Sentences with phrase «from higher electricity»

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.»

The remaining revenue should be used to help reduce the federal deficit and make the tax code more progressive, easing some of the bite from higher electricity and gas prices.

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.»

But the state's only power to influence the federal relicensing process lies in its ability to protect customers from high electricity rates.

We have an obligation to use some of the money that we generate to shield low - income and fixed - income individuals from high electricity prices, but we're also going to have to ask the American people to change how they use energy.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

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.

Building owners are also interested in buying batteries so that they can run buildings off of battery power when electricity rates from the power grid are high.

Mining, a process by which individuals or groups get paid in new Bitcoins to run complex mathematical equations on high - powered computers in order to confirm the validity of transactions, has drawn scrutiny from environmentalists who say it's sucking up too much electricity.

Among the numerous factors cited by some failed startups in Africa's most populous country Nigeria from a personal survey I conducted include, high and multiple taxes, lack of funding, electricity and security.

In fact, as of Tuesday, electricity consumption from Bitcoin rose to a record high of 47.4 terawatt - hours, according to Digiconomist, Alex de Vries's Bitcoin analysis blog.

Many of the elderly are having to deal with conditions such as no electricity so they can't take the elevator down from high floors nor can they get water except for a couple hours a day.

The higher prices for gas, electricity and gasoline that will result from the crisis will provide economic incentives to support the moral imperative to do all we can to protect the environment.

I assume that after you've finished insulting other posters, you will agree to be TAXED at a much HIGHER RATE in order to give all these poor people a dignified living, which I assume from your comments means free housing, free electricity, free hot water, a free bus pass or maybe even a car if public transporation is not available.

The Tommee Tipee Travel Warmer is made using high - quality plastic and stainless steel for durability, and is designed to work without electricity with a thermal flask which does not require any electrical source from the outside.

«It's terrifying to think that each month, one million families turn to high - cost, short - term credit, like payday loans each month and 400,000 are using them for essentials, such as putting food on the table or preventing the gas and electricity from being cut off,» Reed added.

Hawkins says studies from his supporters say a solar plant at the base would produce electricity far below current prices, helping business and industry in the state that have been hurt by high power prices.

«LIPA ratepayers are still paying among the highest costs for electricity in the nation,» DiNapoli said, «The recent survey from the consumer satisfaction perspective shows that Long Islanders are still unhappy with the service.»

Dear Mr High Commissioner, it won't probably occur to you that what you call corruption or SOLI is just a way to survive in a country where the media is not financed by Government or by a Stock Exchange floating shares, but by individuals trying to balance poor revenues from advertising in a Country declared HIPC until some few months ago and with a very high operating cost (think about the electricity for exampHigh Commissioner, it won't probably occur to you that what you call corruption or SOLI is just a way to survive in a country where the media is not financed by Government or by a Stock Exchange floating shares, but by individuals trying to balance poor revenues from advertising in a Country declared HIPC until some few months ago and with a very high operating cost (think about the electricity for examphigh operating cost (think about the electricity for example).

«The electricity generation and the electricity distribution companies are also advised to look into the power voltage made available to customers to prevent power surge resulting from high voltage which could cause an outbreak of fire.

The utility company said crews were giving higher priority to customers who lost electricity during the first storm and expects outages from both storms will last into the weekend.

However, the decision has been met with stiff opposition from workers of ECG who have claimed that the concession will lead to the loss of jobs and high electricity tariffs.

The differences between wind turbine and ceiling fan blades arise from the contrasting design criteria: the wind turbine is intended to capture high - velocity wind to generate electricity efficiently; the ceiling fan needs to move air at low velocity with inexpensive components.

The Grid We Have When electricity leaves a power plant today, it is shuttled from place to place over high - voltage lines, those cables on steel pylons that cut across landscapes and run virtually contiguously from coast to coast.

One experiment tested the effects of electricity harnessed from mechanical vibrations on a New Mexican — grown chili pepper (not enough to cook it thoroughly, it turned out); another examined how high up a cell phone and a satellite phone could go before they stopped receiving text messages.

Offshore wind turbines will line the Atlantic coast; vast solar arrays will cover swaths of the southwestern desert; transmission towers will cradle high - voltage direct current lines and take electricity from the windy Great Plains to the populated coasts.

The Juno spacecraft, launched Aug. 5, 2011, has blankets coated with germanium, a metalized material that conducts electricity; and Kapton, a high - temperature plastic film, to ensure that the surface of the blankets reflects sunlight and remains grounded while the probe gathers data from the highly charged environment around Jupiter.

«In addition, fossil fuel plants benefit from better storage technology as they are able to supply electricity without incurring high ramping costs.»

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

«How to draw electricity from the bloodstream: A one - dimensional fluidic nanogenerator with a high power - conversion efficiency.»

When it is sunny outside, the process reverses, and electricity from rooftop photovoltaic cells, which can generate up to 2.6 kilowatts of power at high noon, flows outward.

Prices for high - grade silicon (that can generate electricity from sunlight) shot up in 2004 in response to growing demand, reaching as high as $ 500 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) this year.

During the day, when demand for electricity is higher, power will be generated by both the wind turbines and water flowing from the upper reservoir to the lower.

A new wrinkle on an old technology — solid - state thermophotovoltaics (TPV)-- could provide a high - efficiency alternative for directly converting high - temperature heat from concentrated solar thermal to utility - scale electricity.

The largest is the Eastern Interconnection, an extensive complex of transmission lines that stretches from Halifax to New Orleans, with substations that step down the high - voltage electricity to lower levels so that it can be distributed locally along smaller wires.

Excess electricity from the wind farms can be stored in the batteries and fed into the system later, when wind is low and demand is high.

The result — part of the DOE's exploration of how to get 20 percent of U.S. electricity from wind by 2030 — was a plan for a national, high - voltage transmission backbone.

For example, on a hot summer evening when electricity is in high demand for air - conditioning, the system could drop the amount of power going to an individual car from 3.3 kilowatts to just 1.2 kW or even less, explains Paul Pebbles, GM's global manager of Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid Services.

Co-author Dr Iain Staffell, from the Centre for Environmental Policy, said: «This tool allows us to combat one of the biggest uncertainties in the future energy system, and use real data to answer questions such as how electricity storage could revolutionise the electricity generation sector, or when high - capacity home storage batteries linked to personal solar panels might become cost - effective.»

Electricity production from biomass, coal, gas and hydropower for instance induces much higher indirect greenhouse gas emissions than nuclear electricity, or wind and solar - based power supElectricity production from biomass, coal, gas and hydropower for instance induces much higher indirect greenhouse gas emissions than nuclear electricity, or wind and solar - based power supelectricity, or wind and solar - based power supply.»

Although solar cell technology for converting the sun's power into electricity has improved steadily in recent years, high costs and inefficiencies have kept it from being a serious replacement for fossil fuels.

The fact that the glass is highly hazy and exhibits high transmittance could also make it useful for LEDs, which work in a way that is essentially the opposite of a solar cell, by using electricity that enters a semiconductor to produce light that is then emitted from the device.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

Currently, the relatively high - cost of electricity produced by solar cells compared to electricity from other energy sources is an inhibitor to a more widespread adoption of solar energy.

This year, high school students, early career professionals and students from 15 colleges and universities participated in Argonne's annual Cyber Defense Competition, an all - day competition in which individual cyber defense teams defend their electricity and water grid networks from attacking teams.

Results: High capacity, safe batteries are needed for efficient hybrid or electrical vehicles and for storing and releasing electricity from intermittent power sources like wind turbines and solar panels.

Electricity created from the internal combustion engine is sent not only to the battery for recharging, but also to the electric motor, boosting the total range of the vehicle (Chrysler claims it's as high as 400 miles to a tank of gasoline).

There's also the inescapable truth that, even you assume for sake of argument that the electricity you stick in your Model S is 0 % renewable and 100 % coal, you are at least keeping the poisonous side - effects of combustion away from urban centres and are not dragging a potpourri of contaminants down high streets and past schools or sitting in a fuggy 25 mile tailback of them.

While this electricity never powers the wheels directly, it can reduce the amount of low - voltage power pulled from the high - voltage system, and could, in theory, add up to 200 miles of additional range per year.

The e-Golf will have as many as four regenerative braking modes, ranging from high - recovery where the Golf starts decelerating and regenerating electricity the moment you lift off the throttle, to a mild mode where recovery starts only when you're on the brakes.