Sentences with phrase «of state utility commissions»

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According to the IRS, «two state agencies have regulatory authority over the trucking industry in each state: the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.»

To what extent governments and ratepayers should support rooftop solar is a matter of debate in several state legislatures and utility commissions.

Property taxes in the U.S. are a complicated patchwork of different policies set by states, cities and counties as well as local school boards, fire departments and utility commissions.

The angry protestors are gathered outside of the office of Nevada's Public Utilities Commission, the regulatory body that sets rules for the state's electricity, gas, and water uUtilities Commission, the regulatory body that sets rules for the state's electricity, gas, and water utilitiesutilities.

Some state utility commissions tilt in favor of consumers, but many offer business discounts.

Earlier this month in Colorado, meanwhile, the state became the first to officially regulate companies like Uber and Lyft, also requiring more in the way of insurance and for drivers to register with the state's Public Utilities Commission.

First, some background: In December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop solar customers.

Tom Ballinger, the commission staff's director of the engineering division, said 700 customers of the state's electric utilities filed comments and that nearly 11 percent of the comments were «positive» about utilities» performance during Irma.

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 Matthew.

A report by the California Public Utilities Commission is due out this fall on the costs and benefits of rooftop solar that may help determine the direction regulators and lawmakers take on net metering programs in the state.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The fate of several state policies that allowed SolarCity to operate had become more uncertain, thanks mostly to hostility from the entrenched utilities, and the company was forced to pull out of Nevada altogether after the state's public utilities commission voted to significantly cut benefits for homeowners with solar.

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.

Cuomo established the commission on Nov. 13 to investigate the response, preparation and management of the utility companies during Sandy, as well as the other major storms that have hit the state in the past two years — Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

The other, a special prosecutorial commission investigating the state's utilities and their performance after Sandy, will report its findings before the State of the State Wednestate's utilities and their performance after Sandy, will report its findings before the State of the State WedneState of the State WedneState Wednesday.

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.

But Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate who was a member of Mr. Cuomo's first Moreland Commission, which investigated the performance of the state's power utilities after Hurricane Sandy, said the advertisement ran the risk of politicizing the new panel.

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

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.

Gov. Cuomo has named a 10 - member commission to look into the poor response by utilities and state agencies in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

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.

Sensitive to this criticism, the Cuomo administration is pointing to the success of the Moreland Act Commission that investigated the state's utility companies» response to Superstorm Sandy, the results of which were released over the weekend.

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.

Observers said they could not recall a time when Arizona's utility commission, where Republicans control all five seats, had rebuffed a long - term plan from one of the state's utilities.

Moreover, if natural gas prices remain low due to higher yields associated with the hydraulic fracturing of wells, other forms of electricity — including renewables — will have a hard time winning favor with utilities and state public utilities commissions that govern the growth of the electricity system.

The group hosts planning workshops and provides technical assistance to local utilities, city councils, tribal fisheries commissions, and a menu of relevant state and the federal departments.

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.

A «triple subsidy,» say enviros The resulting data should help reassure state public utility commissions — which have rejected many large projects out of cost concerns — about the viability and accuracy of the technology, Finley said.

But the state's public utility commission, the only regulatory agency with authority to oversee the safety and operation of Con Edison's system, announced that it lacked jurisdiction to end the lockout or get involved in the negotiations.

Perhaps the state's most striking advance was the approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas in 2005 of a plan to build a matrix of new transmission lines across west and central Texas to tap the full potential of its wind power.

The dispute was ultimately settled but the case underscored the high stakes of labor disputes involving electric utilities, as well as the potential danger to public safety and the need for clarification of the authority of state public utility commissions, Scott said.

In fact, another agency is specifically tasked with leading that charge: the California Public Utilities Commission is responsible by law for ensuring that publicly owned utilities in the state get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by the end of this year (although the utilities have until 2013 to prove that they have complied) and 33 percentUtilities Commission is responsible by law for ensuring that publicly owned utilities in the state get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by the end of this year (although the utilities have until 2013 to prove that they have complied) and 33 percentutilities in the state get 20 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by the end of this year (although the utilities have until 2013 to prove that they have complied) and 33 percentutilities have until 2013 to prove that they have complied) and 33 percent by 2020.

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In 2003, Lee was elected to the position of Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education and as a gubernatorial appointment (2005 - 2009) to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

$ 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

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When the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) challenged Ohio businesses to reduce kilowatt usage or face penalty fees, Coastal had already taken the initiative to reduce energy use by upgrading our equipment and lighting to fuel - efficient state - of - the - art options, and was one of 13 Ohio businesses to earn this recognition.

First of all, I spent much of the 1980s testifying at state public utility commissions against new nuclear power plants on economic grounds only.

And for the state of California, CalRENEW - 1 is the first utility - scale solar project to be commissioned under the state's renewable portfolio standard.

Concerning AEP's statement that costs could not be passed along, West Virginia journalist Ken Ward noted: «It's not exactly true that utility commissions aren't allowing companies to pass costs of projects like this on to consumers... The West Virginia PSC allowed AEP rate hikes to cover our state's share of the costs.

Among the changes, the Illinois Commerce Commission included language to ensure that projects within the boundaries of municipally - owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives in the state will be able to participate in programs under the plan.

Climate scientist James Hansen, Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand and other scientists and environmentalists are urging Governor Jerry Brown to let the state legislature, not the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decide the fate of Diablo Canyon, which provides 21 percent of the state's clean power.

At the very same time, another top Brown political aide - turned appointee, Richard Maullin, chairman of the California Energy Commission (CEC) began pressuring the state's utilities to burn more oil rather than shift to nuclear energy.

Energy Commission staff requests participation of the state's major utilities, including PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Sacramento Municipal Utility District, as well as other interested parties in this workshop.