Sentences with phrase «for electricity producers»

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Renewable energy producers earn RECs for electrical generation and states can determine if the distributed generation customer, or the utility that purchases excess electricity, owns the REC.

I knew that, in turn, I would not be experiencing this bliss if it had not been for the wonders of electricity; obeisance then to its discoverers, yes, and to the electricians, the technicians, the music publishers, the record publishers, the record producers, the instrument makers and cabinet makers, the storekeepers, the delivery men, yes to all those myriad men and women whose seemingly un-coordinated efforts, which in themselves were the product of millennia of past strivings, had unwittingly, conspired to bring me, yes me, paradoxically as it must seem, a few fleeting moments of timeless bliss.

At 10 a.m., the state Business Council, state Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance and Independent Power Producers of New York hold a news conference on additional electricity costs for New Yorkers and lost economic development and job opportunities, LCA Press Room (130), LElectricity Alliance and Independent Power Producers of New York hold a news conference on additional electricity costs for New Yorkers and lost economic development and job opportunities, LCA Press Room (130), Lelectricity costs for New Yorkers and lost economic development and job opportunities, LCA Press Room (130), LOB, Albany.

Most of New Jersey's electricity comes from in - state producers or states not in RGGI, so there is little issue about consumers continuing to pay for the program through out - of - state utility surcharges if New Jersey departs, the official said.

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.

Southern Company has been in business for more than a century and is a major producer of electricity in the United States.

Another course participant, Matt Briggs, who is a wild mushroom seller and Near - Net - Zero Retrofit house owner and the writer, director, and producer of the documentary Deep Green - Solutions to Stop Global Warming Now «was waiting for the affordable Model 3 to plug into my 10kw solar roof so I can finally almost eliminate my carbon footprint for coal electricity, natural gas heat, and now oil transport.»

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.

The outlook for nuclear power has dimmed since last year's Outlook, but China continues to lead a gradual rise in output, overtaking the United States by 2030 to become the largest producer of nuclear - based electricity.

One of the reasons Ohio's nuclear plants are going bankrupt is because they — as reliable, 24/7 producers of power — are literally forced to pay the high cost of the grid absorbing electricity coming from wind turbines that have been heavily - subsidized for a quarter - century.

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This leaves coal producers increasingly reliant on a utility market that has many other (and cleaner) options for generating electricity.

Wind farm operators, or solar power producers could use such as system to even out their power production rates and so command a higher price for their electricity.

«Statkraft is bringing together pan-European electricity producers and companies from trade and industry, and is developing new concepts that add value for both sides.

A standard way of thinking about the cost of electricity is «total system levelized cost» — basically, how much a power producer would have to charge for electricity to earn back the money spent building a new generating facility.

Energy producers have an economic incentive to prevent natural gas leaks: methane (the major component of natural gas) is a valuable commodity that provides heating and electricity to millions of American families and serves as a vital feedstock for chemical and manufacturing companies.

This combination allowed the team to do a much more detailed assessment of the way different policies would affect decisions by the power producers and distributors — a key point, since the electricity sector has the most immediate potential for changes that could reduce emissions, and is the biggest contributor to emissions overall.

If it weren't for us wanting things like electricity and the ability to move quickly from point a to point b fossil fuel producers would have happily left all that carbon in the ground.

Under «net - metering» billing regimes, solar power producers can sell their excess electricity (i.e., that which exceeds their demand) back to the utility, for which they [the rooftop solar owners] usually are credited the full - retail rate of electricity.

In 2008 ABEC was merged with the Center for Energy and Economic Development to form the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity which represents the interests of coal producers, transporters and utilities.

Formed in 2000 to develop astroturf support for coal - based electricity, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) promotes the interests of mining companies, coal transporters, and electricity producers.

Florida, for instance, the third - largest electricity producer in the United States, now generates 62 percent of its electricity from natural gas — up from 44 percent just a few years ago.

In at least two of the top eight states — North Carolina and Utah — projects are being driven by PURPA, a 1978 law which mandates that utilities must buy electricity from independent power producers if they can match the price that the utility would otherwise pay for generation.

According to Algerian state media, the North African oil and gas producer has plans to build a plant for the manufacture of solar panels, in an effort to draw 5 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2015, Reuters reports.

For years, certain natural gas producers, led by Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon, have pursued a myopic strategy of demonizing coal in an effort to seize a larger share of the electricity generation market.

«Due to advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, the United States has become the No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas in the world, and the market has increasingly adopted natural gas for electricity generation.

Since the DSCE's inception, it has rolled out a series of step - by - step regulatory reforms and policies to open the electricity market for independent power producers.

For one, he points out the electricity producers targeted by the Clean Power Plan aren't the nation's only contributors to climate change.

Germany is the world's largest producer of brown coal, and 2013 was the biggest year for lignite - fired energy production in the country since 1990, with 162 billion kilowatt - hours produced, or about 26 percent of Germany's total electricity.

Turn around and sell fictive name plate energy credits to real energy producers, before they are allowed to market their actual electricity, and make huge amounts of money from installations that were paid for by public subsidies in the first place.

As RGGI has forced electricity generators to purchase annual carbon allowances, it has raised the price of electricity for New York residents, effectively acting as a tax on electricity producers (those who produce more than 25 megawatts annually) in New York.

EEI's roster also includes Arizona Public Service (APS), the utility that tried to force Arizona's residential solar electricity producers to pay $ 50 per month for feeding unused electricity back into the grid.

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Under a feed - in tariff system renewable electricty producers are paid a fixed, above market - rate, tariff for the electricity that is fed into the grid.

Emissions producers have to buy permits or credits for every unit of electricity they generate based on the amount of carbon in that electricity.

The power grid expansion necessary to distribute renewable electricity from producer to consumer centres is delayed, the development of renewable power sources has slowed down and no or little headway is being made in the emissions from transport and building sectors, leading to Germany very likely missing its 40 percent CO2 reduction target for 2020.

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.

Texas, this country's leading oil producer for the last century, is now our leading generator of electricity from wind, having eclipsed California two years ago.

This post concerns a bit of a Dutch thing, namely the «position» of the Dutch National Competition Authority ACM on an agreement by electricity producers active on the Dutch market, but it is interesting more generally for those who are interested in the relation between (EU) competition law and other issues like sustainability.

For this reason, the supply obligation enabled those producers to demand a price higher than the economic value of that type of electricity.

In line with the European recipe, Greece has liberalised its electricity market among others by creating a wholesale electricity market where electricity producers can bid for the right to sell a certain amount of electricity the next day.

Foreign producers can not obtain these certificates, and in this case the Finnish producer Aland was refused certificates for green electricity produced in Finland.

The Swedes, like the Belgians and the Germans among others, have opted for a feed - in system: green electricity produced domestically is given priority access to the grid, by requiring distributors of electricity in Sweden to surrender green certificates, which Swedish producers of electricity obtain for production of green electricity.

While noting that the characteristics of the EU electricity market had undergone major changes as a result of the liberalization accomplished at EU level (paras 83 - 86), the Court found that it was not disproportionate for the Swedish government to grant the green certificates to Swedish producers only refusing them to foreign producers.

Ontario hopes the program will attract a diverse range of renewable energy producers including homeowners, community - based and First Nations groups, and larger - scale commercial generators by paying producers some of the highest prices for electricity in North America.

The country is best known for being one of the leading producers of electricity in Central Asia, meaning Bitcoin mining is very cheap.