Sentences with phrase «how utility customers»

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Virginia's largest utility described how it will generate power to comply with regulations and meet customer needs between 2019 and 2033 in a regulatory filing called an integrated resource plan.

Peter Marsters, a research analyst at the Rhodium Group, explained that the numbers reflect how many utility customers lost power multiplied by how long they were without power.

As a result, many utilities could pursue a «virtuous cycle» — spending more capital on more wind farms, while in turn increasing earnings - per - share growth and lowering customer bills given how cheap wind power has become.

For many content calendars, a modular approach means thinking ahead about how the content you're planning can be remixed, repurposed and deconstructed into other forms that retain their utility for your customers.

The statement from the utility notes how its J.D. Power customer satisfaction score jumped by 52 points to become «the most improved large utility in the country.»

Instantly the utility will know how much power a given customer is using, and perhaps even how much she plans to consume later.

Ninety - five percent of electricity customers would like to have detailed data about when and how they use power, but 20 percent are willing to pay for real - time information, according to the survey of 604 U.S. customers and 200 utility managers (Greenwire, March 9).

Karl Rabago discusses how to fairly compensate utilities and customers who provide solar energy.

Since a big recession might hit coal - burning utilities» customers more than other utility customers (to name one example) or hit coal - using industries like cement and steel more than others, one has to look carefully not only at CO2 emissions changes but at underlying economic activity or personal activity changes and how those are tied to emissions in a disaggregated way.

Finally, Georgia Power — an investor - owned utility company that serves 2.35 million customers throughout the state — is said to still be testing solar energy and trying to figure out how much its use would benefit both its customers and the environment.

There are many other variations, including what time of year the billing cycle ends, how much net metered customers are compensated for their excess energy, and how long credits can carry over (some utilities allow credits to roll forward indefinitely).

A customer's total savings over the lifetime of their solar installation depend on many factors, including how utility rates change over time and, for solar loans, their interest rate.

In these cases, knowing what option the local utility offers allows one to accurately assess how much a customer can save with solar.

They also show how the local utility company calculates a customer's electricity charges, which can have important design implications.

Hilltop's offsets are one solution to the question WGL Energy, a provider to energy utility Washington Gas, seeks to answer: How can they help their customers green their natural gas usage?

Rate plans specify the rules for how customers» bills are calculated and utilities typically offer multiple types.

As a solar professional, if you want to accurately communicate the value that a solar installation will provide to a commercial customer, it is critical to understand demand charges and how they affect your client's utility bill.

For instance, if the customer is billed under Time of Use rates, in order to understand how much a solar installation will reduce their utility bill, it is essential to understand how much energy they consume during peak demand times when energy is more expensive, and how those usage patterns intersect with the amount of energy their solar array is likely to be producing at different times.

In addition, solar advocates and utilities are increasingly at odds over how to value «customer - sited» solar; evolved business models for utilities could be necessary to make the 10 percent solar goal a reality.

Plus, how the bill should be split between utilities and utility commissions, which decide whether utilities can pass costs on to customers, is no longer clear.

REV supports widespread deployment of clean renewable power generation, and giving electricity customers new opportunities in determining how their electricity is generated and for lowering their utility bills.

Moody's may not have known how the utilities plan to use electricity customers as a hedge for at least two planned pipelines, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Sabal Trail.

Also, in certain states — like California — and local markets as utilities change how they charge customers for energy use, the energy storage systems can provide additional opportunities to save money.

Uncertain of how many customers they will have in the future, utilities are becoming more hesitant to sign long - term contracts with power generators.

Home to recurring, often acrimonious debates over how to compensate rooftop solar customers for the excess energy they send to the grid, Arizona regulators, utilities and the rooftop solar sector are still struggling to settle on a method that can satisfy both sides.

These IRPs will detail how each utility will meet their customers resource needs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ramp up the deployment of clean energy resources.

Wi - Fi - enabled «smart» EV chargers or those separately metered can provide the utility with information about how customers use electricity specifically for charging EVs, including when and for how long.

By subtracting the amount of energy produced by the solar installation from the amount of energy consumed by the household, you can determine how much, and when, the customer will actually need to purchase from the utility.

As advocates for clean energy, NCSEA pays close attention to any changes in utility rate structures; in particular, how the proposed changes impact access to energy efficiency and renewable energy options for customers.

The installation, known as the Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm, is part of a statewide initiative to demonstrate how low - income community solar can be used to cut energy costs for utilities» highest need customers.

«Our new report shows that when utilities are examining options on how to provide their customers with cheap, clean electricity, energy efficiency is generally the best choice.»

If your utility has demand charges for residential customers, you'll be charged a fee that changes depending on how much electricity you use.

Michigan utility regulators have examined how to compensate customers for solar projects backed by battery storage and create incentives to reduce electricity use when demand is highest.

Some utilities are turning to customer - adoption models to forecast how much rooftop solar customers will install.

Whether or not you'll save more money by installing a solar - plus - storage system depends how your electric utility charges its customers.

While the law limits how much Duke can credit shared solar customers for the electricity their panels produce, the utility could increase payback in other ways, such as building solar arrays for less money or adding batteries, as Fayetteville is doing.

The funding awarded will address these barriers by seeking projects that will demonstrate how energy storage can provide multiple benefits and increase revenues among various stakeholders (e.g., electricity customers, storage vendors, developers, utilities, etc.) while creating a cleaner, more flexible energy system.

As Utility Dive has reported, how the state's electric suppliers value the output of rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources will impact the financial health of the island's utilities, its transition to renewable resources, and how much customers pay in a state with the nation's highest electric rates.

Rules for how water utilities may proceed against customers in arrears vary from location to location, but many utilities will disconnect customers who fail to pay them.

Deedcoin is designed to have long - term utility and scalability to provide democratic efficiency to customers regardless of how large the Deedcoin network grows.

VOCA, Bowbells, ND 8/2011 — Present Help Desk Specialist • Receive incoming calls from customers and provide them with assistance with their queries • Provide customers with solution walkthroughs to ensure that their issues are resolved • Ask questions to determine customers» problems and determine how to go about providing solutions • Record events and problems and resolutions in predetermined log books • Follow up with customers to determine if their issues have been resolved • Monitor helpdesk activities, ensuring that each agent is providing the best possible customer services • Assist customers in person by modifying their configurations, utilities and software default settings for their workstations • Install, test and configure new workstations and peripheral equipment according to established standards