Sentences with phrase «of lower power prices»

His company owns a dozen coal, gas and nuclear plants in Texas, and generation revenues for that region dropped more than $ 90 million last year, primarily because of lower power prices in the state.

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In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

«It signals that Google has plans in Denmark, and I think it's because we have some of Europe's lowest power prices for companies, some of the greenest energy, and a high...

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The low natural gas prices caused coal's share of the power grid to fall from 42 % in 2011 to 37 % in 2012.

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

Changes in power costs due to falling oil prices, meanwhile, can vary considerably by market and region, and, in many markets, gasoline prices are so inflated by taxation that the impact of lower oil prices for consumers is considerably dampened.

The «Yes on 61» campaign argues that Prop 61 would exploit the state's «bulk - purchasing power to secure lower prices for prescription drugs, saving taxpayers billions of dollars.»

This would hamper the Horgan government's revenue, while depriving Alberta of a reliable, low - cost power source that would help tame price hikes.

To keep prices low and hence national economies competitive, governments were to undertake society's largest spending programs: basic infrastructure such as transportation, power production, communications — all of which happen to be natural monopolies as well.

Results from the first round results of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program were record - breaking, with the lowest wind power prices in Canadian history, making them competitive with natural gas power prices.

The large and growing amount of solar generation has occasionally driven power prices on the CAISO power exchange during late winter and early spring daylight hours to very low, and sometimes negative, prices.

Basic premise (aging terribly, so thank heavens the details are behind a paywall): lower gas prices aren't really stimulative in Canada because the concurrent decline in the terms of trade is detrimental to gross domestic income, thereby crimping purchasing power, and is likely accompanied by a hit to employment (wrong again, so far!).

Consequently, power prices on both the day - ahead and real - time CAISO markets were substantially lower in March compared with other times of the year or even March of last year.

However, coal demand can continue to decline if natural gas prices stay low for a very long time allowing further replacement of coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones.

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

So presumably, companies with superior pricing power and with a history of high and stable gross margins may find it easier to retain the benefits of lower taxes.

And when creditors turned their economic gains from this process into political power to shift the tax burden onto wage earners and industry, this raised the cost of living and doing business — by more than technology was able to lower prices.

The biggest problem with Honolulu is that there isnt much of a solid economic base, you have nearly LA level prices, perhaps higher with much lower average earning power.

A group of black parishioners in Georgia will get on their knees, wish for lower gas prices, and the being that created the entire Universe and its billions of galaxies will use its telepathic powers to read their minds and will then intervene in World economics to reduce oil prices in the Southern United States.

About 600 farmers attended a similar rally three years ago, which Farmer Power hoped would lead to the creation of a plan to combat low milk prices and dry conditions.

Barnaby Joyce says he would be» 100 %» behind the government constructing coal - fired power stations if that would lower the price of electricity.

The six districts formed the Urban School Food Alliance in 2012 to combine their purchasing power of $ 520 million to force lower prices on better quality food, supplies and more environmentally friendly packaging and cutlery.

All of our scooters, bikes, and other powered personal transportation vehicles are tax - free, come with free shipping, and can be price matched so you can shop with confidence knowing you are able to get a lower price anywhere else.

The Powership will generate high voltage electrical energy at one of the lowest prices for thermal power generation.

FitzPatrick has been hurt by Central New York's low wholesale power prices, which have fallen along with the price of natural gas, a common fuel for power plants.

He mentioned the absence of a national sugar policy, the unavailability of irrigation facilities for sugar cane out - grower farmers, the low offer price for the sugar cane and power supply as some of the challenges that need urgent attention.

And low prices are also putting a dent into the budget of the New York Power Authority, which sells electricity from the state's massive hydropower system along the Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers, and from several smaller downstate fossil fuel power plPower Authority, which sells electricity from the state's massive hydropower system along the Niagara and St. Lawrence rivers, and from several smaller downstate fossil fuel power plpower plants.

On the shores of Lake Ontario, owners of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant are blaming low prices on a decision to close the plant by January 2017, regardless of whether Cuomo's subsidy program is adopted.

He added that the country was in a terrible shape when the administration came into power in 2015, with oil prices falling to as low as 37 dollars per barrel, from peak periods of over 100 dollars in previous years.

Upstate power generators are already vulnerable because of low energy prices, said Darren Suarez, director of governmental affairs at the state Business Council.

FitzPatrick, which has 600 workers, has been losing money because of low wholesale power prices based on cheap and plentiful natural gas.

Entergy officials blame FitzPatrick's losses on the low price of natural gas, which depresses power prices.

Another factor to consider with low - price lights like this one is the lack of switches to control the power or different sections of the LEDs.

It's a perfect hardware combination that allows for a low price point and lots of power for gaming.

Eliminating this financial risk premium makes nuclear power levelized electricity cost competitive with that of coal, and it becomes lower than that of coal when a modest price on carbon dioxide emissions is imposed,» the report says.

The biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices, which has allowed the industry to replace coal - fired power plants economically with cleaner natural gas power plants — and without a costly regulatory mandate,» said Jeffrey J. Anderson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Stricter emissions requirements on coal - fired power plants, together with low natural gas prices, have contributed to a recent decline in the use of coal for electricity generation in the United States, she said.

To suggest that plants are retiring because of the EPA's regulations fails to recognize that lower power prices and depressed demand are the primary retirement drivers.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

Very few coal - fired power plants are expected to be built in the future, due to the abundance and low price of natural gas.

Those alternatives operate fewer hours of the year, but with no burden of fuel cost or fuel - disposal problems the price of power they produce could be low enough to squeeze nuclear power out of the mix.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Less commonly, countries spoke of reducing the use of inefficient coal - fired power plants, lowering methane emissions from oil and gas production, reforming fossil fuel subsidies, and carbon pricing, the report says.

In the days since that announcement, the stock price of Ocean Power Technologies fell to its lowest point since its initial public offering.

Thrive Market is an online membership community that uses the power of direct buying to deliver the world's best healthy food and natural products to members at wholesale prices, and to sponsor free memberships for low - income American families.

This is a necessary trade - off for having all the benefits of a squat stand PLUS many of the benefits of a power rack while having a lower price point, while taking up less space thanks to the open front section and costing less than the X-3 power racks (by ~ $ 55 vs X-3 short power rack or ~ $ 75 for the full - height X-3 power rack).

I am taking advantage of the lower pricing Core Power Yoga offers when a new studio opens and will be hitting the yoga classes hard through the end of the month with my bae Erica starting this Saturday.

Educators have long seen a need for portable devices that have enough power to accommodate students» needs for word processing and research on the Internet's World Wide Web, yet which are available at prices much lower than those of current portable computers.