Sentences with phrase «of public utility services»

It also applies when a service provider provides services to the need of a large number of individuals as in case of public utility services.

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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.

Wheeler's new rules — which would prohibit blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet content — would also reclassify broadband and internet service providers, or ISPs, as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

The court ruled in favor of Verizon, saying that the FCC did not have the authority to enforce its previous order, unless it reclassified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as common carriers, essentially public utilities.

«The focus of our legal appeal will be on the FCC's decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a public utility service,» Jon Banks, senior vice president of U.S. Telecom said in a statement.

And while many startups and tech companies that depend on open access to the Internet have cheered those rules, which reclassify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, cable and telecommunications industry representatives have already filed several lawsuits that challenge the regulations.

At issue are current rules that classify internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon as public utility - like «common carriers» under Title II of the Communications Act.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

FPL took part in a two - day workshop in Tallahassee, presented by the Florida Public Service Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane MaPublic Service Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Mapublic utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Matthew.

I suggest, for a start, that people boycott the BC Chamber of Commerce membership (which includes all the oil and energy corporations), plus several (but not all) banks and credits unions, several public utilities, and other corporations and service providers.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

With only 20 percent of the system working a month later, public utility companies can not restore regular water, internet, and phone service.

Public collection of economic rent can be collected without affecting the supply of fuels and other raw materials, land or public utility serPublic collection of economic rent can be collected without affecting the supply of fuels and other raw materials, land or public utility serpublic utility services.

The Progressive Era developed the view that public utilities and other natural monopolies rightly belonged in the public sector, where governments would provide their basic services at a subsidized price or even freely as in the case of roads.

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.

Letter carriers, telephone installers, and other public utility employees, and the maintenance staff of abortion clinics are to be advised that they are servicing «death camps.»

He is not running a public service or a utility company — he is merely helping to ramp up the value of a privately owned company over a prolonged period of time.

Eight sub-sectors reported growth in employment in the month of December in the order: public administration; agriculture; utilities; transportation & warehousing; health care & social assistance; accommodation & food services; retail trade and educational services.

While Trump's federal tax cut is causing headaches for some New Yorkers, Cuomo and regulators at the state Public Service Commission are working to ensure that utility customers in the state are able to reap some of the benefits as soon as possible.

Of the eighteen non-manufacturing sub-sectors, fourteen recorded decline in May 2016 in the following order: professional, scientific, & technical services; public administration; management of companies; construction; real estate, rental & leasing; information & communication; utilities; finance & insurance; agriculture; wholesale trade; accommodation & food services; health care & social assistance; repair, maintenance / washing of motor vehicles and electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supplOf the eighteen non-manufacturing sub-sectors, fourteen recorded decline in May 2016 in the following order: professional, scientific, & technical services; public administration; management of companies; construction; real estate, rental & leasing; information & communication; utilities; finance & insurance; agriculture; wholesale trade; accommodation & food services; health care & social assistance; repair, maintenance / washing of motor vehicles and electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supplof companies; construction; real estate, rental & leasing; information & communication; utilities; finance & insurance; agriculture; wholesale trade; accommodation & food services; health care & social assistance; repair, maintenance / washing of motor vehicles and electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supplof motor vehicles and electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supply.

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The audit also uncovered overbilling of approximately $ 25,000 in utilities in the Public Works and Central Police Services departments, which was mostly refunded in 2016.

Metzger is also the director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

Now Gov. Cuomo has directed the Dept. of Public Service to investigate utility companies» preparations and response to storms.

The head of the Dept. of Public Service commissions says the response and restoration has not met the expectations of New Yorkers and after the investigation utilities will take action accordingly.

* Giving the state Public Service Commission the power and the teeth to revoke the license of any utility that flunks performance

«Poor healthcare, collapsed education, lack of public utilities, decayed social services, are all products of corruption, as those entrusted with public resources put them in their private pockets.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles is being run by a deputy commissioner, while the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities, has one of its five seats unfilled.

John Rhodes, from the Public Service Commission, I'm going to direct to do a full review of how the utility companies handled the situation.

The utility previously issued a statement in response to the PSC probe: «Post-storm reviews are a standard part of our emergency procedures, and we'd be happy to share whatever information is requested by the Public Service Commission.»

18 - A (TED Part S) Executive Budget - In accordance with the recommendations of the New York State Tax relief Commission, Part S of the TED Article VII legislation, would reduce the Public Service Law § 18 - a (6) Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (Temporary Assessment) by a total of $ 200 million per year by eliminating the assessment on industrial utility customers and accelerate the phase out for all other cusUtility Service Conservation Assessment (Temporary Assessment) by a total of $ 200 million per year by eliminating the assessment on industrial utility customers and accelerate the phase out for all other cusutility customers and accelerate the phase out for all other customers.

POUGHKEEPSIE — Central Hudson and IBEW Local 320 have negotiated a new contract for utility workers, who would become employees of Fortis, Inc. should the buyout of CH Energy Group be approved by the State Public Service Commission.

For a second consecutive year, the state Public Service Commission (PSC) has deeply slashed the amount of renewable energy that utility companies are forced to buy under Governor Andrew Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard (CES).

The New York State Public Service Commission is reviewing the proposed merger of Poughkeepsie - based CH Energy Group - the parent company of Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation - and Canadian utility company Fortis, Inc..

The governor said the state Public Service Commission will do a full review of the utilities» response to last week's storm.

Staff of the New York State Public Service Commission has weighed in on whether the PSC should reconsider its approval of a utility merger in the Hudson Valley.

But unlike ConEd, a private utility, LIPA is not regulated by the Public Service Commission (whose leadership the governor also appoints, by the way), so the governor can't ask the PSC to fine or decertify LIPA without changing their statutory relationship, according to Jackson Morris, director of strategic engagement at the Pace Energy and Climate Center.

The candidate is perhaps best - known regionally as the founder / director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

Extreme weather contributed to cost problem Electricity rates have increased 18 percent because of Kemper, and the result of the prudency review before the Public Service Commission could force the utility to absorb more of the costs (ClimateWire, April 30).

New York State's Public Service Commission has ordered New York City's utility Con Edison to replace 70 miles of pipe per year by 2016.

Any increase, however, isn't likely to show up until at least January, Schnure says, because utilities could not raise rates without the permission of the Vermont Public Service Commission.

The extensive outreach opportunities to the general public provided by the National Park Service interpreters provide an opportunity to broaden public appreciation of the utility of these kinds of quantitative approaches in addressing issues of national concern related to natural system management.

Under the terms of the arrangement, Hartford Public Schools provided a physical plant, utilities, custodial and other support services, while Achievement First provided the instruction and operated the school according to its successful model.

ALEC also seeks to advance the privatization of public institutions such as public education, public transportation, public utilities, state lotteries, and other municipal and state services.

Our experience extends to the areas of economic development corporations and municipal law, and in the representation of special purpose districts, cooperatives, shared service arrangements, utility districts, head start agencies, private schools, public and private colleges and universities, chambers of commerce, and education foundations as well as other nonprofit organizations.

Malloy's corporate support came from political action committees including, Aetna, Alcoa, Alexion, American Medical Response, AQN, AT&T, Bank of America, Boehringer Ingelheim, CBS, Cerner Corporation, Cigna, Comcast, Computer Sciences Corporation, Covanta Energy, Dominion Energy, Enterprise Holding, FoxPAC (Yes, related to the Fox News Corp.), General Dynamics, General Electric, GHC Corporation, Guardian, Hartford Financial, HNTB Holdings, Maximus, Minerals Technologies Inc., National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Northeast Utilities, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, Praxair, Public Service of New Jersey, Purdue Pharma, Reinsurance Association of America, Safelite, Spectra Energy, Synergy, Nestle Waters, The Phoenix, The Travelers, Walt Disney Productions, Thermo Fischer Scientific, UnitedHealth, Wal - Mart, Walgreens, Webster Bank, Wellpoint, Xerox and the list goes on.

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta will hold a town hall meeting addressing utility companies at the Latter Branch of the New Orleans Public Library on Monday (Oct. 29).

$ 97,920 Idaho Division of Building Safety $ 90,000 Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission $ 100,000 Kansas Corporation Commission $ 90,033 Louisiana Department of Natural Resources $ 80,000 Maryland Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Authority $ 99,950 Michigan Public Service Commission $ 97,104 Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety $ 100,000 Mississippi Public Service Commission $ 97,500 Missouri Public Services Commission $ 69,675 Nebraska State Fire Marshal $ 98,707 Nevada Public Utilities Commission $ 85,000 New Jersey Board of Public Utilities $ 100,000 New Mexico Pipeline Safety Bureau $ 67,550 New York 811 $ 30,000 Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works $ 96,500

As Dimitri Volkmann, vice president for products and markets at Good Technology puts it, «We are seeing rapid adoption of tablets across a lot of highly regulated sectors — from public utilities to financial services, banking and healthcare.»

«We are seeing rapid adoption of tablets across a lot of highly regulated sectors — from public utilities to financial services, banking and healthcare,» said Dimitri Volkmann, vice president for products and markets at Good Technology.