Sentences with phrase «california electricity consumers»

This two - track approach has created the glut and has proved costly for California electricity consumers.

Not exact matches

The consumer ratings agency compared the cost of a Tesla solar roof in New York, Texas and California and deemed that — depending on factors such as electricity cost and sun exposure — the numbers generated by Tesla's Solar Roof calculator check out.

However, consumers in California continue to pay average retail electricity prices that are among the highest in the nation.

«In just the last decade, we've had a technology bubble, an oil bubble and a housing bubble, not to mention the Enron fiasco and California's electricity crisis, each of which was least partially caused by speculators and manipulators trying to make a buck at the expense of consumers,» English said.

The California Aqueduct, which transports snowmelt across two mountain ranges to the thirsty coastal cities, is the biggest electricity consumer in the state.

«Maybe we can have the best of both worlds: a price on carbon to create an innovative environment for clean technology in California and keep businesses within state lines and not cause an adverse impact on consumers through radically higher prices for transportation fuels or electricity.»

While consumers in the neighboring states benefit from lower electricity costs, California's ratepayers are footing the bill for the utility generators that produce the power.

Lost in this apparent green energy triumph is one inconvenient truth: California couldn't have doubled renewable electricity at relatively low cost to consumers without the advanced hydraulic fracturing techniques — fracking — that came into widespread use a decade ago.

California will soon receive 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources thanks to a state law passed in 2015, and wind power will continue to play a significant role in the California energy supply, locking in additional consumer savings by 2030.

In addition to incentives, many states, such as California, implement a net energy metering (NEM) policy that allows consumers who generate excess electricity to be reimbursed at the then - prevailing rate of electricity.

SB 338 requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and all other locally owned utilities to start planning to meet their net - load peak energy and reliability needs with alternatives to fossil - fuel generating plants, while also providing the electricity at the lowest cost to consumers.

It is also very fortunate to located within a reasonable range of a tremendous electricity consumer — the great state of California.