Sentences with phrase «large public utility»

Represented a large public utility in coordinated defense of securities fraud class action, SEC and regulatory challenges to accounting practices by which the utility determined gas prices.

Mr. Baker has a law degree from the University of Florida School of Law, and his experience as a lawyer and member of the board of a large public utility company also contribute important risk management and regulatory oversight skills to the Board.

Mr. Baker has a law degree from the University of Florida School of Law, and his experience as a lawyer and member of the board of a large public utility company also contributes important risk management and regulatory oversight skills to the Board.

A board member of a large public utility recently expressed to me the view that fraud and greed are now rampant in our country.

Ani dreaded telling her employer, a large public utility, that she was expecting.

Philip advises clients in relation to the largest public utilities projects in the country.

Prior to practicing law, Matthew worked in government affairs for the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation's largest public utility, serving as a liaison to Congress and the executive branch regarding matters of budget oversight, energy regulation and Senate confirmation of presidential nominees to the authority's board of directors.

Not exact matches

Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but only in dealing with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.

Puerto Rico is grappling with the largest municipal debt crisis in U.S. history, with both its government and the public utility having filed for bankruptcy protection amid fights with creditors.

A congressional investigation revealed how the island's public utility bungled its largest grid repair contract.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

Labour is effectively saying that Britain's civil servants will be able to renationalise the railways, water utilities, the National Grid, Royal Mail, create regional public energy companies, a National Education Service and a National Care Service, create a large National Investment Bank and regional development banks, build a million homes and abolish tuition fees - to name just a few - at the same time as managing Brexit negotiations and their fallout.

«The problems may not simply be with who runs the [Water Authority] but may require a larger public policy discussion about the utility of an authority at all.

Transmission Developers Inc., also submitted a petition requesting the Public Service Commission clarify that a utility could use imported large - scale hydropower not sold into New York's market to meet its obligations for renewable energy.

Arizona regulators gave the state's largest utility the cold shoulder last week, essentially rejecting Arizona Public Service Co.'s plans to double its natural gas fleet over the next 15 years.

David Roberts oversees water rights and policy for the Salt River Project, one of the state's largest public water and power utilities, which is suing landowners over their groundwater wells.

A «triple subsidy,» say enviros The resulting data should help reassure state public utility commissions — which have rejected many large projects out of cost concerns — about the viability and accuracy of the technology, Finley said.

The primary method thus far has been for public or private utilities to construct large scale centralized projects to generate and transmit the electricity required to fuel economies.

«Given that conference participants with a travel and exposure history for [Ebola] are recommended not to participate in large group settings (such as this conference) or to utilize public transport, we see no utility in you traveling to New Orleans to simply be confined to your room,» the letter says.

In other cases, it has involved turning elements of civil society and the private economy into arms of government policy — by requiring compliance with policy goals that are foreign to many civil - society institutions or consolidating key sectors of the economy and offering protection to large corporations willing to act as public utilities or to advance policymakers» priorities.

The public utilities included in the average are some of the largest and most financially stable utilities in the United States, such as Commonwealth Edison, New York Telephone, Pacific Bell, and Potomac Electric.

By and large, public regulated utilities are merely financing operations for states and municipalities.

Public utilities, utility holding companies, and investment trusts were all highly levered using large amounts of debt and preferred stock.

Connecticut v. AEP et al. involves a federal public nuisance claim filed by state attorney generals and conservation groups against utilities for their large contributions to climate change and resistance to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Recent public votes, developments and activity have made it clear that a large majority of Floridians strongly support making solar energy more accessible, affordable and commonplace, whether it be in the form of individual solar rooftops, ground - mounted photovoltaic (PV) systems, community solar co-ops, or utility - scale solar power stations.

It was revealed during the run - up to the vote that the state's four largest investor - owned utilities colluded in a $ 20 million - plus public relations scheme to deceive voters by mislabeling the referendum and misrepresenting it as being pro-solar.

In addition to all this, in August investor - owned Duke Energy, the state's second largest utility, announced a proposed settlement with consumer, environmental and public interest groups that entails scrapping plans to complete construction of the Levy nuclear power plant without customers or the state having to pay for any more costs incurred.

Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the subsidiary of publicly - traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation.

Florida Power & Light, like most other monopoly electric utilities, spends this large sum on the usual suspects: lobbying and public relations.

Recently, the California Public Utilities Commission directed Pacific Gas and Electric, the state's largest electric utility, to solicit bids for renewable energy and storage projects to replace three natural gas plants.

Storage technology was critically important in the development of Solana's 30 - year power purchase agreement with Arizona Public Service (the largest utility in Arizona), which will buy all of Solana's output.

A recent auction in Palo Alto saw the local utility contract 80MW of utility - scale solar at a price of just under $ 70 / MWh, and public utilities have recently contracted large - scale projects at around $ 90 / MWh.

Two state legislators that have sponsored and introduced bills to help Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service, recently filed a complaint against the committee working to increase the state's renewable energy standard — Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona.

Earlier this week, the Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii approved the proposal of the islands» largest utility to end net metering for solar customers.

The state's largest electric companies, which include two regulated ones and a public utility, acknowledged their involvement in the plan but did not comment beyond broad statements.

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has approved a new energy plan for PNM, the largest utility company in the state.

Caught in the middle are the public power systems, municipal and cooperative utilities, which serve a seventh of all electricity consumers in the U.S. and some of the largest cities, such as Los Angeles, Jacksonville, and Memphis.

Data from OpenSecrets.org shows that MWR Strategies has been retained by Koch Industries; Southern Company, which is the second largest utility company in the country; Dow Chemical; Competitive Power Ventures; GDF Suez, which is Europe's largest liquefied natural gas importer; Public Service Enterprise Group; and Tampa Electric Company; for a combined lobbying revenue of $ 320,000 in 2014.

PSEG's (NYSE: PEG) primary subsidiaries are PSEG Power LLC, one of the nation's largest independent power producers, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey's oldest and largest electric and gas distribution utility company, and PSEG Energy Holdings, a holding company for other non-regulated businesses.

Yesterday Environmental Progress introduced a motion [pdf] and exhibits to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) arguing that it should suspend action on Pacific Gas & Electric's proposal to close California's largest source of clean energy, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, until:

Within two weeks, the Balancing Authority of Northern California, a public power transmission operator, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, a large public power system, said they also plan to join.

With their participation effectively mandated and the RTO stakeholder processes in most regions heavily skewed toward the interests of large transmission and generation asset owners, many public power utilities» only choice is to work closely with Congress and FERC to seek needed reforms.»

Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS), already offers a voluntary demand rate, with roughly 120,000 customers currently subscribed.

The current administration of Gov. James E. McGreevey (D) is working on other tough measures, including increasing the state's use of renewable energy, building more energy - efficient public schools, and requiring utilities and large manufacturers to report periodically their emissions of

The CPUC regulated the three large investor - owned utilities (IOUs), Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E), while big public power systems, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, were not subject to CPUC jurisdiction.

E.ON is one of the major public utility companies in Europe, and the world's largest investor - owned energy service provider.

Prior to joining EDF, Mark held a variety of business strategy and environmental management positions within Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), a large electric and gas utility holding company in the United States.

Ratcliffe serves on the Board of Directors of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a large association of public utility companies.

Xcel Energy, one of the largest utilities in the united states recently told the Colorado Public Utility Commission, «Based on generation needs, the most reliable and most cost - effective resources happen to be solar and wind.

Synapse conducted modeling of the California ISO (CAISO) area using PLEXOS to assess loads and emissions throughout California based on various California Public Utilities Commission scenarios in connection with the Long Term Procurement Plan proceeding affecting the three largest investor - owned utilities in CaUtilities Commission scenarios in connection with the Long Term Procurement Plan proceeding affecting the three largest investor - owned utilities in Cautilities in California.