REV supports widespread deployment of clean renewable power generation, and giving
electricity customers new opportunities in determining how their electricity is generated and for lowering their utility bills.
Not exact matches
The energy company generates and distributes
electricity to
customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The
New York Public Service Commission said the decision was needed «to prevent local
electricity prices for existing residential and business
customers from skyrocketing.»
Horizon Power will trial a
new method of charging residents and businesses in Port Hedland for
electricity, with the aim of giving
customers more control over their power usage.
It acquired such companies as Edison Mission Energy and Alta Wind, making it one of the largest retail
electricity providers in the U.S., and which had the added benefit of coming with over half a million
new customers.
First, some background: In December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest
electricity provider and created a
new rate class for rooftop solar
customers.
Municipal power authorities in upstate
New York have received permission to charge certain cryptocurrency mining enterprises higher rates for the use of their
electricity than they charge other
customers.
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.
Remixpoint, a Japanese company engaged in a number of energy - related businesses, has recently launched a
new electricity service with bitcoin payments integrated to serve
customers all over Japan.
National Grid delivers
electricity to approximately 3.5 million
customers in
New England and upstate
New York
Energy marketing firms trying to protect their ability to sell natural gas and
electricity to utility
customers in
New York are urging regulators to begin closed - door settlement talks that could end their protracted battle over new energy sales standar
New York are urging regulators to begin closed - door settlement talks that could end their protracted battle over
new energy sales standar
new energy sales standards.
Under the
new rules, ESCOs won't be able to sell
new supply to residential and small - business
customers unless they are cheaper than the utility or if at least 30 percent of the
electricity they sell comes from renewable energy sources like wind, hydro or solar.
The PSC estimates that across
New York, there are 1.3 million
electricity customers that use ESCOs and 827,000 gas
customers that use ESCOs.
The outgoing board is expected to award a 12 - year operating contract today to PSEG that gives the publicly traded
New Jersey utility full operational control and responsibility for providing
electricity to 1.1 million
customers in Nassau, Suffolk and Far Rockaway starting in January.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — One of the state's largest independent suppliers of
electricity and gas for residential
customers has agreed to refund nearly $ 1 million to
New Yorkers to resolve complaints about its billing practices.
To maintain this status while growing its
electricity system to serve millions of
new customers, the country is planning a major expansion of hydroelectric power in the Amazon Basin — one of the most important ecological systems in the world.
With these homes making their own
electricity, utilities lose their most lucrative
customers and confront a dwindling base over which to spread big infrastructure costs, like building
new power plants or maintaining the grid.
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.
One year ago: Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, more than 70,000
customers of the Long Island Power Authority in
New York were still without
electricity.
«And much of the demand reduction PG&E forecasts to replace Diablo will come about simply from
customers switching from PG&E to alternate
electricity providers, with no guarantee that their
new electricity supply will come from low - carbon sources,» the letter notes.
This
new development has led to debate around what the appropriate level of compensation should be for distributed solar generation fed to the grid and what distributed generation
customers ought to pay to utilities for non-
electricity services, such as grid maintenance, as well as for
electricity when their distributed generation system is not producing power (e.g., when the sun isn't shining).
Connecting solar to the various different utilities in
New Hampshire is a process that can differ somewhat depending on the type of
electricity customer you are and the size of the solar system you wish to install.
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.
The report stated: «The agility with which networks connect, integrate and incentivise
new, lower carbon energy choices will directly influence the cost, fairness, security and reliability of the
electricity system for
customers.»
These flexibility needs are rapidly expanding as a result of numerous industry trends: (a) recognition by policymakers that renewable energy resources are needed to meet long - term emissions reductions goals; (b)
customers» increasing desire to voluntarily procure renewable energy or generate
electricity on - site; and (c) substantial technological improvements that have driven down the cost of renewable resources to the point where, even before accounting for tax incentives, they are the lowest - cost option for
new generating plants in some regions of the country.
entire
electricity bill in building
new windmills each year — more than # 450 per
customer.
A $ 3.6 billion transfer from
electricity customers to generators in
New England highlights the need for greater coordination across natural gas and
electricity markets.
New England is over 50 percent dependent on natural gas for its
electricity generation and needs dependable sources of natural gas to keep both its residential
customers and its
electricity generators supplied with natural gas.
High amount of distributed solar drove down
electricity demand, and
New England
customers ended up using more
electricity from the grid while sleeping than in the middle of the day.
We all win by creating
new clean energy jobs, having carbon - free
electricity displace fossil fuels, and giving
customers the products they want.
A
new report by three prominent energy experts correctly says that the focus of «resilience» should be on
electricity customer needs.
Yet, at the same time,
customers in
New York City — similar to many other states and cities across the United States — are seeing their
electricity rates level off or decline.
First, the simplistic comparison doesn't clearly identify that, in recent years,
electricity customers in
New York City have, at times, seen their
electricity rates decline — as they did from 2014 to 2015 — or increase at a rate below overall inflation, as occurred from 2011 to 2015.
In 2015, the average, all - in, residential
electricity rate for
customers in
New York City was 26.3 cents (US) per kilowatt hour (kWh).
As noted earlier,
customers in
New York City have for decades paid higher
electricity rates than
customers in Ontario.
By investing in clean, renewable energy sources, water utilities can better adapt to changing conditions while creating
new revenue streams, protecting their
customers from
electricity price volatility, and enhancing the state's efforts to reduce global warming pollution.
«They understand their
electricity use in a broader context, and that actually helps prepare these
customers to invest in
new types of technologies.»
Nevada's
new bill (AB 405), if signed, will allow rooftop solar
customers to be reimbursed for excess generation beginning at 95 percent of the retail
electricity rate.
«Our
new report shows that when utilities are examining options on how to provide their
customers with cheap, clean
electricity, energy efficiency is generally the best choice.»
Both Albrecht and Garwacki argued that the
new rate design will not take away
customers» incentive to be more efficient about their
electricity consumption.
The success of REV depends on communities taking charge of their own energy as
New York increases the growth of
electricity generation at
customer sites to supplement power generated at central power plants.
The Halfmoon Community Solar Project will feed solar energy to the grid operated by
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) and will allow more than 100 residential
customers in NYSEG's Capital Region territory (parts of Columbia, Essex, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington counties), including low - income residents, to participate in local clean power generation and save money on their
electricity bills.
At the same time, state energy - efficiency mandates would force it to reduce generation, while
new measures liberalizing the
electricity market meant PG&E would lose much of its
customer base to other providers.
«Today's Commission action enables the community solar market to finally begin moving forward in
New York, bringing local clean energy and
electricity bill savings to thousands of
customers, even if they don't have a sunny roof,» said Jeff Cramer, Executive Director of the Coalition for Community Solar Access.
So providing mostly coal - based
electricity to 304 million
new Indian
customers will produce something in the range of 6 billion tons CO2 equivalent annually of CO2 emissions.
Should that value go to utility companies,
electricity customers who will face rising rates, government investments in
new technology or tax cuts?
The bill is expected to be $ 690 million dollars, and will be first paid by
customers (directly or indirectly), but over time it will more than pay for itself in
electricity savings and a reduced need to built
new power plants.
Utility
customers in states such as Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, and
New York — where
electricity is the most expensive — see faster returns than those in cheap - energy states such as Idaho and Washington, especially in places where the local utility allows residential meters to spin backward, sending excess energy to the grid and lowering power bills in the process.
For many
customers, the combined cost of their monthly lease payment and the cost of their
new electricity bill is less than the cost of their old
electricity bill, meaning they save money from the moment the system is installed.
Despite the intention to help consumers save money on
electricity, only 28 % of Consolidated Edison's (
New York City's regulated utility)
customer base has chosen an ESCO.