Sentences with phrase «public utility commissions»

Most state public utility commissions that have spent the past year trying figure out how they will meet their target in the proposed rule will now have to start all over again.

These power companies are highly regulated by public utility commissions that are very sensitive to public opinion and would not and did not participate in any climate - skeptic actions at all.

Most public utilities commissions and other regulatory bodies have rejected residential demand charges out of hand as being too confusing for consumers.

We have, for example, awarded utility agreements — a few hundred megawatts — which are subject to public utility commission final approval.

Back when they were regulated, utilities could offer high payout ratios since public utility commissions guaranteed profits.

State of California California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC): Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan September 2008 California's Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan includes two «Big Bold» strategies to meet the 2030 Challenge targets: all new residential buildings to achieve zero net energy use by 2020, and all new commercial buildings to achieve zero net energy use by 2030.

Energy Future's board favored Sempra's bid after it also offered assurances it could get its acquisition of Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas, as well as a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the sources said.

The California Public Utilities Commission in late May ordered Southern California Edison (SCE), the region's main power provider, to «expedite its purchase of energy storage» this summer to help «alleviate the electric reliability risks to the Los Angeles Basin,» a process that's still ongoing.

Bloomberg - The California Public Utilities Commission approved unanimously the Oakland, California - based solar company's deals to sell power to Edison International from its Rio Mesa 2 and Sonoran West projects, and denied proposals for its Rio Mesa 1 and Siberia 1 and 2 plants.

In my August 20, 2013 blog piece, I briefly mentioned the role Minnesota assistant Attorney General Barbara Freese had in the May 1995 Minnesota Public Utilities Commission hearings where skeptic climate scientists were called to testify, and I detailed her subsequent association problems with Ross Gelbspan.

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission approved the project last year.

Working before public utility commissions, creating the right set of information and impetus for creating the right decisions that allow for solar energy markets to grow.

The detailed phase out proposal will now go to the California Public Utility Commission for consideration.

The California Public Utility Commission voted by a narrow majority of 3 to 2 to extend the ability of residential energy customers in California to be credited with full retail rates for excess solar power that they generate and feed back into the grid at times when the electrical loads in their house are less than their solar production.

The utility filed an Integrated Resource Plan with the Oregon Public Utility Commission stating that the 2020 shutdown was its preferred option.

Please refer to the grant agreement for further instruction (Section 4.4 (f)-RRB-, which may include additional acknowledgements for grantees receiving funding from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

Powelson, who was chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission at the time of the Polar Vortex, to AABE:

She also worked for the energy division of the California Public Utilities Commission on implementation of the Renewable Portfolio Standard and for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, where she helped develop new demand response programs for the California ancillary services market.

Nancy spent 3 years at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission as a clean energy advocate, pushing against utility plans to build «clean» coal power plant in Colorado and Arizona.

Uber is no stranger to complaints from public utilities commissions, from city councils, and from taxi and limousine commissions, all of which have constituents clamoring for protection from the likes of Uber.

$ 7.6 million: How much the California Public Utilities Commission fined Uber for holding back trip information.

Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2018)-- On December 22, the State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved a framework to implement a community - based renewable energy program for the people and businesses of Hawaii, also known as community solar.

The move comes a week after the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposal that would change industry rules, allowing self - driving car companies to begin using driverless cars to transport passengers.

These changes were implemented by the California Public Utilities Commission through significant updates to its Electric Tariff Rule 21 (or «Rule 21»), a set of existing interconnection requirements.

It's not that the California Public Utilities Commission doesn't like the curlicue lights, which are significantly more energy - efficient than incandescent bulbs.

The Oregon Public Utility Commission rules that PacifiCorp had failed to prove a need for Hunter Unit 4, a proposed 575 MW coal plant in Castle Dale, Utah.

States» rights and state - level public utility commission regulations essentially kill the motivation of any utility or utility group to lead a nationwide effort.

In July, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decided against granting Enbridge the certificate, but has since placed the jurisdiction in a «contested case hearing».

To proud Texans like Public Utility Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, such records document the state's position as the «epicenter of land - based wind production» in the United States, if not the world, as the chairman put it.

First of all, I spent much of the 1980s testifying at state public utility commissions against new nuclear power plants on economic grounds only.

I was able to get my solar system installed before the Nevada Public Utilities Commission changed the rules for net metering.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Jan. 9 approved an application from ReEnergy Ashland LLC for a New Renewable Resource Certification for its refurbished ReEnergy Ashland biomass - fired facility in Ashland, Maine.

The Federal 30 % Tax Rebate, Net - Metering and the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) rebate program provide solid incentive to go solar.

Further growth of Nevada's distributed PV sector, however, is uncertain because Nevada's Public Utility Commission recently approved several changes to the net - metering tariffs, including phasing in lower net - metering compensation rates and higher monthly fixed charges for distributed PV customers.

The US Attorney and California's District Attorney have ongoing criminal investigations into how the California Public Utilities Commission initiated and rushed through a settlement proposal that closed SONGS.

In Texas the state's public utilities commission says complaints about phone solicitations almost doubled in three months, from 724 at the end of fiscal year 1998 to 1,116 by the third month of fiscal year 1999.

A federal policy enacted nearly 40 years ago has breathed life into an ongoing argument at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission over utility opposition to a wind - solar hybrid project proposed in the rural city of Red Lake Falls.

In Ohio, American Electric Power is planning to install 250 charging stations in Columbus and has submitted a proposal to the state Public Utilities Commission seeking compensation for the stations as part of a broader eight - year rate case.

In the intervening years, the parties will seek Public Utility Commission approval of the plan which will replace power from the plant with renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage resources.

It creates customer confusion, undermines the ability of renewable energy developers to operate across utility service territories or state lines and increases costs to all program participants — utilities, potential customer - generators, renewable energy developers and public utility commission staff.

Given that elected or appointed Public Utility Commissions approve most new plants and must by law control consumer electricity costs, it seems likely that the market will choose natural gas.

The state Public Utilities Commission allows these huge 400 and 500 - foot turbines 250 feet from the center pole to the public road.

Other public utility commissions in other states are also considering mandating time of use rate plans as a way of reducing periods of peak demand that necessitate capital upgrades to grid infrastructure

The point of Milton Friedman's arguments against public utility commission law was to prevent forcing customers to commit to funding the cost of investment over 40 to 50 years in mandatory rate base charges.

The Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission work collaboratively to implement the RPS.

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

Solar company Sunrun (RUN) even went so far as to file an open records request for communication between NV Energy employees, lobbyists, Gov. Sandoval and his staff, and current Public Utilities Commission Chairman Paul Thomsen.