Sentences with phrase «consumer electricity costs»

If the real total costs of wind energy are considered, then it has been reported that consumer electricity costs would increase significantly.

Fraser Institute report misses the mark on consumer electricity costs Ottawa, Ontario, November 4, 2014 — A new Fraser Institute study misreprese (more...)

Given that elected or appointed Public Utility Commissions approve most new plants and must by law control consumer electricity costs, it seems likely that the market will choose natural gas.

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.

While the Ontario government's recently updated long - term energy plan said the province's industrial electricity consumers currently face prices lower than that of the average for the Great Lakes region, the plan also showed that the cost will rise to $ 116 per megawatt hour by 2035, a nearly 40 per cent increase from the projected 2017 price of $ 83 per megawatt hour.

Other similar things might be investing in supermarkets and «consumer staples» (because if your weekly shopping basket inflates, their shares and divis probably will too) or investing in healthcare as a hedge against future healthcare costs inflating or investing in utilities as a hedge against utilities bills rising (I've yet to buy any but I quite like the idea of owning enough ~ 7 % yielding Centrica for the divis to cover the gas and electricity bills) or investing in travel and tourism companies as a hedge against holiday costs inflating.

We know that while consumers are strongly attracted to «free TV,» they also spend an enormous sum supporting it, through the purchase of their TV sets, the cost of electricity, and the add - on costs to every item they purchase which is advertised, not to mention the lost revenue in tax - deductible billions spent by advertisers.

The policy that attracted the most attention was the commitment to help tackle the «cost - of - living crisis» by freezing gas and electricity prices until 2017 to give time to «reset the market» in favour of consumers.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

While consumers of power bemoan the instability and high cost of sourcing electricity, Sunday Oduntan, executive director of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, said that the high charges were dismissible in view of the low payment habits ofelectricity, Sunday Oduntan, executive director of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, said that the high charges were dismissible in view of the low payment habits ofElectricity Distributors, ANED, said that the high charges were dismissible in view of the low payment habits of Nigerians.

«LIPA ratepayers are still paying among the highest costs for electricity in the nation,» DiNapoli said, «The recent survey from the consumer satisfaction perspective shows that Long Islanders are still unhappy with the service.»

«These are the first investments from our reforms to build the world's first low carbon electricity market - reforms which will see competition and markets attract tens of billions of pounds of vital energy investment whilst reducing the costs of clean energy to consumers.

Npower has blamed rising wholesale prices - up 66 per cent for electricity and 60 per cent for gas over the last year - but ministers are sceptical this cost has to be borne by consumers so swiftly.

«In terms of consumer ownership and use costs, the case to make a switch from current fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»

Several start - up companies aim to help people cut costs, flex their muscles as consumers to promote green energy, and usher in a more efficient energy grid — all by unleashing smart software on everyday electricity usage.

Renewable energy sources could help plug these gaps: A U.S. Department of Energy study declared in 2001 that renewables could meet 20 percent of the nation's electricity supply by 2020 at a cost increase to consumers of just over 4 percent.

At the same time, he added, the government's feed - in tariff, the costs of which are shared by the government and electricity customers, has resulted in «more and more consumers hav [ing] to pay higher electricity charges to utilities.»

Jiang Kejun, a researcher from the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that power producers in China face difficulties in passing along their emissions costs to fossil fuel consumers, due to the country's fixed electricity prices.

Build before Memory Runs Out Although individual consumer actions can help, major changes in carbon output will likely require better electricity - generation technologies, retiring much of the coal - fired capacity and replacing it with the most cost - effective combination of modern reactors, renewables and even clean coal.

(C) Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane, including, where appropriate, programs or mechanisms administered by local governments and entities other than the State.

-- Cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane.

More specifically, the 73 - page bill will remove the requirements of consumers to pay for the extra costs included in providing clean electricity generation.

For every $ 10 increase in a barrel of oil, it is estimated that the average consumer will pay an additional $ 400 per year in energy costs (gas, diesel, electricity, heating oil, etc.).

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

Replacing Indian Point with this clean energy and energy efficiency efforts, will cost consumers however, though not very much at all: $ 1 - 5 per month additional on electricity bills.

Even though people without electricity access often pay a lot for their energy sources, such as kerosene and candles — sometimes more than they would pay for the same service if they had electricity access — the upfront costs for off - grid systems may still be higher than most consumers are willing or able to pay.

Under the Renewable Obligation (RO), suppliers have to buy a percentage of their electricity from renewable generators and can hand that cost on to consumers.

It will just become more expensive to generate electricity with oil and coal, but that cost will be passed on to us consumers.

Nonetheless, the DOE proposal is widely viewed as an unheard - of intrusion into the principle of letting markets determine which resources best serve society with low - cost and low - environmental impact electricity, and one that's almost certain to increase costs to consumers.

By using a wind turbine to produce most of, or all of the electricity they need, consumers can protect themselves from future increases in the cost of utility - provided electricity.

To maximize these benefits for Ontario customers, all new generation needed in the coming years should be procured competitively in order to secure the lowest - cost non-emitting electricity generation, as this provides the best value for consumers.

Last month the chairman of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board's Natural Gas Subcommittee noted in the Washington Post that increased supplies from shale «has meant, since 2009, that consumers» costs of natural gas to heat homes or generate electricity have fallen by more than half.»

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.

Yet despite huge financial investment no conventional power plant has yet been shut down while Danish electricity costs to consumers are the highest in Europe, according to research by energy researcher, Dr. Vic Mason.

The first phase of the EU ETS — from 2005 to 2007 — drew criticism for not achieving substantial cuts in emissions, excessive allowance price volatility and for resulting in windfall profits for some utility firms that received carbon allowances for free but were able to pass through their full cost to consumers in the form of higher electricity prices.

Unfortunately, as renewables march towards the 50 percent mandate, consumers may be hit with average retail electricity costs hikes approaching 70 percent.

And the cost of all this — to no benefit except to the wind power industry itself — is paid by all electricity consumers, including the poorest, and damages the British economy which is fragile enough as it is.»

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.

«Net metered electricity will help the power company offset their production, transmission and administrative costs, and still save the consumer up to 79 percent of the retail cost.

The results echo a similar study undertaken by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which found that Americans «support setting strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal - fired plants,» by a nearly 2 - to - 1 margin — «even if the cost of electricity to consumers and companies increases.»

«As costs for renewable technologies and the feed - in tariffs have dropped drastically over the last years,» by 80 percent, Baron noted, «new installations of renewable electricity capacity [are] no longer a burden for the consumer bills.»

«Faced with increases in retail electricity costs, consumers are reducing their consumption or installing solar photovoltaic panels,» CEO Richard Van Breda noted in the annual report.

Through Nexamp's Solarize My Bill Community Solar program, the value of the electricity generated by Nexamp's solar projects is credited to participating energy consumers to offset their electricity costs.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

(Sec. 133) Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing a program to distribute allowances to Indian tribes on a competitive basis for: (1) cost - effective energy efficiency programs for end - use consumers of electricity, natural gas, home heating oil, or propane; and (2) deployment of technologies to generate electricity from renewable energy resources.

«What you really want to know is: Is it cheaper than the cost of electricity I'm paying as a consumer now?

Peak load electricity — the power that consumers draw on in the middle of a hot summer afternoon, for instance — costs a lot more than a region's average cost of electricity.

Wind power mandates also cost British energy consumers an extra $ 2.8 billion in higher electricity costs in 2009 - 2011.

Rational consumers, unregulated by government, can be expected to weigh the up - front price of appliances against the anticipated operating costs of electricity versus gas.

PJM has said the changes are a way to «respect individual state interests while protecting consumers in other states from potential cost shifts,» but critics say the changes could increase electricity prices in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and 10 other states where it operates.