoke odor, Nicholasville deputy fire chief Kevin Baker said. No one was injured, and fire officials deemed the building safe and allowed students to return within about 20 minutes.

Electricity was knocked out for hundreds of utility customers Saturday morning when a car hit a power line in Garrard County. Garrard Deputy Tevis Graham said Zachary King, 19, of Lancaster was eastbound on Ky. 52 shortly after 9 a.m. when his vehicle dropped off the shoulder then crossed the westbound lane at 4227 Danville Road. Graham said the vehicle struck a guideline attached to a utility pole, pulling the poll down and causing two electrical lines to touch. King's vehicle continued through a plank fence and rolled several times before coming to a stop.

Well, I have to admit it was with a little trepidation that I agreed for my granddaughter Olivia to spend a weekend with us. You see, Olivia lives in Louisville and I do not get to see her as often as my other grandchildren.   When her momma asked if I was feeling well enough for her to come down this weekend, I had to make sure my husband would be willing to help out, and her Aunt Shanda and Uncle Andy could also be there in case I needed help.   Olivia is 4 years old and wants to know “why” or “what” any time she hears a word she has never heard before, which is why I think she is so intelligent.

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July 19, 1986 Temperatures that soared into the upper 90s teamed up with stifling humidity to send Clark Countians flocking for the air conditioning Friday afternoon, creating an unusually high summertime demand for electricity, officials said. East Kentucky Power Public Information manager Jerry Schureman said demand for electricity set a record for the second consecutive day Friday. FRANKFORT (AP) - Scott Circuit Judge David Knox has set a hearing Tuesday on a labor leader's request for an injunction to stop construction of the Toyota Motor Corp.

Winchester Public Works employee Jerry Brinegar, left, Public Works supervisor Pat Clark and Winchester Police Officer David Aldridge examined damage to an electrical box owned by Kentucky Utilities and the city of Winchester Monday afternoon. The cover of the box, which houses the timer that controls the ornamental lights on North Main Street in front of the Post Office, had been pulled off and was discovered by a KU worker who contacted Clark. This is the second damaged electrical box to be reported to Winchester Police in the past several days.

How many 50-year-old fathers take their 13-year-old sons with them on a cross country trip in an experimental electric hybrid bicycle? At least one. It all started as a way for Pierce Hoover to show his son, Nash, that electricity isn't free and that he shouldn’t leave the lights on when they aren't being used. So he made Nash pedal out 100 watts of power. The pair are from Winterpark, Fla. It developed into Eco Tour 2011, sponsored by Popular Science magazine and General Electric, taking a homemade electrically-assisted bicycle on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail from Yorktown, Va., to Astoria, Ore. The frame of their vehicle is a Lightfoot Microcar, which takes two bicycles and puts them side by side to form a cart with many small modifications and custom parts for it to endure the 4,200-mile trip.