Sentences with phrase «purchasing less electricity»

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The arrangement is made possible by a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the project's developer where the customer pays an electricity rate equal to or less than what other customers pay for their existing power.

This means that less electricity needs to be purchased, and therefore there will be savings on energy bills.

Ponying up tens of thousands of dollars for a rooftop solar installation simply isn't an option for many of us, and if you don't own your roof, or your roof is less than optimal for producing solar energy, there really isn't a simple way to purchase solar electricity for your home otherwise.

Power generators are turning away from coal for a host of reasons: In some instances natural gas is cheaper; many states are requiring utilities to generate a certain portion of electricity from renewable resources; individual cities (and even an entire Canadian province) have decided to stop purchasing electricity created by burning coal; and new Environmental Protection Agency regulations are making it more expensive and less economical to use coal plants.

However, for several locations and technologies (especially for PV in Europe and islands), on - site generation now costs less than electricity purchased from the grid.

In many states, the homeowner pays less for the solar electricity than if they were purchasing it from the power grid, but some solar shoppers may be leaving money on the table.

The one point I'd make re: Germany is that it has a lot of neighbors less dependent on the wind from whom they can purchase electricity.

This included a commitment to ensuring that the majority of its renewable electricity comes from renewable onsite generation and power purchase agreements, with less than 50 % from renewable energy certificates.

He notes that small fridges cost lest to purchase, use less electricity to operate, occupy less real estate in the kitchen, and «smaller is almost always cheaper than bigger.

All were purchasing renewable electricity from PGE; some were eating less meat or bicycling for errands and meetings.