Sentences with phrase «of utility company»

Here in VA they are considered the property of the utility company & no alteration can be made to them without the consent of the owner which they never grant bc they want workers to readily identify them.

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On appeal, we argued, and the Superior Court agreed, that the alleged evidence of the utility company's control by contract and conduct (e.g., the presence of a contract field representative on site, internal safety guidelines, controlling access to the pole when lines were energized, the provision of certain ladders for access to the pole) was insufficient as a matter of law to constitute control over the means and methods of the subcontractor's work, and thus, the utility was not liable as a landowner out of possession.

It was a frustrating period where we were entirely at the mercy of the utility company to fix the phases coming into our building.

Heck, as I noted in my post about Google quitting ALEC, the boss of utility company NRG turned up at the New York Climate March.

These results are not typical of a utility company but Dominion is among the best - of - breed in this sector.

Board member Kenneth Daley, who is the head of the utility company National Grid, said he'd like an independent legal opinion before signing off on the deal.

Dropbox «combines the size and virality of a customer business with the ordinary profits of a utility company,» referred to Bryan Schreier, a associate at Sequoia Capital and board member on the business.

Then the original company becomes one of the utility company's clients.

Nest thermostats will also go to families using Fannie Mae's low - to moderate - income mortgage program and to income - qualified customers of utility companies.

«When you own a Canadian portfolio of five banks and a couple of utility companies, everything acts the same.»

The problem with dividend funds heavily invested in shares of utility companies is that they are also exposed to rising interest rates and inflation similar to bond investing.

Stocks of utility companies do better when the economy isn't doing well and interest rates are falling.

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.

We are also concerned about the poor macro-economic performance and the technical and operational inefficiencies of the utility companies which have contributed greatly to the frequent hikes in tariffs.

The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites.

«The resistance to tariff is due, partly, to the fact that consumers are paying for inefficiencies of utility companies especially costs arising from political decisions that had only served the interest of some political elites,» the TUC said.

«But it's not acceptable, the response, from some of our utility companies.

«It's the dream of utility companies to have a resource that could go from zero to full power in a matter of seconds,» he said.

Level 3 Construction resource that asks students to investigate prices and coverage of a range of utility companies.

Instead, the rise in the relative valuation of utility companies, along with other yield plays, can largely be attributed to investors» quest for increasingly scarce yield.

Utility Funds: These funds invest in securities of utility companies.

Bankers who finance SolarCity would likely be much happier to work with the impressive balance sheets of utility companies over SolarCity.

Security Deposit Similar to the landlord, a lot of utility companies might ask you to give a security deposit.

Shares of utility companies are popular with dividend investors because of their consistent payments and low risk in the business model.

A handful of utility companies across the United States have... read more September 15, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski

Edison Electric Institute is a coalition of utility companies from across the country.

I do like the idea of decentralized electricity generation as the umbilical cord would no longer force people to be at the mercy of the utility companies frequent monopolies.

It is important that we know which utility you are with because we have the residential electricity rates for each of the utility companies in our database and this means if you tell us your average monthly bill we can work out how many kilowatt hours of power you need your solar panels to produce.

ICE was proposed by a coalition of utility companies including the Western Fuels Association, Southern Company, and the Edison Electric Institute in the early 1990s with the goal to «Reposition global warming as theory (not fact).»

A solar carve out is a requirement within an overall renewable portfolio standard that a certain percentage of the utility companies requirement to buy power from renewable sources must come from solar power specifically.

The coalition of utility companies plays a critical role in developing universal technical standards that will facilitate ease of use and commercial feasibility of electric vehicles.

Noted for its focus on pipeline work and project development, VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards) acts for a variety of utilities companies, including waste and water groups, in addition to pipeline operators.

Focus has been around removing constraints and solving issues that have impaired the generation, transmission and distribution capacity of the utility companies in Nigeria.

Negligent acts of utility companies that cause gas explosions, electrocutions or electrical shock injuries in places where people live and work.

The project enables a network of utility companies and household generators to serve rural populace more effectively.

When we go to do diligence is when I'll go to the financials again by calling all of the utility companies and rrquesting tax returns.

Not exact matches

«Those pushing for net neutrality think the world would work better if the Internet was somehow magically transformed into a public utility, like a water or electricity company, with the FCC and state regulators setting rates, overseeing investment, and micromanaging relationships between providers and customers,» Downes says, adding the result would be devastating to the smooth functioning of ISP networks.

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.

In the periods since the stock market peaked for the year in January, and after its most recent top mid-March, utilities, traditionally a defensive group of companies, have been the best - performing sector.

Costa Rica recently made headlines when its state - run utility company said it had gone a full 76 days without using fossil fuels, beating their own record of 75 days last March.

New CEO Jim Hackett has been trying to convince investors that betting on a Ford turnaround is worth the wager by laying out a plan to get rid of slow - selling, low - margin car models and refocus the company on more lucrative sport utility vehicles and pickups.

TOTAL Marine Services (TMS) has purchased a new utility vessel as part of a broader restructuring program aligned with the company's growth strategy.

Such contacts might also make it easier for the company to obtain financing for expansion, find promising new locations, or gain favorable treatment in terms of taxes, ordinances, or utilities.

I'm sure many of us are hoping that the sooner Governments release the grip on services and utilities, and stop hiding behind the «national security» banner, we might actually start seeing some of the world's most intelligent companies being allowed to do what they do best, innovate.

One of the Sarkozy's moves was to relaunch the stalled merger between the state - owned gas company and the electric and gas utility Suez SA that is partially owned by Power Financial and partner Albert Frere's holding company.

The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

Look for the ETF with the least amount of utility - sector exposure, says Gabriel, and also be aware that many of the companies in these funds are small - and mid-cap names.

We also contacted Allete, a company whose Minnesota Power (MP) utility serves more than 140,000 state residents and «some of the nation's largest industrial customers.»