Sentences with phrase «electricity consumers need»

The companies know nearly precisely when and how much electricity consumers need over the course of the day — but they know only approximately how much photovoltaic systems and wind farms will feed into the grid.

Not exact matches

The decision has one down - side that the electricity market reform will have to resolve: by dropping the CCS levy on consumers and committing to taxpayer funding, it reduces the incentive of the existing power companies to engage with CCS, and reinforces the need for a strong emissions performance standard to ensure they have clarity about the low carbon direction of the electricity market.

But there are times when solar and wind farms generate more electricity than is needed by consumers.

Moniz notes that just 0.1 cent per kilowatt - hour of electricity and 2 cents per gallon of transportation fuels would yield about $ 8 billion per year, although such surcharges would need to be developed «with collaboration from industry and consumers.

The concept permits the «consumer», who is generating heat or electricity for their own needs, to send their surplus electrical power back into the power grid or share excess heat via a distributed heating grid.

We need a new grid, a smart grid, an electricity Internet that is capable of intelligently integrating diverse, centralized and distributed, large and small, baseload and intermittent electricity consumers and providers.

While the era of consumer - driven growth may be ebbing, the sheer size of the mushrooming global middle class, even if it becomes an energy - thrifty culture, guarantees the need for far more electricity.

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.

However, more efforts are needed to inform customers on their electricity consumption habits and to regulate activities of energy consumers and suppliers.

With recent advances in technology, planners can consider many affordable energy options, in addition to conventional grid electricity, to meet the electricity needs of different kinds of consumers.

At the same time, from the perspective of consumer rights, electricity users need to be able to choose their power company from among multiple PPS companies registered under the licensing system.

Through demand response, consumers reduce their electricity use in response to system needs and prices, providing a highly flexible resource.

In India in 2015/16 the utility in Delhi streamlined the connection process for new commercial electricity connections: the time needed to connect commercial consumers to electricity was reduced from 138 days in 2013/14, to 45 days in 2015/16.

In electric lighting alone, which uses 19 % of global electricity production, IEA analysis concludes that energy needs could be reduced by 38 % if the least - cost technologies were adopted — at no loss of service to consumers.

Energy efficiency measures needed include: A long - term commitment to energy efficiency by the federal government and states; and the development of a smart electric grid to allow electric consumers to better monitor their electricity use.

What is required is a long term supply of natural gas that will not run out and can supply all the needs of the electricity generation industries, chemical industries and home consumers.

Interestingly, for folk on wind and solar power, Staber also claim to have «the most energy efficient washer available and the best choice for consumers living «off - grid,»» as a result of only needing 110 — 150 watt - hours of electricity per wash load.

More consumers need to understand that it is more expensive to generate electricity in the middle of the day than in the middle of the night.

This decentralised nature brings both blessings and challenges: More distributed resources make for a more resilient system and enable small and large power consumers alike to produce much of the electricity they need locally.

SB 338 requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and all other locally owned utilities to start planning to meet their net - load peak energy and reliability needs with alternatives to fossil - fuel generating plants, while also providing the electricity at the lowest cost to consumers.

We need a consumer boycott on fossil fuels says Dale Vince, founder of green electricity company Ecotricity, because the divestment campaign on its own isn't enough to end the demand for fossil fuels.

**** When it comes to their demand for electricity, the power consumer has a couple of basic needs: when they hit the light switch they assume illumination will shortly follow and that when the kettle is kicked into gear it'll be boiling soon thereafter.

The so - called smart grid — a digital network enabling utilities, consumers and alternative sources of renewable energy to «talk» to one another instantaneously — steers electricity to where it is needed most.