Sentences with phrase «by public utility»

As a third example, in Colorado, all major contracts with a public utility must be approved by the public utility commission (PUC), but amendments to contracts that have already been approved don't need PUC approval.

These power companies are highly regulated by public utility commissions that are very sensitive to public opinion and would not and did not participate in any climate - skeptic actions at all.

The rates and credits will be reset periodically by the Public Utility Commission.

Pipelines are attractive investments because they are typically allowed rates of return of around 14 %, compared with the average regulated utility return allowed by public utility commissions of about 10 %.

The next day, an estimated 304,000 customers were without power — yet all but about 2,600 had electricity restored in 19 days, according to data provided to CNN by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Perhaps the state's most striking advance was the approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas in 2005 of a plan to build a matrix of new transmission lines across west and central Texas to tap the full potential of its wind power.

The Puget Sound initiative is the first to be launched by a public utility in the Pacific Northwest.

Duke Energy of Ohio, which serves Cincinnati, had the best track record in the country, replacing 80 percent of its cast - iron pipes through an aggressive program approved by the Public Utility Commission of Ohio in 2001.

NYPIRG's Blair Horner says the deal will result in $ 2.3 billion dollars in increased payments for residential utility customers, and even more for businesses, according to a study by the Public Utility Law Project, in a state that already has the among the highest utility rates in the nation.

NYPIRG's Blair Horner says the deal will result in $ 2.3 billion in increased payments for residential utility customers, and even more for businesses, according to a study by the Public Utility Law Project in a state that already has the among the highest utility rates in the nation.

Energy Future's board favored Sempra's bid after it also offered assurances it could get its acquisition of Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas, as well as a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the sources said.

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.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has condemned moves by the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) to increase utility tariffs.

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 Business Council strongly opposes the Executive Budget proposal to extend by five years the 2 percent «temporary» surcharge on the gross intra-state receipts of electric, gas and steam energy sales by public utilities.

His work had long been funded by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a nonprofit research company founded by public utilities to carry out and fund electricity - related research and development (R&D).

Industry witnesses were lining up Sept. 11 to take shots at a proposal by the Ohio Power unit of American Electric Power to protect the futures of about 3,100 MW of coal - fired generation through a power purchase agreement it wants approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Essentially a solar owner would be required for a 20 - year period to sell all his or her power to the grid at a new, presumably lower - than - retail rate to be determined by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Essentially a solar owner would have to sell all his or her power to the grid at a rate to be set by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and buy back what he or she needed at the retail rate.

Not exact matches

By reclassifying ISPs as common carriers, they would in effect be treated like public utilities.

Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but only in dealing with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.

In an era when the pension liabilities of local governments remain a concern, investors may want to consider the debt offered by established public enterprises — airports and utilities, for example — as an attractive alternative to lease revenue and pension obligation bonds.

Although cyber extortion cases have been rising for several years, they have to date targeted small - and mid-sized organizations, disrupting services provided by hospitals, police departments, public transport systems, and utilities in the United States and Europe.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

FPL took part in a two - day workshop in Tallahassee, presented by the Florida Public Service Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane MaPublic Service Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Mapublic utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Matthew.

A four - page bill signed by the state's governor declares that the installation of energy storage by utility customers is in the public interest, and prohibits discriminatory charges or regulatory burdens from interfering with this.

Top electric vehicle markets and associated local utilities are deploying public charging infrastructure, as well as indirectly promoting infrastructure by requiring that buildings and parking facilities be wired to support electric vehicles.

A report by the California Public Utilities Commission is due out this fall on the costs and benefits of rooftop solar that may help determine the direction regulators and lawmakers take on net metering programs in the state.

As we noted in a previous report, a proposal to the New York Public Service Commission has been submitted by Orange and Rockland Utilities for a Tesla Powerpack system that could see a 70 % reduction in the demand charges on customer electricity bills.

For this reason, my personal view is that most ICOs — even the «utility coins» — are unlikely to escape regulation by jurisdiction - appropriate rules regarding public offerings, financial promotions and unfair trade practices.

The first element in my plan to re-rubalize the economy is to stabilize Russia's fiscal finances by the only form of tax presently available to be collected in practice: the economic rent generated by Russia's fuel and minerals companies, land and public utilities.

Is economic recovery helped by taxing labor and industry while freeing Russia's privatized fuel and mining companies and public utilities from taxation?

The B.C. Utilities Commission and the Agricultural Land Commission were cut out of the process by the B.C. Liberal government, despite the fact that it's their job to examine these kinds of projects in the public interest.

Thus, in the event of loss or loss of utility value, there is no public insurer or private insurance arranged by Company, to offer recourse to you.

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.

Public Power Corporation chief executive Manolis Panagiotakis referred on Thursday to the prospect of a considerable reduction in the utility's operating costs as well as extensive changes in its organization and function after the completion of its new business plan currently being drafted by consultant McKinsey & Company.

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).

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.

Even the sizable reduction of subsidies to public utilities announced by the new Energy Minister, will be targeted to high - income areas.

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) last December announced hikes in tariffs of electricity and water by 59.2 % and 67.2 %, respectively.

The omnibus extraordinary session package also provides a financial incentives to entice Vernon Downs racino and harness track to remain open; offers $ 55 million in relief for Lake Ontario communities ravaged by flooding; tweaks a law to allow New York City first responders to receive an accidental disability pensions even if they don't receive a federal Social Security disability pension; and creates a 250 - acre forest land bank to allow for certain public utility projects under a constitutional amendment.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants half the state's power to come from renewable energy sources by 2030, a plan backed by the state's Department of Public Utilities.

Article 316 bis second: Crimes of thefts from used materials and tools or those provided for use in the telecommunications, power generating and connecting, water, or sanitary drainage utilities that are established by the government, public authorities or organizations, or the public sector units, or those licensed or establishment as a public utility, shall be punished for with the penalty of imprisonment, if no aggravating condition of those prescribed in Articles 313 to 316 is fulfilled.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's announcement of an increase in electricity and water tariffs by 59.2 % and 67.2 % respectively, forced the meeting between government and organized labor which demanded a reduction.

An investigatory panel created by Cuomo recommends that the state's Public Service Commission, or PSC, be given more powers to regulate electric utilities and to impose higher monetary fines.

«In theory cable companies are a public utility, in theory their prices are supervisable by the state, but they've fallen asleep on the job and let cable prices rise completely out of control.»

Milwaukee County could avoid as much as $ 1.37 million in repair and replacement costs related to its water utility on the County Grounds by transferring a portion to the city of Wauwatosa, according to a Public Policy Forum report.

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.

He said the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's directive to the company will be dealt with by management.

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.