Sentences with phrase «increased energy costs»

Homeowners everywhere are seeing increased energy costs.

Claim # 4: There was $ 556 million in increased energy costs and money taken out of the economy this year due to renewable energy.

But instead of allowing polluters to benefit from this, in essence, extra cash, the overseers of RGGI decided to force polluters to pay for at least some of the right to pollute and then use those funds to help pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the various states, further reducing global warming pollution and potentially offsetting increased energy costs.

There have been two decades of re-emphasis in the development agenda, which may have deprived millions of people access to energy, and increased energy costs in more developed economies, making life harder for millions of poorer families, and depriving many more of opportunity.

* you have abandoned rural on for an economic scam, soon everyone will feel the effects of increased energy costs and discover the truth, stop All unapproved projects now, there is nothing green about them and people are awakening to the truth, stop now!

Costs for just four categories of damage cited in the report were: Hurricane damages: $ 422 billion; Real estate losses: $ 360 billion; Increased energy costs: $ 141 billion; and Water Costs: $ 950 billion.

In the green ideological mix is antipathy to economic growth with increased energy costs as the preferred tool.

The government is concerned that the feed - in tariffs are cross-subsidised through increased energy costs for those who can not afford to install solar PV panels and that they are putting pressure on the federal small - scale renewable energy scheme, estimated to cost consumers $ 4.7 billion by mid-2020.

However, the B&O tax rebate model was criticized for offering some businesses too much in trying to offset their increased energy costs (like Boeing) and others too little (like cement producers).

Analysis shows that for the vast majority of lower income families, the rebate will be larger than their increased energy costs.

But it is impossible to imagine significant reductions in carbon emissions that do not entail increased energy costs.»

Job losses in other sectors due to increased energy costs and state - mandated reallocation of finite capital are not counted.

A $ 20 billion dollar price tag (more than the market cap of DTE Energy and CMS Energy combined) amounts to a $ 8,000 per Michigan household of four in addition to the increased energy costs the renewable mandate will create.

For countries like China and India, whose reliance on emissions - heavy coal is quite literally killer, temporarily increased energy costs are the least of their worries.

And let's not forget about those unanticipated expenses like increased energy costs, new appliances, homeowner's association fees, or simply the cost to keep your yard looking nice.

In a state with already high state and local taxes, fees and assessments on energy — with roughly 25 cents of every dollar paid for electric power in New York State going to pay government assessments — we believe it is simply counterproductive to continue to add new and increased energy costs on state ratepayers.

Rob Engstrom, the U.S. Chamber's senior vice president and national political director, said in a statement that Buerkle is «working to protect New York families and businesses from job killing legislation including $ 500 billion in tax hikes through Obamacare and billions more in increased energy costs.»

SPECIAL REPORT: Increasing energy costs and ongoing reliability issues are two major challenges for farmers with moves afoot to provide relief on both fronts.

The financial cost of imposing the climate change levy is often cited as being a significant factor behind increasing energy costs; however the increase in costs due to CCL is, I believe, 8 %.

In recent days he has been saying all sorts of outrageous things: tax cuts would encourage growth, increasing energy costs via green taxes is lunacy in a downturn and the Big Society doesn't really seem to have caught on as a concept.

Christy said his own studies suggest there is little that U.S. policymakers could realistically do to curb climate change, and he counseled against regulation that might increase energy costs.

A study titled «The influence of wind resistance in running and walking and the mechanical efficiency of work against horizontal or vertical forces,» by LG Pugh, has shown that there is an increased energy cost of running on a solid surface, as opposed to on a treadmill, due to air resistance.

I didn't cover a tenth of the ripple effects of shutting down coal plants and increasing energy costs.

There could be enough gas to save the UK from their death spiral of increasing energy costs.

Of course the burden of increased energy cost will fall on the average «joe» while the Washington elites live on our dime.

Therefore, a tax on CO2 would be a tax on the 85 percent of energy derived from hydrocarbons and would increase energy costs broadly.

Businesses and individuals are reticent about policies such as carbon pricing that could increase energy costs for consumers, particularly in states that currently have low costs, even if implementing a carbon pricing program would be more cost effective in the long term, the regulators observed.

Countries such as many in Western Europe that increase energy costs by trying to force wind and solar development will ultimately lose energy intensive industries to other parts of the world that do not do so.

Marcott is one more part of that justification for increasing the energy costs of the poor, your objection is absurd.

Ergo people who support policies that increase energy costs for old people are in fact causing a greater number of deaths among them.

In 1989 the Board, for the first time in 16 years, amended the Association's goals and objectives to highlight a growing concern about carbon taxes and other fees which would increase energy costs to consumers — a concern as important to us as are environmental sensitivity and competition among energy suppliers.

If less supply is available it will increase the energy costs for burning coal compared to alternatives.

Cold temperatures, darkening days of wind, rain, and, in the winter, snow, ever increasing energy costs, are the messages that resonate with the electorate and our hope for a better, rationale, and humane future.

Seniors, people with disabilities and others living on fixed incomes are not able to adjust their lifestyles sufficiently to offset the increasing energy costs they require to survive in their homes.

The main effect of these climate alarmist «environmental» efforts, if successfully carried out, will be to greatly increase energy costs and reduce the availability and reliability of fossil fuel energy so crucial to the development of modern civilization.

Being off the gas grid is a major factor increasing energy costs.

Efficient energy use has been a rising trend in the United States due to increasing energy costs and the environmental problems caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Not exact matches

As energy costs increase, it will cost more to ship food across great distances, which will ultimately be reflected in the price on the grocery store shelf.

If it doesn't increase sales beyond the cost and energy of returns, there is no reason to do a return, even if your competitors would.

Newer systems provide ever increasing amounts of information that allow you to maximize your energy efficiency and minimize your monthly costs.

Says Nat Kreamer, head of the Solar Energy Industries Association: «Securitization is driving down the cost of capital and increasing its availability, and that's the No. 1 priority of the U.S. solar industry.»

With mounting energy bills eating into everyone's income and increasing the cost of doing business at home, it's a good time to look into ways to economize your home business.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Fertilizer prices usually move in tandem with crude oil, as rising energy prices usually increase production costs and freight rates.

That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and use of fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.

But new technologies like artificial intelligence and online education, increased domestic energy production and slowing growth in the cost of health care have prompted Mr. Cowen to reappraise the country's prospects.

«The Harper government refused to increase the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), which would protect seniors from steep increases in housing, food and energy costs.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

The Fund aims to capitalize on the combination of emerging cost - effective commercial technologies, the economic and regulatory incentives associated with renewable energy and environmental projects, and the demand for ancillary infrastructure to support increasing penetration of renewable energy in the U.S. energy mix.

The threat, often referred to as the «utility death spiral,» goes like this: as customers choose to install solar panels or adopt energy efficiency measures, a utility will sell fewer units of energy and has to increase what it charges for electricity to ensure that it can still cover its fixed costs, such as grid maintenance and labor.