Sentences with phrase «raise electricity prices»

Despite the effect on future investment, the central government is reluctant to raise electricity prices because inflation, driven by rising food prices, is already straining social harmony.

The AEO 2016 Reference case projects that the Clean Power Plan will raise electricity prices by just 3 percent compared to a future with no Clean Power Plan.

British Gas is the last of the «Big Six» major utilities to raise its electricity prices this year, the other firms having already done so this spring.

When US President Obama announced revised regulations on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from US power plants on August 3, 2015 in a laudable speech supporting the new rules, as he predicted opponents of US climate change policy strongly attacked the new rules on grounds that they would wreck the US economy, destroy jobs, and raise electricity prices.

Republicans argue that his moves to rein in emissions will kill jobs and raise electricity prices for ratepayers.

The solution, though, is not for Texas or the federal government to raise electricity prices to boost generator profits.

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.

«To raise electricity prices by over 50 percent and water by over 60 percent, tells us that we should stop doing manufacturing and fold our arms.

The zone is intended to address transmission bottlenecks and attract investment in new power plants by, as Maserjian puts it, artificially raising electricity prices.

The Obama Administration's «Clean Power Plant» would also prematurely shutter U.S. coal - fired power plants and replace them with wind, solar, and natural gas - fired power plants, raising electricity prices to U.S. consumers.

It is far from clear whether Trump can do much more for coal than remove most or even all the climate - related regulations discouraging the use of coal, and this may not have a huge effect since to date the major adverse effects of the «war on coal» on raising electricity prices have not yet occurred because of the Supreme Court's stay on the so - called Clean Power Plan.

Centrica has sent this table to back up its reasons for raising electricity prices pic.twitter.com / hAtKtkMePB

India could end most power cuts by greatly raising electricity prices, but is unlikely to do this and if they did it would reduce the amount of money solar saves on diesel but increase the amount of money solar saves on electricity bills.

Not exact matches

The protest concerned the fact that several Emera and Nova Scotia Power executives had received substantial raises, despite the fact that Nova Scotia Power recently went before the province's Utility and Review Board to get approval for an electricity price hike.

Saudi Arabia will be a litmus test — it raised some gasoline prices by 66 % and slashed subsidies on gas, diesel, kerosene, electricity and water.

The government has raised the prices of fuel and commercial electricity — and bread and water are expected to follow soon.

«The carbon floor price mechanism presents an excellent opportunity to raise finance to support a new generation of low carbon fossil fuel electricity generation, using carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Besides finding and penalizing states that take power beyond their allotment, the Indian government is investing in infrastructure and raising prices on electricity, Businessweek reported.

This effectively raises the total price of electricity across Denmark.

The bill has been stalled by political wrangling over a proposed amendment by Senator Mitch McConnell (R — KY) which would eliminate funding for enforcing new EPA climate regulations unless the secretary of energy certified that they would not cost jobs or raise the price of electricity.

A $ 10 charge per ton would raise the consumer price of electricity by about a penny a kilowatt - hour.

Big electricity and energy utilities are boring dividend plays, with heavily regulated core assets subject to rules that only let them raise prices by a formula based on inflation rates.

That's a tough sell in a stuttering economy and a polarized Congress, even if many studies conclude that, in the long run, the costs from raising the price of fossil - fueled electricity and other sources of energy could be modest.

Increased competition for a finite supply of minerals would raise the prices of our electronic goods, as well as the price of electricity.

Yet raising the cost of transportation fuels, electricity, lighting, heating and air conditioning will raise the price of food, materials and equipment.

«They need to make sure that if it's going to contract the economy, it's going to raise electricity rates — as is already happening, by the way, if you compare our price per kilowatt versus Europe largely or Germany particularly; I think we're at seven or so cents per kilowatt, far better than those in Europe and Germany particularly,» he noted.

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Having said that, it's generally expected to pass — the Labor Party, The Greens, and several independents have said they'll support it, and the opposition (generally opposed to anything climate - related) don't have the numbers to block it, although they've promised to repeal it if elected in 2013 (although the total package has been cleverly built, so to repeal it, they'll have to promise to raise taxes on the low & middle income brackets, cut aged & disability pensions, and rely on the «goodwill» of large corporations to lower prices for electricity & other carbon - intensive goods).

By some estimates, I - 732 would raise gasoline and electricity prices less than 15 percent by 2040 in Washington State — hardly enough to jumpstart an urgent, sweeping phase - out of fossil fuels.

Carbon capture could reduce emissions from the electricity sector as well, but since it will raise the cost of producing power, the technology will not be widely deployed until other nations adopt similar carbon prices.

It disproportionately hurts low income communities and seniors — The carbon tax is by nature regressive, because it will raise the prices of gasoline, electricity, and other goods by the same dollar amount for all consumers, regardless of their incomes.

As shown above, alternative energy produced only 5.7 % of Pennsylvania's power while 56 % of Pennsylvania's electricity comes from coal, requiring more electricity to come from more expensive resources will inevitably raise prices.

So the solution is to raise the price of electricity to bring the payback period down.

Agenda 21 is likely a proposal to raise energy prices by Heavily Carbon Taxing them into competition with higher cost and less reliable GREEN ENERGY then altogether eliminating CO2 producing energy sources until electricity can not be produced for 21 of the 24 hours of each day but that won't matter because 3 hours per day is all anyone will be able to afford.

A generator burning biomass would raise the price of electricity by almost 4 to 7 cents / kWh, respectively.

Analyses of these measures by the American Council for Capital Formation, which studies economic and environmental policy, show that they will raise electricity rates as well as gas prices - costing jobs and hurting the economy - even as the EPA admits that these choices will have an insignificant impact on global climate change (a point former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson confessed during a Senate hearing in 2009).

A loose - loose to take heavy measures at this stage, since f.ex carbon storage is extremely expensive, might create carcinogens, raise the price of electricity enormously and is a one - way - solution, totally useless if CAGW should be proven to be wrong.

This sudden change caused electricity prices to rise and raised concerns about Japan's ability to meet its emissions reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol first commitment period (Jan. 1, 2008 — Dec. 31, 2012).

One hypothesis might be that while electricity from solar and wind became cheaper, other energy sources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas became more expensive, eliminating any savings, and raising the overall price of electricity.

As Massachusetts has been shuttering its coal - fired power plants, that back - up power has mostly been supplied by natural gas, raising the price of electricity as cold weather forces different sectors to compete for natural gas.

With falling battery prices, lowered feed - in tariffs and increasing electricity rates across Europe, it has become increasingly attractive to raise the share of self - consumption of the photovoltaic electricity generated on the homeowners» roof rather than sell it to the grid.

A U.S. carbon tax at that level would raise petrol prices by approximately 23 cents a gallon and national - average electricity prices by around 1.7 cents a kilowatt - hour.

Fears of political backlash will prevent lawmakers from raising the price of carbon (and thus the price of electricity and gasoline) high enough for clean energy to become cost - competitive.

As RGGI has forced electricity generators to purchase annual carbon allowances, it has raised the price of electricity for New York residents, effectively acting as a tax on electricity producers (those who produce more than 25 megawatts annually) in New York.

Clip: Debater Carl Pope explains why renewable energy is not raising the price of electricity in the U.S.

We are concerned that allowing the PTC to expire will immediately raise prices for the renewable electricity we buy today.

Put the price of electricity up 10 % and Maccas will raise the menu price by 0.3 % to cover it..

The money to finance the FiT is raised by a small levy on electricity prices, just like the Australian RET.

The escalators raise the cost of the solar power slightly on an annual basis and are designed to keep the cost of power from the solar installation at levels lower than the expected prices of electricity from utility companies.

While nuclear, imported hydropower and renewables made up more than half of the state's generation output in 2015, regulators are concerned low - priced natural gas generation would replace retiring nuclear plants in electricity markets, raising emissions and putting the goal in doubt.