New technologies and obsolescence of
older customers plants provide opportunities for substantial growth in developed nations.
Not exact matches
That See's would try to appeal to new
customers by stressing
old values matches up nicely with its
plants, which run on a balance of automation and live labor.
There will be a new generation of equipment to control the flow between treatment facilities, pumping stations and tanks; there is a system to alert
customers and large institutions, such as hospitals, to interruptions in service;
old pipes are replaced more rapidly to limit leaks; and officials are working toward a system to move water from north to south, so the Southtowns can rely on the Van De Water treatment
plant on the Niagara River should the Sturgeon Point
plant on Lake Erie fail or lose its links to
customers, like when a 42 - inch main failed last summer.
In June 2016, APS filed for a $ 3.6 billion rate increase (Docket E-01345A-16-0036) to go into effect July 2017, including higher fixed charges, new demand charges for solar
customers, lowering the rate paid for distributed solar from the retail rate (12 - 13 cents / kWh) to wholesale rate (3 cents / kWh), and spending billions of dollars to introduce fossil fuel
plants, including one of the Western U.S.'s
oldest and dirtiest coal
plants, into rate base.
Circumventing a decades -
old pact providing a market monopoly in exchange for public oversight, an investor - owned utility has proposed legislation to allow it to build a new natural gas
plant criticized for its financial and environmental impact, and then stick
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Residential
customers experiencing the highest increases, and / or potential increases, are those who are heavily dependent on coal - fueled generation, as required retrofits can not economically meet existing environmental requirements — resulting in the proposed retirement of
older coal - fueled
plants.
The general responsibilities include determining project specifications, designing, and implementing cost - efficient modifications for
old equipment, monitoring
plant systems, handling and solving complex issues with manufacturing as well as maintaining healthy relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, vendors and
customers.