Sentences with phrase «municipal utilities have»

Municipal utilities have led a solar boom in Texas, which was the nation's fourth - largest market last year.

On the other hand, some municipal utilities have been more responsive to the interests of their customers, so it could work for them.

He said opponents of the measure dumped more than a million dollars into fighting it - largely by spreading confusion over what a municipal utility would mean for Boulder.

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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has inked a 20 - year deal with EDF to buy all the gas generated by Heartland, helping the city meet high renewable energy standards set by the state.

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.

Starting April 15, residents who want to pay for their tickets, animal tags or utility bills at the municipal office at 50 Raupp Blvd. will have to head downstairs to the lower level of the building.

Cordaro has long advocated that LIPA operate as an independent municipal utility.

Development is restricted and, as a result, projects like building new municipal water wells or installing utility lines have required amendments to the Forever Wild laws enshrined in the state Constitution.

-- The Office of the State Comptroller said the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority increased sewer and water rates over an eight - year time period, a time where it had multimillion budget surpluses, after failing to conduct yearly financial reviews.

Ultimately, Kovacs said, because the town does not have a municipal - owned utility — Windham is served by two electricity distribution companies — the best the city can do right now is to choose renewable energy for government buildings if the price is right.

A consortium of regional municipal and cooperative utilities — which he declined to name — has signed a «memorandum of understanding» to explore the construction of reactors, he said.

Purchased water is supplied by wholesale agencies, which have greater resources to meet federal standards, while private utilities have considerable assets at stake should they deliver poor - quality water and subsequently face lawsuits or takeover by a municipal government.

Election day in Colorado yesterday, with the most - watched ballot issue in Boulder was whether voters would allow the city to establish a municipal electric utility.

Two of Texas» municipal utilities — CPS Energy in San Antonio and Austin Energy in Austin — have already contracted more than 1 GW of utility - scale solar on behalf of their customers, which they expect to come online by 2022.

Investor - owned utilities, rural electric co-ops, and municipal generators across the country all produce electricity but have different energy resources available to them.

Earthjustice has filed a legal challenge against JEA, Florida's largest municipal electric utility, because it is violating state law by short - changing customers who want to use rooftop solar energy.

Plaintiffs Community Power Network Corporation (d / b / a Solar United Neighbors) and the League of Women Voters of Florida, Inc., sue Defendant JEA, a Florida municipal electric utility, to enforce state law and to prevent the destruction of rooftop solar expansion in the Jacksonville area.

This is especially relevant in Colorado, where the community in Boulder (currently being hit by «biblical floods) has been trying to «break away» and establish its own municipal utility, on the basis that it can provide cheaper and greener electricity than a centralized utility.

For example, Lakeland Electric, a municipal utility in Florida, has a unique arrangement for its customers.

- Freeman has held chief executive positions at the largest power authorities in the world, including the New York Power Authority, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Lower Colorado River Authority, and the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD).

After the last absentee ballot was counted, opponents of proceeding with municipal utility plans had 1,385 votes compared to 1,380 from supporters.

Origis announced yesterday that it has secured a power purchase agreement (PPA) with utility Sterling Municipal Light Department (SMLD).

The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), an organisation comprising the municipal utilities of 10 cities and one irrigation district, has ordered a potential 1MW of ice battery storage systems from Ice Energy.

Rural co-ops and municipal systems have moved quicker than investor - owned utilities because many are «more nimble and receptive to customers» interests and needs,» said Katie Ottenweller, solar program leader at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC).

In July, California municipal utility Glendale Water & Power (GWP) connected a 2MW / 950kWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at an electrical substation, designed to be able to regulate the transmission network and balance load, but also capable of providing black starts to generators on its network that have gone offline in unscheduled events.

CAISO late last year said two major California public power systems — the Balancing Authority of Northern California (which includes the Modesto Irrigation District, City of Redding, City of Roseville, Sacramento Municipal Utility District [SMUD], City of Shasta Lake, and Trinity Public Utilities District) and SMUD itself — had agreed to join the imbalance market.

If the municipal utility does move forward, Regelson said their studies have found that Boulder could get off coal within the first year of control, all without raising rates.

Although there is still a lot of work to be done before a municipal utility could deliver power in Boulder, the decision by voters has raised many questions about SmartGridCity and the ability of Xcel Energy to provide renewable energy to a city that has an active cleantech industry.

In both power and gas, these dominant companies have extensive cross-ownership of municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) and regional sales companies — relationships that affect competition at all levels.

There were two measures on the ballot, one (2C) that would allow the creation of a municipal utility and one (2B) that would raise taxes to help pay for the costs that will arise as the city works to establish that utility.

This November, voters will have the opportunity to establish a municipal utility.

Earlier in the evening, when it appeared that 2B would fail, supporters of municipalization gathered at the Hotel Boulderado said that earning voter approval for starting a municipal utility was far more important than having voters pass the companion tax.

Late Tuesday, it appeared that voters had approved developing the municipal utility but not the tax to fund it.

However, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District has a program on offer for renters and others who do not currently reside in a single - family home, with an interest in going solar.

The software company has been involved in development of several microgrids, among them the Village of Minster in Ohio, a project noted for its sophistication in achieving multiple revenue streams for a municipal utility.

It would be simple to cite the fact that, for the first time, a municipal utility combined solar power with energy storage.

American cities have also increasingly turned to renewable energy to power their municipal utilities and local governments.

PIAC is also concerned with the recent practice of recovering class action costs by increasing utility rates in Ontario, which has been approved for Enbridge in the Consumers Gas Co. case and is pending approval for Toronto Hydro and other municipal utilities in Ontario.

2015)-RRB- and the reversal of a town zoning board decision that lechis were signs that could not be placed on utility poles under a municipal ordinance, with the Court holding that, since lechis are not even discernible, it is unreasonable not to accommodate the religious practice (East End Eruv Association, Inc. v.

Ms. Long assists developers, landowners, wireless communications providers, and utility companies with appeals if their projects have been denied by municipal land use boards or state environmental agencies or challenged by abutters.

The Shelby County case, and a second petition, Nix v. Holder, have been watched closely by civil rights and other groups ever since the justices voiced skepticism about Section 5's constitutionality in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder in 2009.

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When you go to the municipal office to file the application, bring the following documents with you: driver's license, birth certificate, a utility bill and, if you have been divorced, your divorce papers.