Sentences with phrase «utilities commission over»

yro.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader quotes a report from VTDigger: Cable television giant Comcast is suing the Vermont Public Utility Commission over the panel's decision to require the company to expand its network and step up support for community access TV if it wants to continue doing business in Vermont.

Not exact matches

According to the IRS, «two state agencies have regulatory authority over the trucking industry in each state: the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.»

Some corporations use customer surveys to impress their stockholders, others, such as public utilities, show the information to regulatory commissions, while still more use it to track trends over years.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sensitive to this criticism, the Cuomo administration is pointing to the success of the Moreland Act Commission that investigated the state's utility companies» response to Superstorm Sandy, the results of which were released over the weekend.

Most state public utility commissions that have spent the past year trying figure out how they will meet their target in the proposed rule will now have to start all over again.

Over the years we have consistently owned electric utilities because there always seem to be stocks that are temporarily depressed because of a bad rate decision by the public service commission.

The project benefited from $ 25 million in capital incentives and $ 72 million in energy efficiency programs from the California Public Utilities Commission and over $ 5 million in California Energy Commission R&D funding.

«An unknown amount of wood will be required for co-firing in coal plants, with estimates for Ohio alone, where the State's Public Utilities Commission has approved over 2,100 MW of biomass power, of about 20 million tons of wood required for fuel annually»

Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved three of Dominion's new gas plants in a row over the objections of environmental advocates, and North Carolina's Utility Commission recently approved Duke's new gas units in Asheville (though for now it has turned down a request for a third).

Rooftop Solar Threatened as Arizona's Biggest Public Utility Takes Over the Commission That Regulates It

She has worked in California clean energy policy for over 15 years, holding prior positions as Senior Regulatory Analyst at the California Public Utilities Commission and Advisor to a Commissioner at the California Energy Commission.

With solar prices coming down, utility - scale solar is popping up all over the state, but the utility has little incentive to switch its power supply to this lower cost alternative because they are guaranteed a reasonable rate of return by the state's public utility commission.

Environmental Progress has requested the U.S. Department of Justice take over from the California Department of Justice the investigation of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for possible criminal activities relating to the closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).

The point of Milton Friedman's arguments against public utility commission law was to prevent forcing customers to commit to funding the cost of investment over 40 to 50 years in mandatory rate base charges.

After that, the California Public Utilities Commission determined that renewable energy, such as solar and wind plants, should be strongly encouraged over conventional gas - fired power plants.

Approved by the California Public Utilities Commission («CPUC APPROVES EDISON SOLAR ROOF PROGRAM») in 2009, 250 MW of the 500 MW program will be installed, owned, and operated by IPPs chosen via a competitive bid process over a period of five years.

Over the course of the past two years, staff at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in the U.S. have introduced novel customer engagement opportunities to participate in wholesale energy markets via the Demand Response Auction Mechanism (DRAM) program.

On Monday, Feb. 11, about 180 people attended a N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) hearing on Duke Energy's plan for meeting its customers» power needs over the next two decades.

According to the commission ruling, «if in any year a portion of the incentives goes unsubscribed, the utility may roll excess incentives over into a subsequent year's allocation.»

Making zero net energy buildings a reality by 2020 for residences and 2030 for commercial buildings will require ongoing collaboration among the Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the Air Resources Board; coordination with local governments that have the authority over land use development and planning; and collaboration with the building industry.

Today, the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) affirmed its approval of a financial bailout that will force FirstEnergy customers to pay $ 204 million annually to the company over the next three to five years in order to benefit FirstEnergy Corp and its shareholders.

Today, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUCO) approved a scheme that will force FirstEnergy's customers to hand over approximately $ 200 million annually to the company and its shareholders for the next 3 — 5 years.