Sentences with phrase «lower than their utility»

Minneapolis, MN — Within a decade, more than 35 million buildings may be generating their own solar electricity (without subsidies) at prices lower than their utility offers, sufficient to power almost 10 % of the country.

You own the solar panels and make monthly payments that are lower than your utility costs and we will maintain the system to make sure it performs the way we said or we pay you the difference.

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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. shares sank in early trading as the utility reported Thursday that its first - quarter profits were lower than a year...

The Dow utility average plunged another 12 points, the Transports dropped by nearly 100, the Industrials failed their recent basing pattern, the number of stocks hitting new lows jumped above new highs on both the NYSE and the Nasdaq, decliners led advancers by more than 2 - to - 1, and the U.S. dollar weakened further, among other ugliness.

For example, a utility company with a single power generation facility in an area prone to natural disasters is probably far riskier despite having a higher interest coverage ratio than a more geographically diversified firm with a slightly lower metric.

The cost of utilities in Colorado is lower than in more than half of the states.

You're right, the yield is typically lower than I would expect for a utility company.

The customer would pay back SolarCity and its financial partners over the course of a 20 - year lease, ideally at a monthly cost that would be lower than their traditional utility bill.

This means more than 87 million customers across the country — so far — are set to see lower monthly utility bills.

In the real world, perception and psychology are much more closely tied to market pricing behavior than the low - utility Economics 101 theory of supply and demand.

Yet rather than taking this opportunity to run these banks as public utilities and lower their charges for credit - card services — or most important of all, to stop their lending to speculators and gamblers — governments left these banks operating as part of the «casino capitalism» that has become their business plan.

While Graham and others questioned the PSC's ability to arbitrate environmental rather than utility issues, the commission's lawyers questioned whether the plaintiffs had legal standing since the organizations fighting the subsidy were mostly from the lower Hudson Valley, which is some four hours away from the nuclear plants.

Tim Woodcock The co-founder of HomeEdison noted the Renewable Energy (RE) sector's ability to deliver alternative energy at substantially lower costs than standard utility rates; the importance of building a two - way energy supply infrastructure in order to allow homeowners and business to sell the excess energy their alternative installations generate back to the utility company; and the applicability of geothermal systems in much of our region.

Consumers in the United States bought automobiles in the four months from May through August at the fastest clip in more than a decade, propelled by strong appetite for trucks, sport utility vehicles and crossover models and by low gas prices.

Lead residues on Flint's water pipes were much lower than those found on the lead service lines from 26 water utilities in the U.S. Half of the chemical build - up — 54 percent — on pipes around the nation was lead, more than four times as much as in Flint.

However, Paradise is much more than just where you go to save thousands on late model low mileage cars, trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Even taking historically low vehicle sales in Europe into consideration, worldwide demand for the iconic sport - utility resulted in record production of more than 200,000 units in 2012.

A widened track, lowered ride height, and a menacing carbon fiber bumper all come together to make sure this utility vehicle goes faster than a brand new Porsche 911 Turbo S.

Mercedes - Benz buyers will pay more in the 1999 model year, but the company says additional standard equipment amounts to more than the price hike.According to Mercedes - Benz of North America Inc., prices of 1999 vehicles are $ 159, or 1.09 percent, less than comparably equipped cars and sport - utilities at the end of the 1998 model year.The lowest - priced model, the C230 sedan, is up $ 750 but has added a supercharged engine, traction control, leather seating inserts and a higher - grade radio.

Chrysler Corp., which already produces cars and trucks at a lower cost than General Motors and Ford Motor Co., may widen that gap next year, and the cost advantage could come in the lucrative and booming sport - utility market.Chrysler likely will be the first to use what engineers agree may be one of the most promising drive and traction - control systems on the market.

The Max Utility package is a new bundle of side mirrors that extend, step rails and towing preparation that includes a drive ratio that is lower than before.

Since subcompact SUVs are smaller and lighter and generally have less complex drivetrains than larger utility vehicles, maintenance and fuel costs are usually lower.

The 2002 Escalade, the second generation of this full - size sport utility from General Motors» luxury - car line, offers just about everything anyone could want in a big SUV, and it comes with a price lower than you would pay for some not - so - complete competitors.

The X5 engine and drive - train are mounted as low as possible - about 3 inches lower than typical sport - utilities, according to Holland.

Jeep Renegade Colorado Red First oil change included at no charge with every vehicle purchased, Warranty Forever included on every vehicle we sell with less than 100,000 miles, Renegade Latitude, 4D Sport Utility, Colorado Red, Black w / Cloth Low - Back Bucket Seats, ABS brakes, Alloy wheels, Front fog lights, Fully automatic headlights, Power windows, Radio: Uconnect 5.0 AM / FM / BT, Remote keyless entry, Speed control, Tilt steering wheel.

Jeep Grand Cherokee Deep Cherry Red Crystal First oil change included at no charge with every vehicle purchased, Warranty Forever included on every vehicle we sell with less than 100,000 miles, Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4D Sport Utility, 4WD, Deep Cherry Red Crystal, Black w / Cloth Low Back Bucket Seats or Black Suede Seats w / Black Stitching, ABS brakes, Air Conditioning, Alloy wheels, Front fog lights, Fully automatic headlights, Power 8 - Way Driver / Manual Passenger Seat, Power windows, Radio: Uconnect 5.0, Remote keyless entry, Speed control, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Tilt steering wheel.

Jeep Compass Granite Crystal Metallic Clearcoat First oil change included at no charge with every vehicle purchased, Warranty Forever included on every vehicle we sell with less than 100,000 miles, Compass Sport, 4D Sport Utility, Granite Crystal Metallic Clearcoat, Dark Slate Gray w / Cloth / Vinyl Low - Back Bucket Seats or Leather Trimmed Bucket Seats, ABS brakes, Air Conditioning, Alloy wheels, Front fog lights, Speed control.

At 12.9, the price to estimated 2014 earnings ratio of the information technology sector is lower than that of classic value sectors, such as consumer staples (15.9) or utilities (14.7).

If you must borrow more than $ 3,000, you will have to show that the improvements will lower the household utility bills.

Because their prices can be so sensitive to interest rates, strategists at BlackRock generally prefer stocks outside what they call the «RUST» belt of real estate, utilities, staples and telecoms — where low - volatility funds tend to have bigger concentrations than S&P 500 index funds.

The results show that Canada's wages are lower than their U.S. counterparts for wholesale and retail, finance and business, manufacturing, and transportation and utilities.

As large owners of land, power plants, power lines and equipment, many utility companies issue first mortgage bonds for securing loans at a lower cost than unsecured bonds.

Since 1989 utilities have returned 3.03 % compounded annually, but with dividends added back in, they have returned 7.85 % — lower than the S&P 500's 7.10 % stock return, but closer to the 9.41 % with dividends (which is a risk - reward trade - off).

DUK has a higher yield than its competitors (4.44 compared to 3.81 for all utilities), and a lower «price to book» value (1.33 for DUK versus 1.67 for the industry).

We note that the stability of a regulated utility business model means that the company can safely operate with a lower interest coverage ratio than its peers in other sectors.

The correlation between the TSX and bonds is not much lower than the correlation between the TSX and several of the most boring sectors, such as utilities, health care, real estate and consumer staples.

For our next filters, if a company is not in the utility sector, the payout ratio for the last 12 months had to be less than or equal to 50 % and the company's long - term debt - to - equity ratio must be 50 % or lower.

A quote for a small, utility trailer used a few times a year will be far lower than a quote for a horse trailer used once per week.

It's hard not to think that stock will be riskier than, say, a safe - haven utility industry stock with a low beta.

However, thanks to eight years of record low interest rates many of the best high dividend stocks (including utilities) are trading at unappealing valuations that can make for a higher degree of risk than many investors realize.

For example, slower growing utility companies may generally have a lower P / E than technology companies.

Because I ride a bicycle and limit my car trips, and I've curtailed my airplane travel, and wear sweaters (I know when I've set the thermostat too low when I can see the dog's breath in the living room), and because I've opted into our electric utility's «Pure Power» wind power program (they pledge to buy 75 % of your power from wind farms in exchange for raising your rate a few cents per kilowatt hour), my personal «Carbon Footprint» comes out at less than 4 tons per year.

He does not say what it costs, but notes that it will have a «lower cost than a traditional roof when combined with projected utility bill savings.»

This cap would prevent utilities from investing in a low - cost resource, even if investing in energy efficiency is a better deal for customers than any alternative resource.

Successive studies have shown that CCS is generally more expensive than old hydro and on - shore wind but generally competitive with utility - scale solar PV, geothermal, and new hydro while being lower in cost than small - scale PV, off - shore wind, nuclear, and the many other nascent technologies — especially when the real cost of filling - in for intermittency is included.

Sonnen GmbH and Vivint Solar, for instance, said they offered consumers lower prices than existing utilities thanks to PV - based solutions that include battery storage or smart home energy management.

When it comes to financials, SolarCity's executive team wagers that the combination of existing panels and new storage technologies will produce lower electricity prices — at least during peak demand hours — than power from conventional utilities.

If you select an annual 1.5 % energy savings target, building codes (high), combined heat and power (medium), ESCO programs, and utility - scale solar PV (high), the results show that those policies together can achieve a 20 % reduction in 2012 emissions, at a lower cost than many other compliance options.

ENERGY STAR certified homes are designed and constructed to be significantly more energy efficient than those built to code while lowering homeowner utility bills and providing superior comfort, quality, and durability.

Essentially, with utility - scale solar prices lower than wholesale in Arizona, at as low as 2.5 to 3 cents per kWh on a 25 - year PPA, the state has «super-cheap fuel» which it can now use for meeting peak demand, Huber said.