Sentences with phrase «on utilities regulation»

Ronit also advises on utilities regulation, particularly in the regulation of water companies.

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And while many startups and tech companies that depend on open access to the Internet have cheered those rules, which reclassify Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, cable and telecommunications industry representatives have already filed several lawsuits that challenge the regulations.

Initially, it was thought that the new regulations would be rolled out in the first half of 2015, but with the possibility of further legal entanglements on the horizon, especially having to do with the President's stance of reclassifying broadband as a common utility under the Telecommunications Act, the issue may not be resolved so quickly.

A coalition of groups including the New York Public Interest Research Group and Food & Water Watch announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at blocking a planned surcharge on utility bills that was a key component of the state's new Clean Energy Standard regulations.

Under state regulations, utilities must review and report on preparations and restoration efforts after outages lasting more than three days.

Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.

If anything, it can depend on the sector and even the level of regulation of that sector; the more - highly regulated a sector is (healthcare and utilities, for example), the less efficient it is.

We don't intend on buying any utilities at any point due to regulation that we don't want to have to be at the mercy of.

The main concern as with a lot of utilities I looked at is that they're 50 % dependent on coal as an energy source and more regulations are totally coming.

You would have foreseen the strict, new environmental regulations imposed on industry and utilities.

== carpooling (by state, by city, by company) == bicycle commuters seeking safe «parking» == scheduled drop off points for e-waste == e-address for companies willing to collect used cooking oil == inventory of recycling regulations, by zip code == e-address of every environmental oversight bureaucrat == e-address of every congress critter... along with their voting record on applicable legislation == list current incentives of various utilities to turn in old applicances by consumers buying, newer more efficent applicances

Government must also change utility regulations so that profits do not depend on selling ever more energy, but instead increase with efficiency.

Mr. Barbour mainly works to loosen enforcement of environmental regulations affecting utilities, though other Washington lobbyists said that he had also argued against action on reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

EPA conducts illegal experiments on humans, to justify regulations that are killing thousands of coal mining and utility jobs.)

** Plum is a former member of House Commerce and Labor and currently a member of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.

Background on the coal industry's lobbying to prevent regulation can be found in DeSmogBlog / PolluterWatch report, Coal - Fired Utilities to American Public: Kiss My Ash [pdf].

A recent survey of electric utility leaders finds that Trump administration efforts to promote coal energy and roll back air pollution regulations have had little impact on their long - range plans.

An EERS can apply to either electricity or natural gas utilities, or both, depending on the state, and can be adopted through either legislation or regulation.

Nathan focuses on regulatory design for distributed generation in the eastern U.S. Prior to joining Vote Solar, Nathan was a Senior Economist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities where he worked renewable energy and distributed generation regulation.

As a coalition of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact of utility - scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following comments on the proposed amendments to Regulation 359/09 as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 2015.

And many of the 18 actions on community solar, along with 8 actions on third - party solar ownership laws or regulations, and 4 actions on utility ownership of distributed solar were also aimed at finding new ways to use solar to meet grid needs.

A good example is regulations on coal power plants — regulations that force utilities to either eliminate emissions or shut the plants down.

Beyond solar, BHE's utilities have also played a major role in expanding the Western Energy Imbalance Market, as well as having an outsized influence on reforming federal regulations like PURPA.

Those are just some of the buzzwords circulating through the news cycle this year as the power sector kept its eyes pinned on federal climate regulations for utilities, an ambitious proceeding to upend their business model, and a monster merger in the nation's capital.

Jared Meyer — Manhattan Institute — December 1, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed ozone regulations, released the day before Thanksgiving, will raise the price of American energy by forcing new requirements on utilities, coal, oil, and natural gas.

We will examine how public utility regulation and environmental law have traditionally balanced cost, reliability and environmental performance in the electric generation mix, and how that balance is changing as (i) wholesale electricity markets (and some retail markets) have come to rely more on competition and market pricing of electricity, and (ii) renewable generation replaces more traditional, dispatchable resources.

«President Obama's plans to add costly new regulations on methane when emissions are already falling could harm America's shale energy revolution that has lowered energy costs for American consumers by $ 700 a year at the pump and $ 1200 annually in home utility bills.

On September 27, 2016, the entire United States District Court for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments in West Virginia, et al. v EPA, to which E&E Legal is party, challenging the EPA's «Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units» rule under section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation that will cripple, and in many cases, shut down coal - fired power plants.

Within a few months, he agreed to the utility industry's petitions that he reconsider Obama regulations on coal ash and on regional haze.

Company spokesman Keith Alessi writes to the N.D. Industrial Commission: «There is much uncertainty in the utility sector on when future carbon regulation will come into effect.

Your ability to realize the full value depends on your home's electricity usage, amount of energy storage available, and utility regulations on solar in your area.

Electrocution accidents usually result from negligence on a construction site, lack of upkeep and maintenance of utility poles and power lines, inadequate training for workers and disregard for safety rules and regulations.

Zimmet advises on federal regulation and restructuring of the electric utility industry, with a particular focus on electric reliability matters.

On the other hand, implementing rules laid down in Regulation of the Prime Minister on filing and processing of patent and utility model applications, were amended in a manner making the process of rejecting computer implemented inventions more laborious for patent examinerOn the other hand, implementing rules laid down in Regulation of the Prime Minister on filing and processing of patent and utility model applications, were amended in a manner making the process of rejecting computer implemented inventions more laborious for patent examineron filing and processing of patent and utility model applications, were amended in a manner making the process of rejecting computer implemented inventions more laborious for patent examiners.

Cockburn, who specialises in utilities regulation as well as commercial and competition law within the energy sector, has a particular focus on renewable energy and gas work.

This statement examined the impacts of BC's British Columbia Utilities Commission Act (1996), Demand Side Measures Regulation (2008), and the BC Energy Plan: A Vision for Clean Energy Leadership on vulnerable groups.

We have in - depth experience of advising on procurements governed by the Public Contracts Regulations, the Utilities Contracts Regulations, the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations and the Passenger Transport Regulation No 1370/2007.

Ligia specialises in European law, with a particular focus on competition law, public procurement, telecommunications law and utilities regulation.

Ligia regularly advises private sector and government clients on the merits of bringing or defending proceedings under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2015, as well as acting in High Court procurement litigation.

Mark also regularly advises on issues relating to the economic regulation of utilities, the EU state aid rules, and the public procurement rules.

Anthony C. DeCusatis is of counsel in Morgan Lewis's Energy Practice.He also represents and counsels utilities and nonutility energy suppliers on emerging issues created by the transition from regulation to competitive markets.

We counsel nuclear utilities on every aspect of nuclear licensing, regulation, and related investigation and enforcement matters.

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan led by Arlene Maneja, acted for Manila Electric Company, the largest utility distributor in the Philippines, on complying with the new competitive selection process (CSP) regulations issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

Manitoba's Public Utilities Board (PUB) this week issued a report containing a series of recommendations to the Government of Manitoba on Manitoba's payday loan regulations and the payday loan industry.

Wyoming has been the most aggressive in passing blockchain - friendly legislation, passing five laws: declaring that «utility tokens» would not be regulated under state securities laws, exempting cryptocurrencies from property taxes, adjusting its money transmitter regulation to accommodate cryptocurrency exchanges, allowing LLCs to register on a blockchain, and enabling the secretary of state to register companies on a blockchain.

First, if on the whole, emotion regulation strategies are only used from time to time, one strategy stands out by virtue of being most often used; this is «task utility self - persuasion».