Sentences with phrase «higher utility usage»

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The experimental system would allow fleet operators to use their plug - in hybrids to supply electricity for a building during a power outage, reduce power usage when electric rates are high or even sell electricity back to their utility company.

However, higher fixed charges are an inequitable and inefficient means to address utility revenue concerns: they reduce customer control, disproportionately impact low - usage and low - income customers, dilute incentives for energy efficiency and distributed generation, and increase electric system costs.

Using tax incentives for landlords to upgrade energy efficiency, with a focus on outcomes rather than inputs or a combination (with an energy audit and / or proof of declining utility usage as the rewarded metric) could move many who have no personal financial incentive, other than the slim possibility of getting a higher rent, for making efficiency upgrades.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today directed the New York State Department of Public Service, the state agency that regulates energy utilities, to take immediate steps to lower statewide energy usage due to weather predictions of high temperatures and humidity across New York State.

This affects utility usage, and, if not controlled, can cause mold due to the high humidity that encourages growth.