It's inequitable and it's a concern,» says Elise Torres, staff attorney at TURN, The Utility Reform Network, an advocacy group that works to protect low - income homeowners
from high electricity bills.»
The Charlottesville Daily Progress broke the story: Letters Urged Protection of Minorities From Higher Electricity Costs Pointing out that «our state gets 56 % of its electricity from coal,» the letter urged Perriello to vote against the American Clean Energy & Security Act in order to «protect minorities and other consumers in your district
from higher electricity bills.»
Not exact matches
The mountainous «spine» of central California, as Ms. Eggman likes to call it, is very different
from the coast: there are more low - income households,
higher electricity bills, and more expensive estimates for solar panel installation.
Utilities: Homeowners typically pay
higher utilities than renters; you may receive
bills from water and sewer service, trash collection,
electricity, gas, and heating fuel providers.
The question is not whether we want to take money away
from the poor in Africa, it is more like: are we willing to accept an
electricity bill that is $ 15
higher per month per household, in exchange for a stable climate?
There is ample evidence in the UK of increasing fuel poverty (i.e., household spending over 10 % of disposable income keeping warm in winter) in the regions of wind farm deployment where
higher electricity bills are needed to cover the rent of the land (
from usually already rich) landowners, a direct reversal of the process whereby cheap energy over the last century has lifted a significant fraction of the world's poor
from their poverty.
«The price of batteries is relatively
high, but the possible savings
from adding them to a rooftop solar installation are quite limited, particularly as a fraction of the typical
electricity bill.
Unlike the feed - in tariffs for renewable forms of
electricity, which are paid for through
higher energy
bills, the renewable heat incentive will be paid for
from taxes - in all, # 860m government funding has been allocated.
Currently, the island has some of the
highest electricity bills in the US because of Prepa's costly habit of getting fossil fuels shipped
from off the island.
Cryptocurrency mining firms in New York State could face
higher electricity bills after a ruling
from the public utilities regulator.