Sentences with phrase «efficiency program spending»

Ameren Illinois, for instance, opposed the bill saying that it could force the company to boost its efficiency program spending beyond the $ 89 million slated for 2017.
It also removes the existing cap on energy efficiency program spending, adds tiered incentives to encourage utilities to exceed 1.5 % annual savings, and increases the previous RPS requirement for renewable electricity from 10 % to 15 %.

Not exact matches

I learned more about increasing manufacturing efficiency from spending 30 minutes in a poultry processing plant than I learned from any formal process improvement program.
Instead, the Province will continue a careful review of spending to determine which programs should be enhanced or reduced, while transforming public services to increase efficiencies and improve outcomes.
We also promote tax simplification; identify and fight the creep of specialized deductions; conduct, synthesize and curate research on the effect of globalization and technological trends on the US economy; and encourage growth advocates to focus more attention on cutting harmful regulations and increasing program efficiency than attempts to radically pare down social spending.
In fact, a properly executed bid testing program will generate more revenue, more clicks or more efficiency and, overall, more return or savings over the course of a year than the incremental money spent on the program itself.
OnDemand enables food chains and purchasing co-ops to reduce cost and control risk in their supply chains through spend analytics and traceability programs, while Crossbow helps distributors simultaneously optimize, plan, monitor, and grow their inbound logistics networks with increasing efficiency.
This is the city's largest spending reduction program in five years, garnered through debt savings, spending re-estimates, and agency efficiencies.
In the words of the budget report, «Developing options for cost reductions and maximizing efficiencies while minimizing program impact is one of the Board's stated goals as it readies the new spending plan.»
Furthermore the proceeds of the CCL do not all go to direct subsidy of wind farms; Greg Barker, the Climate Change Secretary, was on Newsnight last Friday and he stated that «almost 2 / 3rds» of the money raised from the CCL is spent on increasing «energy efficiency and fuel poverty programs».
So far, though, Senate appropriators have allocated greater fiscal 2018 spending levels than their House counterparts for such science programs as the Energy Department's Office of Science, which is the nation's largest provider of funding for basic research in the physical sciences, and the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, which seeks to advance technology for water and geothermal power and boost energy efficiency in manuEfficiency and Renewable Energy program, which seeks to advance technology for water and geothermal power and boost energy efficiency in manuefficiency in manufacturing.
The Republican budget, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, would slash discretionary spending for energy programs by over 50 % next year, derailing efforts to increase energy efficiency and develop wind, solar, geothermal, and other clean energy sources.
Details about the bills are scarce, Cho noted, but «for the third year in a row the Senate panel moved to zero out spending on the United States's contribution to ITER,» «House appropriators would cut [DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy] spending by 12 % to $ 1.8 billion,» and «the House energy and water subcommittee would boost spending on the fossil fuels program by 2 % to $ 645 million.»
Many liberals share those concerns about privacy and also fear that research aimed at boosting efficiency could be used to justify reducing government spending on many social programs.
The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of per - pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long - term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes per dollar spent, and those that do not.
While there is no doubt that Title II funds could be better spent, Congress took a step toward improving the efficiency of the program in ESSA.
Brown's Budget Expected to Aid Schools» Energy Efficiency When Gov. Jerry Brown releases his budget proposal Thursday, he will include his plans for $ 500 million in new spending on energy efficiency and relatedEfficiency When Gov. Jerry Brown releases his budget proposal Thursday, he will include his plans for $ 500 million in new spending on energy efficiency and relatedefficiency and related programs.
The first allows districts to reduce special education spending if they are increasing the efficiency of their special education programs and there is no impact on the provision of special education services to students.
Further, Volkswagen will accelerate its efficiency program and cut spending by some $ 1 billion per year.
For instance, a Health Services charity devoting 90 % of expenditures to program costs gets an «A +» for Charity Efficiency, while a Fund - raising Organization spending the same amount on programs only gets an «A -».
The Charity 100 gives organizations a letter grade in four key categories — program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and reserve fund size — as well as an overall grade.
How to use our ratings You can either focus on the letter grades we hand out in each of the four main categories (program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and reserve fund size), or the final grade, depending on what's most important to you.
To help donors get a better idea for how efficiently charities use their money, we set up a sophisticated rating system that grades charities on how they perform in four different categories: program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and reserve fund size.
For the fourth straight year, MoneySense has graded Canada's 100 biggest charities based on program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and transparency as well as cash reserves.
Charities receive a letter grade in four key categories: program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and transparency and the size of the organization's reserves.
We assign letter grades from A to D in four key areas: program spending efficiency, fundraising costs, governance and reserve fund size.
«Ninety percent of Las Vegas's water efficiency money is spent on one program — turf removal,» said Heather Cooley, an analyst at the Pacific Institute and co-author of the report.
These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS...
S. Energy Information Administration, Analysis of Energy Efficiency Program Impacts Based on Program Spending, (May 2015).
Inslee's proposal this year calls for half of the revenue to be spent on carbon reduction programs, like electric vehicle charging stations and energy efficiency initiatives, while 35 percent would be spent on climate mitigation measures meant to steel the state against fire and drought.
Before the auctions started, participating states agreed to spend at least 25 percent of the revenue on consumer - benefit programs — energy efficiency to reduce bills, financial supports, etc..
Above all, our governments have a responsibility to ensure that our money is spent with due regard for economy and efficiency and that appropriate procedures are in place to measure and report on the effectiveness of government programs.
Nelson also said he is concerned that the bill would require Ameren to increase its spending on energy efficiency programs above the $ 89 million its already plans to spend in 2017.
These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), appliance efficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fueEfficiency Resource Standards (EERS), appliance efficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fueefficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fuel economy.
Xcel spent $ 20 million on energy efficiency in 2008, and plans to spend $ 63 million this year on programs that will reduce energy demands by their customers.
States will need to set efficiency targets through Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), increase public benefits spending, or take other measures to acquire the efficiency resources needed to make RGGI the most effective and affordable program efficiency targets through Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), increase public benefits spending, or take other measures to acquire the efficiency resources needed to make RGGI the most effective and affordable program Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), increase public benefits spending, or take other measures to acquire the efficiency resources needed to make RGGI the most effective and affordable program efficiency resources needed to make RGGI the most effective and affordable program it can be.
Our editors sat down with Linda Hovanec and Matt Kivlin of Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions, to talk about building a strong spend management program and how artificial intelligence can help identify irregularities and errors in billing, and therefore increase efficiencies within legal spend management.
Drove technology advancements to enable over $ 300M working capital efficiencies through advanced Planning ERP releases vending machine consignment vendor co-located inventory DTC safety stock optimization S&OP and CPFR automation for Verizon network and FiOS materials * Delivered Sourcing transformation program driving over $.5 B savings via key programs including spend analytics contract compliance Enterprise Supplier insig...
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