Word: powers
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Lewis also expressed his desire to see the Faculty change the mechanism to raise the fee by giving his office the power "to at least make inflationary adjustments...
...optional fee, which the Undergraduate Council uses to fund its activities and to provide funding to student groups, has not been raised since 1988. Over that time, inflation and a doubling of the number of student groups requesting money have eroded the council's spending power...
...most fundamental foundation of our society: Without it, our lives would quite literally come to a standstill. Underlying this absurdly disproportionate use of energy lies the assumption that we are entitled to unlimited use at affordable prices. California's case this year, for example, provides ample evidence of the power that this assumption holds over our society. California faced unprecedented heat waves this summer and unprecedented cold spells this winter...
...result, energy demand in the state has sky-rocketed, to the point where the power grid cannot support the demands. The situation is so dire that the state recently instituted an energy emergency, which gives the system's administrator the right to black out houses on a rotating basis for an hour at a time. Added to the fact that the state cannot supply enough power for its residence, the price of power has also risen dramatically. In San Diego, for example, the price of energy tripled this summer...
...response to the "energy crisis", consumer groups are demanding better service, more power plants and refunds. Utility companies claim that they lost $6 billion over the course of the summer, despite raising rates, and would like to be compensated by the government. The governor of California has appealed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to put energy price ceilings in place, which they recently did. All this despite the fact that natural gas prices are 10 times what they were last year at this time, and despite the fact that the Federal Government often criticizes countries, like France, that...