Under the Ontario Fair Hydro Plan Regulation, the OEB sets an amount — the GA Modifier — that electricity distributors and others will apply to reduce the GA payable by eligible customers
on electricity consumed between May 1, 2018 and April 30, 2019.
Not exact matches
Canada's two largest power -
consuming provinces, which have long followed their own paths when it comes to
electricity, could soon join forces in an energy partnership that will pay dividends
on both sides of the border.
The Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index by cryptocurrency platform Digiconomist puts the usage
on a par with Denmark,
consuming 33 terawatts of
electricity annually.
He then advised the general public to
consume electricity wisely during this festive period that schools are
on vacation and cautioned parents to ensure their wards turns off electrical appliances when they are not in use.
On December 2, 2015 Governor Cuomo directed the State Department of Public Service Commission (PSC) to design and enact a new Clean Energy Standard (CES) mandating that 50 percent of all
electricity consumed in New York State by 2030 result from clean and renewable energy sources.
That is equivalent to the
electricity consumed by a 7 watt LED light bulb, left
on continuously for almost nine years.
In a Laconia Daily Sun editorial supporting Hassan, former New Hampshire Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Fernald noted that New Hampshire residents
consume electricity from out of state, meaning that state taxpayers would still have to pay for the program via carbon fees
on utilities bills if it left the program.
AN ARTICLE about the world's top 500 supercomputers
on The Inquirer website informed reader George Neil: «The Chinese National University of Defence Technology houses the 3.12 million core Tianhe - 2 cluster, which has 1 petabyte of RAM, uses a proprietary interconnect dubbed the TH Express 2 and
consumes 17.8 GWatt [gigawatts] of
electricity.»
And
on unusually sunny and windy days — such as
on 8 May, when for about 4 hours wind and solar power generated more than 90 % of the
electricity that Germany
consumed — they must swiftly order coal and gas - fired power stations to reduce their output lest an influx of power «congests» the grid and increases the risk of failures.
Why It Matters: The nation relies
on fossil fuels to meet its residential and industrial energy demand, with coal providing about half of the
electricity consumed in the United States.
[8][305][306] To address the variability of the fuel economy outcome depending
on miles driven between charges, EPA also included in the Volt's fuel economy label a table showing fuel economy and
electricity consumed for five different scenarios driven between a full charge, and a never - charge scenario.
Examples include the
on - demand coolant pump, the map - controlled oil pump and the Electric Power Steering system, which only
consumes electricity when steering assistance is actually required.
More importantly, the model
consumes as little as 2.1 L / 100 km (134.5 mpg UK) and can travel up to 40 km (25 miles)
on electricity alone at speeds up to 120 km / h (75 mph).
Energy is
consumed in every step, from coal (coke) for smelting and yes even recycling steel, fuel to move the parts,
electricity and natural gas, oil for the plastics and rubber, the list goes
on right down to the copper wiring and seat covers.
The California Energy Commission reported
on the California Water - Energy Relationship in 2005, noting that «water - related energy use
consumes 19 percent of the state's
electricity, 30 percent of its natural gas, and 88 billion gallons of diesel fuel every year.»
Production of wood pellets also
consumes electricity and the range of consumption is dependent
on moisture content of the harvested forest.
... Because fossil - fuel power plants can not easily ramp down generation in response to excess supply
on the grid,
on sunny, windy days there is sometimes so much power in the system that the price goes negative — in other words, operators of large plants, most of which run
on coal or natural gas, must pay commercial customers to
consume electricity....
Every load (user of
electricity)
on the grid is, physically speaking,
consuming the same mix of energy.
And rather than set $ / kWh tax based
on the volume of
electricity consumed by customers like in Boulder, the District's carbon fee would change based
on the carbon content the the
electricity consumed in DC.
The system ensures that all renewable
electricity generated
on - site is
consumed on site, with nothing exported to the grid.
In a demonstration of distributed energy systems of the 21st century, the microgrid will provide all
electricity consumed during this week's VERGE San Francisco, the GreenBiz Group's flagship conference and exhibition focused
on the nexus of sustainability and technology.
If your solar array produced 1 kWh of
electricity more than you
consumed, the utility would credit you with 1 kWh worth of
electricity on your bill.
How many backups were
on standby (meaning
consuming fuel despite not contributing
electricity to the grid) at 12:00 CET
on April 25th when wind and solar provided 48.8 GW to the grid?
If they weren't ready
on stand - by (and that means
consuming fuel), then there would be no
electricity when wind and solar cut out.
If that were the full story of utility billing, it would be enough to know the total amount of energy the customer used each month - but in many cases, utilities also charge different prices for
electricity depending
on when it is
consumed.
49 Rising Energy Costs for Consumers Average annual household utility bills have increased 48 % since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)-- Add in today's average annual gasoline budget per household and today's estimated annual home energy budget is over $ 3,800
Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 2
Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending
on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 2
electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs —
Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 2
Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % by 2015
The other component needed to make the system complete is an equally micron sized and equally accurate factory acting as a fuel cell,
consuming sugar & atmospheric oxygen and producing
electricity on demand while releasing carbon dioxide & water to the environment.
If renewable technologies such as a wind turbine and / or photovoltaic cells are used to generate
electricity, then it is possible to have a «net - zero carbon» home (where the amount of energy that you
consume per year is equal to (or less than) the amount of energy that you produce
on - site).
The New York Generation Attribute Tracking System (NYGATS) will record and track information
on electricity generated, imported, and
consumed within New York State.
The estimation procedure used to develop these numbers was as follows: Because data could not be found
on other countries / regions, US data (EIA, 2002)
on electricity use as a fraction of total energy use by industry and
on the fraction of
electricity use
consumed by motor driven systems was taken as representative of global patterns.
Chandler took a slightly different view, going as far as saying that the MRV issue in China was in his opinion «a little overrated» because there are many things that can in fact be measures - investments into the energy sector is tracked, there are meters
on wind turbines to measure
electricity generation, and the amount of coal
consumed is reported, he cited just by way of examples.
The measure directs how a unit's overall efficiency shall be determined
on the basis of outputs of electrical generation and useful thermal energy output, which is defined in the bill as (i) including direct heat and other valid thermal end - use energy requirements for which fuel or
electricity would otherwise be
consumed and (ii) excluding thermal energy used for the purpose of drying or refining biomass fuel.
But in many places, you're not supposed to have solar panels supporting more
electricity than you
consume, so if you increase your
electricity use when you get an EV (not guaranteed to happen, but likely), then you can put more solar panels
on your roof and you are essentially driving
on sunshine.
I don't have PV
on my house yet... first has been a reduction to 60 kWh / mo of
electricity, now is installing a 1.6 GPM shower head, and next will be a solar thermal collector to heat the house and water (I still
consume at least 10 therms of gas each month in the cooler months).
According to a similar article recently posted
on Yale University's environment360 website, Stan Cox estimates that global air conditioning
consumes about 1 trillion kilowatthours of
electricity each year, and that automotive air conditioners in the United States alone account for 7 - 10 billion gallons (26 to 38 billion liters) of gasoline used.
New Yorkers
consume far less
electricity than everyone else in the United States: 4,700 kWh per year versus 11,000 kWh
on average in the rest of the country.
Already, solar panels installed
on its buildings, and the wind farms it owns across six European nations, account for 27 % of all the
electricity it
consumes.
Unless you'll actually need all that power — and especially graphics horsepower, if you don't plan
on playing demanding PC games — it will just run hotter and
consume more
electricity.
It also decided to put restrictions
on the use of
electricity consumed by the Bitcoin miners.
Just last week, the People's Bank of China (PBoE) asked the government to impose restrictions and regulations
on the use of
electricity consumed by the Bitcoin miners.
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on the use of
electricity consumed by the Bitcoin miners.
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These additions can be very time
consuming, as they require you to hire various contractors to handle HVAC,
electricity and plumbing, depending
on the type of room being added.
I've always been «thrifty» and now find I was doing many «green» things before it became popular but never realized how much
electricity is
consumed by things that are plugged in but not turned
on.