Sentences with phrase «as utility rate»

Government regulation can also give effect to social policy, through bodies such as utility rate review boards and human rights commissions.

Not exact matches

As rising rates and tariff talk threatened large multinationals and caused a stock market correction beginning in February, some investors have turned to domestically oriented utilities with steady cash flow as a potential safe haveAs rising rates and tariff talk threatened large multinationals and caused a stock market correction beginning in February, some investors have turned to domestically oriented utilities with steady cash flow as a potential safe haveas a potential safe haven.

It also offers specific policy recommendations including providing tax credits to promote venture capital investments in minority businesses, as well as tax credits for new low - income entrepreneurs, and encouraging the use by credit rating agencies of alternative data such as rent and utility payments in establishing credit histories.

That would put retailers, telecom, industrial services, utilities, retail staples, and health - care equipment and services at the front of the line, as each has an effective rate above 30 percent, according to Credit Suisse.

The provincial Public Utilities Board has instead approved an average rate increase of 3.6 per cent as of June 1.

Rate - sensitive utility stocks advanced as long - term interest rates continue a two - day decline.

In addition to long - duration Treasuries, these classic «safe havens» include high - yielding defensive equities like utilities, as well as precious metals, both of which are sensitive to changes in real interest rates.

Meanwhile, within the U.S., we're cautious on segments that will likely be most affected when interest rates go up, such as utilities.

Jessica served as President and CEO of BC Hydro from July 2014 to July 2017, overseeing one of the largest utilities in Canada, with 6,000 employees, over $ 5.8 billion in revenue, providing 98 % clean energy and the third lowest rates in North America.

We still rate the Utilities sector as Unattractive, and only three Utilities stocks earn our Attractive - or - better rating, but the new tax law does give a tangible benefit to the sector that the market doesn't seem to be factoring in to its valuation.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 20, 2016.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; cancelation of utility - scale feed - in - tariff contracts in Japan; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

The company has one Connecticut service station, in Milford, and five super-charging stations that can provide up to 170 miles of range in as little as 30 minutes, though the charge rate depends on weather, demands on the utility grid, and other factors.

However, as rates begin to normalize, valuations on utility stocks, as well as other dividend - paying sectors, are likely to come down — a process already well underway.

Best says prime short targets are interest rate - sensitive stocks such as REITs, utilities and infrastructure, which have rebounded strongly from the November lows.

Most likely it was the near doubling of interest rates, which tend to disproportionately impact those sectors, such as utilities, owned primarily for their dividend yield.

As of December 1, 2009, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, for example, offered an off - peak discount of approximately 50 % off of the regular residential electricity rate for electricity used to charge electric vehicles.

Other rate - sensitive assets (e.g. utilities, gold) sold off as well, and the rotation out of defensive names into more cyclical companies is evident in recent fund flows.

Pipeline owners led by Enbridge Inc. and Williams Cos. could be forced to refund as much as $ 18.5 billion to drillers, utilities and even United Airlines Inc. for upfront payments they charged customers before new U.S. tax rules cut the corporate rate.

Although the final tax reform policy keeps the subsidies in place, some market analysts have grown concerned that these developments — as well as regulatory hurdles for new wind projects — will prohibit or slow the rate of deployment of renewable energy by utilities in the U.S.

The big push for utility stocks came from interest rates, which unexpectedly dove in 2014 as the Federal Reserve's end of quantitative easing didn't have the rate - raising impact that most investors had believed it would.

As such, traditionally defensive sectors, like utilities and telecommunications, typically become increasingly vulnerable in a rising rate environment due to their existing large debt positions.

Since utilities are not able to quickly raise prices as rates and inflation increase, shares get hammered and that can limit returns in dividend funds.

As a result, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $ 29.6 billion and we increased regulatory liabilities of our regulated utility subsidiaries by approximately $ 6.0 billion for the portion of the deferred income tax liability reduction that we will be required to, effectively, refund to customers in the rate setting process.

Such market segments, including utilities, have historically proved more vulnerable to contracting valuations as rates rise, and they're likely to suffer further assuming that rates rise moderately this year.

Despite its competitive mortgage interest rates and a strong reputation for customer satisfaction, the limited amount of loan information and low variety of products limits Capital One's utility as a home loan provider.

The consumer ratings agency notes that pricing varies depending on where the individual lives, as geography dictates available sunshine and utility rates which ultimately determines if the innovative solar roof tiles makes sense as a purchase.

Despite the modestly slowing rate of cost declines for utility - scale alternative energy generation, the gap between the costs of certain alternative energy technologies (e.g., utility - scale solar and onshore wind) and conventional generation technologies continues to widen as the cost profiles of such conventional generation remain flat (e.g., coal) and, in certain instances, increase (e.g., nuclear).

As the Fed continues to push back its timetable for raising rates, bond investors are capitulating and turning to Utilities as a source of yielAs the Fed continues to push back its timetable for raising rates, bond investors are capitulating and turning to Utilities as a source of yielas a source of yield.

One of the often - heard concerns about rising rates is the negative effect it could have on «bond proxy» sectors such as utilities and REITs.

Based on their valuations, Utilities are expected to grow at the same rate as the rest of the S&P 500, which seems unrealistic.

One also has to question the editorial wisdom of allowing a biography of a famous Supreme Court justice to meander more than 450 pages before its subject even becomes a justice» a long walk through such dusty disputes as the Ballinger «Pinchot scandal and the 1890s battle over Boston's utility rates.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

If he can develop consistency in his increased contact rate and ability to draw walks, his other numbers should rise, also, maybe enough to produce at a major league level, even if as a utility player.

Remember, NY is already paying some of the highest utility rates in the nation as is and we don't need to pay the extra money you're about to force upon us.

A vocal opponent of the federal government's capacity zones, which could raise utility rates in the Hudson Valley by 20 %, Dr. Murphy sees this as the opportunity to promote and incorporate green energy projects to stabilize our...

As workers, we are worried about the ever increasing utility tariffs which do not match the rate of increase in incomes.

It's just a reckless pie in the sky idea that Cuomo floated that's surely going to raise electricity rates, as if the nuclear bailout wasn't enough or the fact the NY is the only state to charge its residents sales tax on its utility bills.

As of April 1, rate payers are now charged a $ 2 a month fee on their utility bills to finance the bail out.

The spending for the small office near Littlehampton, West Sussex, was to cover utilities, business rates, insurance and cleaning, as it did not include stationery, staff salaries, office equipment or communications.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility commission is ordering 17 utilities to lower distribution rates as a result of federal tax - cutting legislation signed in December by President Donald Trump.

In Q4, agriculture, crude petroleum and natural gas, construction, transport, utilities, hotels and restaurants, professionals, administrative and support services, arts, entertainment and recreation were all growing at disparate rates of growth, some marginal, but growing all the same, unlike the poor state of sectors even as at the end of the third sectors.

The utility, which serves nearly 10 million people in New York City and Westchester, wants to embark on an eight - year «advanced metering initiative,» as part of its recently filed rate case.

Ryan described it as being similar to a department store layaway plan, where New York would front the cost of the installation, and consumers would pay it off over time through balanced rates on their utility bills.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

With award - winning higher education, a skilled workforce, competitive real estate, attractive incentive packages and utility rates, it's no wonder why major companies such as Gap, GlobalFoundries and IBM collectively employ more than 10,000 people here.

It would require a cost - benefit analysis of R.E.V., as well as detailing of how it would affect monthly utility rates.

It is debatable whether the middle classes should have gained quite so much from these benefits, but they can hardly look to the Conservatives as their saviours as they face higher university fees, more taxes, rising interest rates, bigger utility bills, a stagnant property market and a general tightening of their spending power.

One company, Indiana Utilities Corp., responsible for 139 miles of total pipeline, was listed as having a 563 percent lost and unaccounted for rate.