Sentences with phrase «electricity distribution utilities»

CSE proposes allowing the country's electricity distribution utilities (DISCOMs) to exit power - purchase agreements (PPAs) more than 10 - 15 years old which have been rendered uneconomic by low - cost renewables, enabling cheaper spot market power purchases.

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It's a small change that speaks to the larger shifts that he's pushing through, including the partial sale of Hydro One, Ontario's electricity and transmission and distribution utility.

The president did not mention NV Energy by name — instead calling out several utilities around the country that have put pro-solar policies in place and are working to figure out how to transition the electricity industry from a simple provider to an integrated system of distribution.

BH Energy owns four utilities servicing customers in 11 Western / Midwestern states, two electricity distribution companies in England, two interstate pipelines, a renewable energy business, and a residential real estate brokerage firm.

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) remains persistent with its increment demands made to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)...

Utilities such as electricity and water were dealt with by government, with payments were made to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), and the Ghana Water Company Limielectricity and water were dealt with by government, with payments were made to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), and the Ghana Water Company LimiElectricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), and the Ghana Water Company LimiElectricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).

Ultimately, Kovacs said, because the town does not have a municipal - owned utility — Windham is served by two electricity distribution companies — the best the city can do right now is to choose renewable energy for government buildings if the price is right.

«These cities are test cases» Georgetown owns the utility that controls electricity distribution, but the city doesn't have any generating capacity — it retired its last plant in 1945.

In the last week, half the country's 10 general electricity utilities have announced that they would suspend reviews of proposals for new generation from renewable energy producers or take measures to ensure that the addition of that energy does not compromise their transmission and distribution networks.

--(A) In all calendar years following its establishment, the Corporation shall collect an assessment on distribution utilities for all fossil fuel - based electricity delivered directly to retail consumers (as determined under subsection (f)-RRB-.

-- Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and after opportunity for comment, the Secretary shall issue a final rule under this subsection for determining the level and type of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States during the appropriate period.

-- The owner or operator of any distribution utility that believes that the Secretary has misapplied the methodology in the final rule in determining the amount and types of fossil fuel electricity delivered by such distribution utility may seek rehearing of such determination within 30 days of publication of the determination in the Federal Register.

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

The Transmission & Distribution Utilities segment engages in the business of transmission and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers through assets owned and operated by its sDistribution Utilities segment engages in the business of transmission and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers through assets owned and operated by its sdistribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers through assets owned and operated by its subsidiaries.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. is a public utility holding company that engages in the business of generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.

The emerging model is that the utilities (distribution companies) that are responsible for providing electricity service to their customers act as portfolio managers, integrating all of the resources needed to provide that service, including electricity from spot market purchases, independent power producers, utility owned generation, and demand side management.

«eLab Ignite: Finding Value at the Distribution Edge» will convene corporate customers, innovators, utilities and other key industry stakeholders to address the challenges and opportunities arising from the convergence of increasing capability and affordability of distributed resources, climate change and the need for a more resilient U.S. electricity system.

Because electric utilities do not necessarily know how much electricity is generated by rooftop PV on their distribution systems, generation from these systems must be estimated.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue a rule for determining the level and type of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States; and (2) make annual determinations of the amounts and types for each such utility and publish them in the Federal Register.

All distribution utilities voting in the referendum shall certify to the independent auditing firm the quantity of fossil fuel - based electricity represented by their vote.

-- The term «distribution utility» means an entity that distributes electricity directly to retail consumers under a legal, regulatory, or contractual obligation to do so.

-- The term «qualified industry organization» means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel - based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.

(A) The assessments under subsection (d) are to be collected based on the amount of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered by each distribution utility.

--(A) In all calendar years following its establishment, the Corporation shall collect an assessment on distribution utilities for all fossil fuel - based electricity delivered directly to retail consumers (as determined under subsection (f)-RRB-.

Under so - called renewable - purchase obligations, instituted under Modi's predecessor, distribution utilities, which deliver power to end users and are known in India as «discoms,» are required to provide certain levels of electricity from renewable sources (7.3 percent of their total supply in 2014 — 2015; the level goes up each year).

The reverse in Queensland where roof - stop solar installation is heavily subsidised, flow - back electricity is bought by the utility at several times the cost of regular power, and the erraticness of the flow - back has imposed high costs on the distribution system.

Further, even some utilities have found that when all the benefits provided by solar energy to the grid are tallied up — like avoided fuel costs, emissions - free energy and lower transmission and distribution costs — they are actually higher than the retail costs of electricity.

c. Mandated «Green Energy» programs in 4 states that force distribution utilities to buy electricity from «renewable» energy sources and make it available to their customers.

d. «Green Energy» pricing in 25 states, which permit distribution utilities to charge a premium prices for electricity from «renewable» sources when a customers volunteers to do so.

The Low Carbon Portfolio Standard bill backed by Exelon would have required the state's electric utilities to purchase credits from low - carbon energy sources, including nuclear energy, to match 70 % of the electricity used on the distribution system.

Prop 16 stems from a 2002 state law, that allowed «community choice aggregation,» which allows counties or cities to purchase electricity while utilities continue to offer the infrastructure for power delivery — the power lines, distribution equipment, supply natural, and even billing.

A utility - scale project is that which is capable of producing 20 or more megawatts of electricity for distribution to customers through the electricity transmission grid system.

The reform process also includes establishing an independent regulator, regulated access to distribution networks and account unbundling in integrated electricity and natural gas utilities.

She and her dedicated utilities team also have many years» experience acting for electricity distribution network operators and gas transporters in acquiring freehold and leasehold substation and IGT sites and easements for electric lines and gas mains throughout the country.

Until 2013, the generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electric power for public utility service purposes in Mexico was exclusively reserved to the federal government, through the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), a public body of the federal government operating as a vertically integrated monopoly.

Hydro - Quebéc (HQ) is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, Canada, but it finds itself in a position of...

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