Sentences with phrase «on electricity issues»

In his role, Fisher oversees research and analysis on electricity issues and will help expand AEA's research on electricity markets, FERC, and grid reliability issues.

Karakehian suggested that the council singled out marijuana businesses on the electricity issue «because we could,» but he doesn't think he has the votes to change it.

Not exact matches

I got up early to deal with the issues at the venue, like no electricity on a 100 degree day.

«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of global electricity today, making carbon pollution from coal a leading contributor to climate change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.

The Ontario government pledged on Monday to lower electricity costs for residents of the Canadian province as it sought to provide balm for an issue that has become an irritant with voters.

On Thursday, the Ontario Electricity Stakeholders Alliance issued a series of recommendations that included urging the government to stick to broad planning while empowering regulatory bodies to carry out their designated functions with a greater degree of independence.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, address the National Press Club at lunchtime today on the issue of gas and electricity affordability.

What I liked best about this format for presenting information was the «360 degree» perspective it offered: Casey gave the issue a framework, with useful advice on how to persuade principals and administrators to implement in - classroom breakfast programs; Nora followed, sharing her personal story with using free / reduced programs when her children were young, and stressing the importance of taking care of «the whole child»; Rosario charmed the crowd with her experiences implementing in - classroom breakfast in her district, sharing a story about how excited her kids got about breakfast after a power outage — not how excited they were about the return of electricity, but about getting breakfast; Barry inspired the group by explaining how he took his successes as a school food director as a springboard to a new career as a consultant, replicating and spreading that success in other classrooms.

Questions — talks with EU partners on economic and financial issues, Available funds for Police and Crime panels to cover start - up and first - year running costs, Promoting lower electricity bills through the uptake of voltage optimisation, The effect the lack of a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane may have on British — Irish relations and on the Finucane family.

The executives of ten major energy companies, worth a combined # 400 billion, are set to take part in the initiative, working together on issues such as environmentally sensitive oil exploration, electricity interconnection, and stable long - term oil and gas supplies.

Speaking on the issue, Kushal Dutta, managing director of Jovago Nigeria expressed, «One of the highest cost e-commerce companies in Nigeria cover is electricity.

Her focus throughout that period has been largely on the technical, infrastructure and economic issues underpinning the electricity industry, covering topics related to generation, transmission and distribution, smart grid / smart homes and the prospects for electric vehicles.

In a statement issued on Monday, 7th December, 2015, the PURC announced a 59.2 percent increase in electricity tariff across the board and between 69 and 89.8 percent increase in water tariff.

It's a national security issue — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:42 We are confident these priorities will not only provide jobs but will improve the security of Ghanaians — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:41 Our job creation agenda will be driven by investment in human capital — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:40 The broad agenda for next year is to translate the stability into shared growth - Ken Ofori - Atta 10:33 We have restored macro stability and renewed confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:32 We have achieved in one year, what seemed impossible to achieve in eight years — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 We have provided stable electricity supply — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:31 I am glad to report that we are on course to end the year with the fiscal deficit of 6.5 % — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:30 We are happy to note that our policies are yielding results that have brought back smiles to several Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 We resolve to be fiscally discipline — Ken Ofori Atta 10:29 I'm happy to note that we have turned the economy around — Ken Ofori Atta 10:28 When I presented the budget in March, I indicated our commitment to take strategic steps to fix the challenges facing the economy and restore hope to Ghanaians — Ken Ofori Atta 10:25 I thank the august House for all the support that has brought us so far — Ken Ofori Atta 10:24 Speaker of Parliament invites the Finance Minister to present the 2018 budget

The youths insisted that all indigenes of the area must attend the upcoming town hall meeting slated for May 29, 2017, themed: «Bring Back Our Light» to discuss issues that border on electricity and the general development of the areas.

Speaking on Citi FM's news analysis programme «The Big Issue» on Saturday, President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, said although reduction in electricity tariffs «is a good thing, we must be very cautious.»

From 1996 until 2002, he served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce (U&C) which held legislative jurisdiction over electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, private water corporations and other issues related to commerce.

We wish to issue a responsible and necessary caution that we would, on behalf of the suffering masses of Ghana, take any legitimate action possible to stop these evil rates of increase in the cost of electricity and water from being visited on the people and businesses in Ghana.

«As more and more renewable electricity gets put on the grid over time, you're going to have [surplus] issues.

«For example, a regulatory agency may issue punitive damages against a company's water use, but the supportive agency is trying to help the company save on electricity,» he said.

She also is founder of the technology consulting firm, The Jemison Group, Inc. that integrates the critical impact of socio - cultural issues when designing and implementing technologies, such as their projects on using satellite technology for health care delivery in West Africa and solar dish Stirling engines for electricity generation in developing countries.

This seems incorrect, although I lack expertise on this, as it's more of a legal issue, I don't think you can be denied electricity because of a roommate's lack of payment — if you weren't on the bill.

Please be advised that electricity on this island can be an issue.

A common issue on such a small island are electricity cuts.

According to a statement issued Thursday morning by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, casualties on Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barts and Barbuda have been reported at this time; electricity and communications are down on several islands and the full extent of the damage is not yet known.

Its as I say from reading up on energy use, its a staggering issue in relation to switching energy types (petrol to electricity) and its extremely problematic.

In a Times article on the speech by John Broder, Mr. Gore implied that his timetable and targets for de-carbonizing the country's electricity sources were intentionally super-sized: «I see my role as enlarging the political space in which Senator Obama or Senator McCain can confront this issue as president next year,» Mr. Gore said.

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The growth of solar and wind power has highlighted the issue of negative pricing on the wholesale markets, where in some instances the availability of wind or solar power depresses prices to the point where wholesalers pay their utility customers to take the electricity off their hands.

As a matter of fact, one such survey noted that 83 percent of Oklahomans were in favor of the state meeting its electricity needs with wind, without any education on the issue.

Purpose: To convene a small group of experts (~ 8 people) to support the direction, development and provide input on key issues related to sustainability analysis of electricity generation using renewable biomass for the four coal power plants in Ontario (Atikokan, Thunder Bay, Lambton and Nanticoke).

He has written extensively about electricity regulation, on issues ranging from electric vehicles to Constitutional challenges to states» energy laws.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the first - ever limits on heat - trapping pollution from new power plants in March, ignoring protests from the energy industry and Republicans who fear regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal as an energy source.

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Solar PV is even less of an issue, because it can sit on existing rooftops, and it has the advantage that it's competing with the end - user retail price of electricity.

But to fully capitalize on the potential of electric vehicles for reducing climate - altering carbon emissions from the transport sector, an analyst recently explained in Issues, new investments are needed in large - scale electricity storage and new public policies are needed to encourage recharging when renewable energy sources are providing the power.

DOER must issue regulations to keep Massachusetts on track toward 100 percent renewable energy (not just electricity!)

Also, the SCU's I read up on that I might use would have a powered fan running 24/7 or especially while in use so the use of electricity is not an issue for me.

Far from confusing the issue, that statement puts a spotlight on the future links between transportation energy use and electricity generation.

Your comments demonstrate you haven't even the most basic understanding of either economics, electricity systems, electricity generation costing methods or energy more generally, I'd suggest you spend some time trying to get some background to these issues before wasting more time on climate sensitivity.

-- If electricity is generated using both a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource and an energy source that is not a renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource (as, for example, in the case of co-firing of renewable biomass and fossil fuel), the Commission shall issue Federal renewable electricity credits based on the proportion of the electricity that is attributable to the renewable energy resource or other qualifying energy resource.

Hitting GOP hot button issues, Reichert noted that the PTC allows the renewables to «leverage private investment» in «proven energy projects» to spur growth and create jobs while increasing domestic manufacturing, lowering «electricity costs for businesses and families» and «reducing our reliance on foreign energy resources controlled by hostile nations.»

Although 2014 was a turnaround year for renewables after two years of shrinkage, multiple challenges remain in the form of policy uncertainty, structural issues in the electricity system — even in the very nature of wind and solar generation, with their dependence on breeze and sunlight.

The issue is the impact of electricity privatisation on power prices.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released today Security of Supply in Electricity Markets: Evidence and Policy Issues, which analyses the impact of market reform on investment in the power industry.

However, the hearing also touched on a range of policy issues that are directly relevant to today's electricity debates.

On some of America's most idyllic shorelines between Vermont and California lie several behemoths of the past, shuttered nuclear power plants closed prematurely because they could no longer compete in electricity markets upended by record - low natural gas prices or because they had technical issues that made them too expensive or scientifically challenging to repair.

NERC, which is responsible for assuring the reliability of the grid in the U.S. and Canada, has issued two reports that include a sober warning about potential problems if we rely too much on natural gas for electricity.

SPAIN has business leakage, California has banned all coal - based electricity, cap and trade creates vested interests in property rights — these are some of the issues economist Alan Moran reports on in his summary of the recent Climate Change Conference in New York.

With that issued defeated, depending on the effectiveness and cost of the fix — or even possible side benefits, such as if windbelt frames were the solution, letting sunlight through edgewise while generating power from wind crosswise and deflecting dust too — CSPV has the potential to drop the cost of electricity generation perhaps a thousandfold, indeed as a quantum leap in cost.