Plates at our planet s surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth s core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down. As the cooled material sinks down, it is warmed and rises again.
PG&E on Wednesday did not offer a specific figure for how much the switch to renewable power would boost electricity rates in 2015. But in the past, the utility has said that rates will rise 1 percent to 2 percent each year as a result.
Many managers can expect to see merit raises in 2014, according to BLRâs survey of 696 organizations -- of which, over 54 percent of the organizations surveyed are in service industries. Nationally, average merit pay raises are expected to be 3 percent for lower-level managers and 3.1 percent for senior managers.