Sentences with phrase «of utility energy»

That is over twice the national average of utility energy produced by coal.

It's an online compilation of utility energy costs in major cities and metro areas across the country.

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DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

Berkshire has more than 90 operating units, including large businesses such as the BNSF railroad, Geico auto insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Energy utilities, and smaller businesses making Dairy Queen ice cream, Duracell batteries, Fruit of the Loom underwear, Ginsu knives and the World Book encyclopedia.

The «Energy Box» has been effective at lowering utility bills for commercial / industrial applications and will soon will hit the market of homeowners.

Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

In sector news, utilities became one of the worst performing sectors in Wednesday's trade, closing down 1.53 percent, after U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May promised new caps on energy bills.

Pfannenstiel previously chaired the California Energy Commission, worked at utility PG&E for twenty years, and was the assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy in charge of energy strEnergy Commission, worked at utility PG&E for twenty years, and was the assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy in charge of energy strenergy strategy.

In a Friday update, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that for a brief period on March 11th, utility - scale solar accounted for 40 % of net grid power produced in California.

In the second quarter, 87 % of the 40.7 megawatts of energy storage installed in the U.S. came from utility projects.

California has also required utilities to collectively install over a gigawatt of energy storage by 2020.

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.

Sandy was also the founder of Axio Power, a utility - scale solar developer acquired by SunEdison in 2011, and Columbia Power Technologies, a pioneer in wave energy technology.

While utilities have long discouraged energy storage by homeowners and industrial consumers because it threatens their revenue model, Brown says it makes a lot of sense, not just for enabling more renewable power but for lightening the load on old, creaky infrastructure.

Maggie Koerth - Baker, author of Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us, says utilities simply haven't done a good enough job of explaining the idea.

The recap: the tech - centric automaker is expanding beyond electric vehicles and launching a line of battery products that will allow homeowners, businesses and utilities to store energy, manage backup power — and ultimately, enable zero - emission power generation.

The Austin Energy contract opened a market for big solar in sunny Southeastern states, Jim Hughes, chief executive of utility - scale solar developer First Solar told investors in April.

Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

Berkshire Hathaway Energy company MidAmerican Energy says it owns the most wind farms of any of its investor - owned and regulated U.S. utility peers.

And of course smart grids and the changes our energy utility - centered model is undergoing can both cut carbon emissions and generate new revenue opportunities.

Jim Cramer spoke to Dominion Energy CEO Tom Farrell about his company's acquisition of struggling South Carolinian utility Scana.

This lets you to lock in your monthly rate for 1 - 3 years on a plan that has been individualized to your organization's needs, all while receiving the same energy and services of your current utility.

The U.S. average has about 3.5 % of total income going toward energy bills, though one in five families can actually spend up to 20 to 50 % of their income on utilities.

«Basically, I just spent two and a half years working on utility - scale energy,» Griffith says with a sigh as he chews at a slice of fancy pizza.

Altogether, this plan puts the utility on an «environmentally responsible, sustainable path» for the long term, said Paul Koonce, president and CEO of parent company Dominion Energy's power generation group.

Vistra Energy will buy Dynegy in an all - stock deal, the U.S. utilities said on Monday, creating a company with a market value of more than $ 10 billion.

Standing in the way of Rive's vision are utilities that fear that the technology is putting pressure on their century - old business model of big centralized energy generation.

Because the local utility, NV Energy, generates a good portion of its sales from casinos, the state's regulators said casinos would have to pay tens of millions of dollars to detach from the utility and generate all of their own power.

The Department of Energy's website can give you information, but if you go to your local utility's website, you'll see tips and ideas for energy efficEnergy's website can give you information, but if you go to your local utility's website, you'll see tips and ideas for energy efficenergy efficiency.

Energy Future's board favored Sempra's bid after it also offered assurances it could get its acquisition of Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas, as well as a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the sources said.

But the blockchain has also become host to an array of startups who are building a range of products — from apps like uPort which aims to replaced state - issued IDs with an authenticated digital identity, to GridPlus, which uses the Ethereum blockchain to track energy consumption with the goal of lowering utility bills.

«What that imposes on us is the need to ensure the design of the power plant we put together is consistent with the utilities» view of the power grid, consistent with what's available on the vendor market and (the need to) build them on a scale to change the nature of energy supply, and that it isn't just a physicists pipe dream.»

On Thursday AES Energy Storage announced that it's won two contracts with utility San Diego Gas & Electric to develop two battery projects — in the cities of Escondido and El Cajon — that will total 37.5 megawatts in capacity.

Frank Maisano, an energy lobbyist who has worked with utilities and other companies, said Bay's departure «only underscores the need to get a new slate of FERC commissioners in place as quickly as possible.»

Deepa Venkateswaran, senior research analyst for European utilities at Bernstein, speaks about an asset swap between some of Europe's biggest energy companies.

Mike Dunne, managing director of Laser Fusion Energy at the NIF, says that to achieve its goal of commercialization, the NIF has already brought in the utilities industry and vendors, concurrent with experimentation at LIFE.

That means looking critically at the economics of the utilities industry as well as the supply chain, and steering the experimental work as closely as possible to create an energy source that can be integrated with the technical infrastructure of the existing power industry.

The project is one of a growing number of planned battery farms in California and other states, as utilities look for better and greener options to generate and deliver energy to their customers and meet the state's regulations.

Big tech companies, global retailers, clean energy firms, food makers, agriculture conglomerates, and a couple of utilities have all signed on.

The president did not mention NV Energy by name — instead calling out several utilities around the country that have put pro-solar policies in place and are working to figure out how to transition the electricity industry from a simple provider to an integrated system of distribution.

Energy regulators in the state are battling utility companies over net metering, which is the process through which solar customers get a credit for a certain amount of electricity that they send back to the grid.

The Berkshire Hathaway - owned NV Energy, the state's largest utility, is required to file its new rate with the PUCN by the end of the year.

Vectren — Vectren will be bought by rival utility CenterPoint Energy for $ 72 per share in cash, or a total of about $ 6 billion.

We finance a variety of energy and efficiency upgrades that may help you cut your total utility costs and improve the comfort and value of your home.

This has included Chinese takeovers of companies in robotics, semiconductors, machine - tools, telecoms, agribusiness, food, as well as infrastructures such as ports, airports, railways and energy utilities.

The aforementioned reform paved the way for new solar projects — and the current conditions make solar plant development exceptionally attractive, says Stephen Byrd, who leads coverage of the North American power and utilities and clean energy industries for Morgan Stanley.

«Hydro Ottawa is a progressive, forward - looking Canadian utility that sees the value of innovation and the necessity of brining new solutions and offerings to their customers and stakeholders,» said Ron Dizy, Managing Director of the Advanced Energy Centre.

California has set a new record for peak output of utility - scale solar at more than 10.5 GW, as well as for renewable energy overall.

The owners of Energy Future, which also includes Goldman Sachs, can take some solace in that they were not alone in betting on the biggest utility company in Texas.

Analysis from Rystad Energy has revealed that sub - $ 60 / MWh utility scale solar projects could be viable in sunny parts of Australia today.