Sentences with phrase «electricity and gas transmission»

In 2010/11, Ligia was seconded to the Smarter Grids and Governance team at Ofgem, where she gained a strong grounding in the UK electricity and gas transmission and distribution licensing and charging regimes.

Not exact matches

The pair split the gas and electricity sectors so we got a monopoly, Western Power — the former SECWA's electricity transmission / distribution, generating and sales arms — and, initially, two separate publicly - owned monopolies, Alinta Gas, owners of the gas distribution across Perth, and the Dampier - to - Bunbury natural gas pipeline (DBNGgas and electricity sectors so we got a monopoly, Western Power — the former SECWA's electricity transmission / distribution, generating and sales arms — and, initially, two separate publicly - owned monopolies, Alinta Gas, owners of the gas distribution across Perth, and the Dampier - to - Bunbury natural gas pipeline (DBNGGas, owners of the gas distribution across Perth, and the Dampier - to - Bunbury natural gas pipeline (DBNGgas distribution across Perth, and the Dampier - to - Bunbury natural gas pipeline (DBNGgas pipeline (DBNGP).

The most recent data from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) finds that a cost - shift does not occur until distributed solar penetration reaches 10 % of electricity sales, and even then that the impact is minimal compared to other drivers of rate increases, like new gas plants or transmission lines.

The budget proposes to end a sales - tax exemption for commercial transmission and distribution of gas or electricity bought from energy service companies.

The bill's major provisions would, among other things, impose a national renewable electricity standard, overhaul federal financing for «clean energy» projects, establish a suite of efficiency measures, mandate new federal electricity - transmission siting power, and allow wider oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

FERC [the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] regulates interstate transmission of natural gas — plus oil and electricity — from the standpoint of commerce.

The report, «Beyond Renewable Portfolio Standards: An Assessment of Regional Supply and Demand Conditions Affecting the Future of Renewable Energy in the West,» compares the cost of renewable electricity generation (without federal subsidy) from the West's most productive renewable energy resource areas — including any needed transmission and integration costs — with the cost of energy from a new natural gas - fired generator built near the customers it serves.

National Grid Plc engages in the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas in Great Britain and northeastern U.S..

Infrastructure assets are roads, railways, ports, airports, telecommunications facilities, electricity generation, gas or electricity transmission or distribution, water supply or sewerage, and hospitals.

Southern Company, an electric utility company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources.

Avista Corp. is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the distribution of natural gas, as well as other energy - related businesses.

For example, only so much natural gas can be pushed through a given sized pipe and only so much electricity can be transmitted thought a given sized transmission line.

The problem in New England, which has resulted in electricity prices that are four times higher than normal for sustained periods, is that all of the pipeline transmission capacity has been purchased by the local gas distribution companies that sell gas for home heating and retail uses.

Electricity generation shows 66 % of energy lost — mostly in heat from coal and natural gas, and including up to 10 % in transmission lines (refuting common assumptions that «wheeling losses» are much higher).

Select Docket ------------------ 15 - IEPR - 01 - General / Scope 15 - IEPR - 02 - Electricity Resource Plans 15 - IEPR - 03 - Electricity and Natural Gas Demand Forecast 15 - IEPR - 04 - AB1257 Natural Gas Act Report 15 - IEPR - 05 - Energy Efficiency 15 - IEPR - 06 - Renewable Energy 15 - IEPR - 07 - Southern California Electricity Infrastructure Assessment 15 - IEPR - 08 - Transmission and Landscape - Scale Planning 15 - IEPR - 09 - Natural Gas Market Assessment 15 - IEPR - 10 - Transportation 15 - IEPR - 11 - Climate Change 15 - IEPR - 12 - Nuclear Power Plants 15 - IEPR - 13 - Changing Trends in Sources of Crude Oil ------------------

One transmission cable running along the seafloor would send electricity to the shore by connecting to the Morro Bay substation owned by Pacific Gas and Electric.

Transmission / distribution networks and distributed energy build - out is picking up the pace in the 12th Five - Year Plan, with concerted efforts on: ultra-high voltage electricity transmission lines from west to east, an ambitious oil and gas infrastructure (as the graphic above shows), and distributed solar and natural gTransmission / distribution networks and distributed energy build - out is picking up the pace in the 12th Five - Year Plan, with concerted efforts on: ultra-high voltage electricity transmission lines from west to east, an ambitious oil and gas infrastructure (as the graphic above shows), and distributed solar and natural gtransmission lines from west to east, an ambitious oil and gas infrastructure (as the graphic above shows), and distributed solar and natural gas projects.

Together, the Access Northeast developers serve 70 % of the region's electricity consumers and the pipelines involved already connect directly to 70 % of the region's gas - fired electric generation on their existing corridors,» said Bill Yardley, Spectra Energy's president of U.S. Transmission Storage.

It called for region - wide purchasing of gas, linking and strengthening the EU's electricity transmission systems, and making «full use» of EU fossil fuel reserves, including coal and shale gas.

As he suggested in his State of the Union speech, President Obama seems willing to generate electricity for three million homes by blanketing a million acres of public lands with taxpayer - subsidized, bird - killing wind turbines, habitat - smothering solar panels, high - voltage transmission lines, and gas - fired backup units.

Even including electrical losses from transmission, distribution, and battery charging, running a car on electricity from a natural gas power plant is more than twice as efficient.

Darwin would be a major energy transmission hub, bundling together electricity from the Australian interior and natural gas from the northwest shelf, Queensland and even South Australia.

These resources, together with investments in conservation, demand response and transmission have reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario's electricity sector by more than 80 percent.

Martin Crouch, Senior Partner Smarter Grids & Governance: Transmission, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, UK Session 2 Transmission ownership and system operation unbundling

The electricity sector's share of greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario in 2012 was only about 9 percent of total emissions, compared to the transportation sector with 34 percent and the industrial sector with 30 percent (Ontario, Auditor General 2015), meaning that further environmental gains in the electricity sector are inherently limited.4 In any event, this impact needs to be compared to other alternatives, such as further enhancing transmission connections and expanding power purchase agreements with neighbouring jurisdictions, in particular Quebec and Manitoba, which have substantial clean hydroelectric resources.

The National Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires the United States Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), in cooperation with the Departments of Commerce and Defense, to designate new right - of - way corridors on federal lands for electricity transmission and distribution facilities, and oil, gas, and hydrogen pipelines.

As costs for those alternative sources of power have fallen, renewable power producers are now able to sell electricity into certain markets — depending on factors such as transmission availability and weather — at a price that is competitive or in some cases lower than natural gas - fired generation.

The European Gas and Electricity Directives require the «unbundling of transmission systems owners», i.e., the independent organization and management of transmission systems.

In the decision Commission v Germany, the Court dismissed an action brought under Art 260 (2) TFEU for failure to comply with the 2007 VW law judgment; and in Essent it found Dutch measures ensuring public ownership of gas and electricity transmission system operators justifiable on public interest grounds.

Such changes as greater use of electronic document transmission, switching completely to recycled paper, routine two - sided printing, water and energy conservation, and use of soy - based inks will save more than 250 mature trees, 24,000 gallons of water, 40,000 pounds of greenhouse gases, and 31,450 kilowatts of electricity.