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Energy Providers Coalition for Education and Thomas Edison State College Offer Online Bachelor's Degree in Energy Utility Technology; Program Offered to Workers Nationwide to Help Energy Industry Meet Serious Labor Shortages Expected in Next 15 Years.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service, February, 2007

Byline: Thomas Edison State College

DENVER, Colo., Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Energy Providers Coalition for Education (EPCE) has partnered with Thomas Edison State College to offer the nation's first online Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology degree in Energy Utility Technology to new and incumbent workers nationwide to help the energy industry meet labor shortages expected over the next several years.

Industry forecasts indicate that approximately half the energy industry workforce will likely retire within the next 15 years. This, combined with a 45 percent increase in the national demand for electricity, as estimated by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), has many energy providers anticipating critical workforce shortages...

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