Sentences with phrase «public utilities in»

In continuation of the probe, the EFCC arrested a former Commissioner for Public Utilities in the state, Mr. Benjamin Okah, for his alleged role in a $ 12m contract awarded to a United States - based firm, Califco Group, in 2012.

OCBC can also assist your business in working with the County of Orange, local cities, and public utilities in helping to identify programs and incentives that can make your company's relocation successful.

FPL took part in a two - day workshop in Tallahassee, presented by the Florida Public Service Commission, which was designed to review the preparedness and restoration actions of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's Hurricane Matthew.

A public utility in one of many U.S. sizzling spots for bitcoin mining is adopting new safety measures in gentle

A public utility in one of the U.S. hot spots for bitcoin mining is adopting new security measures in light...

The Puget Sound initiative is the first to be launched by a public utility in the Pacific Northwest.

Represented a public utility in action to void a deed restriction that limited the density of development on parcel of land that utility sought to sell to a developer of offices and condominiums.

Represented a large public utility in coordinated defense of securities fraud class action, SEC and regulatory challenges to accounting practices by which the utility determined gas prices.

Not exact matches

By reclassifying ISPs as common carriers, they would in effect be treated like public utilities.

According to the IRS, «two state agencies have regulatory authority over the trucking industry in each state: the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.»

In the case, National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services, the High Court ruled that ISPs are information services, as the FCC had defined them at the time, and not public utilities.

Whether it's in the public sector or the private sector, utility managers are in charge of the facilities, plants, and distribution systems that bring the power to the people.

Wheeler's «split the baby» approach to the contentious net neutrality debate, reported on over the weekend by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, would effectively reclassify Internet service providers as public utilities akin to the phone companies under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but only in dealing with large content providers such as Netflix and Google's Youtube.

In October 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission sent Lyft, along with several other ride - sharing and car - hailing companies, cease and desist letters.

A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than who had the greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public utilities.

The court ruled in favor of Verizon, saying that the FCC did not have the authority to enforce its previous order, unless it reclassified Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as common carriers, essentially public utilities.

It, in essence, treats the internet as a public utility — that is, something everyone in America needs, like electricity or running water.

David Lock is linked to 4 organisations which are included in 3 lists - Utilities and Public Infrastructure, State Government Businesses and Public Companies - Industrial.

Telephone companies, for example, are considered common carriers and public utilities which, generally speaking, must operate in the public interest, and less from a profit motive.

«The focus of our legal appeal will be on the FCC's decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service as a public utility service,» Jon Banks, senior vice president of U.S. Telecom said in a statement.

This infrastructure firm provides design, engineering, civil construction, electrical and street - lighting services to public utilities, municipalities, developers and industrial manufacturing companies in Ontario.

It is such an integral part of so many people's social lives and patterns of communication, and it has so few real competitors, that I think it is in some ways more like a public utility than like a private company.

«I had relatively limited expectations for the battery industry in advance of 2020,» Michael J. Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission told the New York Times.

In an era when the pension liabilities of local governments remain a concern, investors may want to consider the debt offered by established public enterprises — airports and utilities, for example — as an attractive alternative to lease revenue and pension obligation bonds.

Puerto Rico is grappling with the largest municipal debt crisis in U.S. history, with both its government and the public utility having filed for bankruptcy protection amid fights with creditors.

Although cyber extortion cases have been rising for several years, they have to date targeted small - and mid-sized organizations, disrupting services provided by hospitals, police departments, public transport systems, and utilities in the United States and Europe.

Ashley Vincent is linked to 1 organisation which is included in 2 lists - Utilities and Public Infrastructure and State Government Businesses.

Water Corporation is included in 2 lists - State Government Businesses and Utilities and Public Infrastructure.

A board member of a large public utility recently expressed to me the view that fraud and greed are now rampant in our country.

In 2015, Nevada's public utility commission changed the favorable rates that were crucial for the rooftop solar industry in the statIn 2015, Nevada's public utility commission changed the favorable rates that were crucial for the rooftop solar industry in the statin the state.

Synergy is included in 2 lists - State Government Businesses and Utilities and Public Infrastructure.

As Scott explains, they «contain 30 or more chapters providing special protections for foreign investors; extending patents and copyrights; privatizing markets for public services such as education, health, and public utilities; and «harmonizing» regulations in ways that limit or prevent governments from protecting the public health or environment.»

Earlier this month in Colorado, meanwhile, the state became the first to officially regulate companies like Uber and Lyft, also requiring more in the way of insurance and for drivers to register with the state's Public Utilities Commission.

First, some background: In December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop solar customerIn December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop solar customerin favor of the state's biggest electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop solar customers.

Typically in the wake of a major blackout, local governments invoke a mutual aid agreement with experienced public US utility companies, which can send crews at minimal cost to restore power.

Now the public utility company is in a severe state of financial distress, unable to modernize its system and facing a shortage of high - skilled workers.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requires utilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severaUtilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requires utilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severautilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severautilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in several states.

Russian labor is to be paid wages above subsistence levels only to the extent that it can be taxed, thereby «freeing» as much non-wage income as possible from taxation — in particular, income for the privatized land, mineral resources and hitherto public utilities.

The head of Puerto Rico's public utility company, PREPA, resigned Friday afternoon following a series of blunders in the effort to restore Puerto Rico's power grid.

A four - page bill signed by the state's governor declares that the installation of energy storage by utility customers is in the public interest, and prohibits discriminatory charges or regulatory burdens from interfering with this.

As Maria charged in, PREPA decided not to invoke mutual aid agreements with other public utilities the way Florida did for Irma.

George Ford, chief economist for the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Public Policy Studies, said EPB got the equivalent of $ 2,000 per customer in federal subsidies to build its citywide fiber optic network Ford said other government - owned utilities, such as one in Bristol, Va., have gotten $ 7,000 or more per subscriber to add telecommunications services that compete against private companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications.

His office represents residential customers in matters before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Graham recommended [in 1970] that an industrial company should have at least $ 100 million of annual sales, and a public utility company should have no less than $ 50 million in total assets.

Regulated public utilities will not qualify for the immediate depreciation provision, which is optional, and developers can opt out of the 100 % depreciation bonus and write down their assets more slowly, which NRF notes can be important in partnership flip transactions.

But the real attention came in October, when the new company got a cease - and - desist order from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, as well as the California Public Utilities Commission.

A report by the California Public Utilities Commission is due out this fall on the costs and benefits of rooftop solar that may help determine the direction regulators and lawmakers take on net metering programs in the state.

In Arizona, investor - owned utility Arizona Public Service (APS) has proposed reducing its net metering credits through two different options.

As we noted in a previous report, a proposal to the New York Public Service Commission has been submitted by Orange and Rockland Utilities for a Tesla Powerpack system that could see a 70 % reduction in the demand charges on customer electricity bills.

The first element in my plan to re-rubalize the economy is to stabilize Russia's fiscal finances by the only form of tax presently available to be collected in practice: the economic rent generated by Russia's fuel and minerals companies, land and public utilities.