Sentences with phrase «public utilities at»

Mr. Williams uses no public utilities at his house on Reissing Road and vows never to use any.

So you operate as a public utility at cost for public benefit, rather than for private profit.

Not exact matches

In the case, National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, the High Court ruled that ISPs are information services, as the FCC had defined them at the time, and not public utilities.

It goes beyond being an incentive program,» says Stan Greschner, vice president of government relations at GRID Alternatives, the nonprofit selected by the public utility to administer SASH.

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

At issue are current rules that classify internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon as public utility - like «common carriers» under Title II of the Communications Act.

However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed changes.

«As of now, according to our rules, they shouldn't be operating at the airport, «California Public Utilities Commission Director of Policy and Planning Marzia Zafar said.

Typically in the wake of a major blackout, local governments invoke a mutual aid agreement with experienced public US utility companies, which can send crews at minimal cost to restore power.

Graham recommended [in 1970] that an industrial company should have at least $ 100 million of annual sales, and a public utility company should have no less than $ 50 million in total assets.

For public utilities, the debt should not exceed twice the stock equity at book value.

Among the many ramifications from the decision will be the need for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to revisit some of its policy decisions aimed at achie...

The Progressive Era developed the view that public utilities and other natural monopolies rightly belonged in the public sector, where governments would provide their basic services at a subsidized price or even freely as in the case of roads.

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th April 2018 State - owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it had put measures in place to deal with the coal shortages at seven of its power stations, in Mpumalanga, and has assured the public that this would not result in load - shedding.

You can sell your ports, your land, your public utilities, your railroads, your airports, anything you have you can sell to the Germans and at the end of this time you won't have a single thing and all we ask is that all you Greeks get out of our country, now that we own you.

At first glance, this answer is scandalous in a liberal culture, which promises freedom for freedom's sake, limited only by external considerations of public utility and to prevent harm to others.

Heastie pointed to the Republican support for a subsidy aimed at bolstering upstate nuclear power plants, which is expected to add roughly $ 2 to the average utility bill as a sign some GOP lawmakers are open to tacking on more fees or taxes to help pay for a broader public benefit, such as preserving jobs.

While Trump's federal tax cut is causing headaches for some New Yorkers, Cuomo and regulators at the state Public Service Commission are working to ensure that utility customers in the state are able to reap some of the benefits as soon as possible.

The Electricity Company of Ghana and the utilities regulator — Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) have been at loggerheads following the latters» order to the ECG to suspend a billing software which was churning out outrageous bills to consumers.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com /

According to him, government has set up a team to look at the cross-debt of all the various companies in the energy sector and to achieve this, the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission is working on the mechanism for the settlement.

At a joint consultative meeting organized by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) in Accra, the utility service providers presented their proposals for upward tariff adjustment and justified the need for it.

«The Director of Operations at Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tetteh Ankamah Okyne, says the power cut the nation is currently experiencing is due to the activities of vultures and other birds... The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers, including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others, to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

Metzger is also the director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

The Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response began its a public hearing Tuesday at 6 p.m. at SUNY College of Old Westbury.

A coalition of groups including the New York Public Interest Research Group and Food & Water Watch announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at blocking a planned surcharge on utility bills that was a key component of the state's new Clean Energy Standard regulations.

According to a statement by the state's Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr Deji Adesua, at the celebration of World Water Day on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

Advocates at the Capitol on Thursday called for a «people's commissioner» on the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Sen. David Carlucci will hold the next meeting of his Senior Advisory Committee with a focus on creating a utility consumer advocate, Assistant Attorney General Gary Brown will attend, Nanuet Public Library, 149 Church St., Nanuet.

Residents in the Rochester area at a public forum slammed the response of utility RG&E to this winter's windstorm.

He says the additional costs could even be compounded by utility ratepayers who also use public transportation, or shop at stores that have to raise their prices due to higher electric rates.

Karen Hinton — married to State Operations Director Howard Glaser, one of the governor's oldest friends and a key figure in Cuomo's high - stakes efforts to legalize casino gambling, bring a new power utility to Long Island, and finalize a decision on hydrofracking for natural gas — is a «managing director» at Mercury Public Affairs, which was founded by several former aides and advisers to Republican former Gov. George Pataki.

Labour is effectively saying that Britain's civil servants will be able to renationalise the railways, water utilities, the National Grid, Royal Mail, create regional public energy companies, a National Education Service and a National Care Service, create a large National Investment Bank and regional development banks, build a million homes and abolish tuition fees - to name just a few - at the same time as managing Brexit negotiations and their fallout.

«Scandals and perceived corruption in governance and the society generally, socio - economic hardships such as unstable currency, unstable power supplies — undermining both industrial and domestic ventures — executive bureaucratic delays in the public sector, especially at the ports, many industrial actions, protest demonstrations throughout the economy, sudden and high tariff increases for utilities, and ever - bloating national debt stock, have hall - marked the out - going year,» he observed.

It may be time for public policy discussion about the utility of an authority at all.

«The problems may not simply be with who runs the [Water Authority] but may require a larger public policy discussion about the utility of an authority at all.

But unlike ConEd, a private utility, LIPA is not regulated by the Public Service Commission (whose leadership the governor also appoints, by the way), so the governor can't ask the PSC to fine or decertify LIPA without changing their statutory relationship, according to Jackson Morris, director of strategic engagement at the Pace Energy and Climate Center.

The candidate is perhaps best - known regionally as the founder / director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

A publicly owned drug research and production utility, operating at cost for public benefit instead of private profit, would use high revenues from drugs that are taken daily or frequently in order to subsidize research and production of low - revenue drugs like vaccines for Ebola, malaria, and other infectious diseases that are used once.

The Public Relations and External Relations Manager at the PURC, Nana Yaa Jantuah, hinted discussions on proposals for increment in utility tariffs were still underway.

As Sandy Failures are Investigated, State Petitioned to Mandate Long - Term Hazard Plans for Public Utilities Thursday December 13, 2012 at 11:28 am

Good government and public policy advocates have taken withering looks at the water authority and other public utilities that have become frequent stops for political patronage appointees.

Funding for improvements at Gateway Harbor, including new public restrooms, upgraded electrical utilities to docks, new park picnic areas, and lighting.

He says the additional costs could even be compounded by utility rate payers who also use public transportation, or shop at stores that have to raise their prices due to higher electric rates.

That move was championed by Republican leadership and the Texas Public Utility Commission and has opened the possibility for renewables as a substantial part of the energy portfolios for multiple cities, said Thomas Edgar, a professor of engineering and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

«At some point in the future, some places may be uninhabitable,» said Castro, director of the city Department of Public Works, Utilities and Engineering.

Any increase, however, isn't likely to show up until at least January, Schnure says, because utilities could not raise rates without the permission of the Vermont Public Service Commission.

«At present, there is little direct evidence demonstrating that electronic alcohol screening and brief counseling intervention has a meaningful population - level effect on excessive alcohol consumption or related harms in any group, and therefore its utility as a stand - alone public health approach is in doubt.

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta will hold a town hall meeting addressing utility companies at the Latter Branch of the New Orleans Public Library on Monday (Oct. 29).

Prior to the RX public debut, a concept sport utility vehicle, the SLV, previewed the model at the Chicago Auto Show on 9 February 1997.

Among the vehicles making their public debuts at the Chicago Auto Show next week is the 2007 Dodge Nitro, a sport utility vehicle that shares a basic platform with the Jeep Liberty.