UBS says
this means utility customers will effectively become utility competitors.
Not exact matches
This
means more than 87 million
customers across the country — so far — are set to see lower monthly
utility bills.
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.
Dominion is a progressive
utility, by that I
mean, they are continuously looking to grow and add value to
customers through diverse energy sources and are focused on efficient distribution to the widest possible
customer base.
«Despite what we see again and again that most
customers don't like their
utility, almost all
customers trust their
utility,» he said, adding that
customer trust
means the grid won't become obsolete anytime soon.
If publishers want to impose such enhanced restrictions then they are free to do so (whether by technical
means or simply a more restrictive license) but they have to understand that this makes the end product less valuable to the
customers, it lowers it's
utility, and the only way that might work is if it's sold at a lower price.
First, many of the best dividend payers are in the regulated
utility industry,
meaning their returns on capital are guaranteed and their
customers are entirely captive.
Unlike most energy companies and resellers,
Utility Warehouse operates by network marketing, which
means its
customers are encouraged to sell the product to their friends and they get commission for it.
Dominion is a progressive
utility, by that I
mean, they are continuously looking to grow and add value to
customers through diverse energy sources and are focused on efficient distribution to the widest possible
customer base.
Loan and
utility providers and card issuers can use a CCJ to legally force a
customer to repay any unpaid bills or loans when all other
means have failed.
Utilities in New England and the Midwest had trouble getting enough natural gas and other heating oils to
customers,
meaning the regions would have suffered from brownouts or even blackouts if coal power did not come online to pick up the slack.
Farrell also makes another point about the move by Xcel to embrace
utility - scale solar: they are in fact competing with their own
customers, because as more consumers add rooftop solar, that
means lower revenues for the
utilities.
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.
Under the agricultural subsidies that have become the third rail of energy politics in India, farmers essentially get free power, which
means the
utilities that serve them lose money on every
customer.
Interdependence
means that grid system operators,
utilities and
customers can help create flat, base load blocks of predictable, cost - effective electric consumption that benefits everybody.
California's three big
utilities are shifting to time - of - use rates for residential
customers —
meaning ratepayers will be charged more for electricity when it is more valuable.
Furthermore, fossil fuel and
utility interests that have a stake in coal or natural gas plants simply want to slow the growth of their competition: for every solar installation on a home,
means approximately one less
customer paying for the electricity produced from fossil fuel plants.
And, whether or not they know it, all of the North Carolina electric
utility customers who have a few more bucks in their pockets (because the solar we install
means they don't have to start paying for a new billion dollar fossil fuel plant this year), would disagree.
Other Southern
utilities penalize
customers who adopt solar, loading up their bills with unjustified fees and taxes
meant to discourage solar investments and protect
utility profits.
Utilities often buy solar power through fixed power contracts —
meaning that the risks are borne by independent solar farm owners, not
utility customers.
South Carolina also has a net metering law
meaning all
utilities must pay you the
customer full retail power value for all excess power exported to the grid.
This
means that many solar
customers will still have a $ 10 - $ 20 monthly charge from the
utility even if they have no electric charge or even receive credits.
Under traditional net metering,
customers are only billed for their net consumption over a billing cycle,
meaning that any energy they consume from the
utility can later be offset by energy production from their solar installation.
The term «cost» as used herein
means only those charges specifically authorized by the electric
utility's tariff, including but not limited to the
customer, energy, demand, fuel, conservation, capacity and environmental charges made by the electric
utility plus applicable taxes and fees to the
customer of record responsible for the master meter payments.
Amidst an evolution in the German
utility industry, one power company is looking to blockchain technology as a
means to cut costs and improve its
customer experience.