Sentences with word «ratepayer»

With historically low wind power prices, now's the time for southern utilities to make major purchases and secure low cost energy for ratepayers for decades to come.

Skeptical lawmakers will take another look today Cuomo's plan to invest billions of dollars of ratepayer money into aging nuclear power plants.

Charges for ratepayers in Erie County Sewer District (ECSD) Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 are based on a combination of unit / usage, parcel, assessed valuation, and footage charges.

This ability to adjust rates was largely opposed by ratepayers in public hearings, and by state senators in a letter to the state.

The lawmakers charge that Morgan Stanley set up an alleged price fixing scheme between the two plant operators and made $ 21.6 million on the deal which cost ratepayers $ 300 million.

Con Ed officials say some of the extra funds from ratepayers in New York City and Westchester County would go toward long - term protection against disasters like Superstorm Sandy.

The net exports of 1,326,960 MWh in November 2016 cost Ontario ratepayers $ 169 million to generate and sold at an average price of $ 16.69 per / MWh, resulting in income of $ 21.4 million.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) affirmed the state's Department of Public Utilities (DPU) decision that the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between Cape Wind and National Grid, the state's utility, would be a cost - effective use of ratepayer money.

«We have zero tolerance for these unscrupulous companies, whose business model is to prey on ratepayers with promises of lower energy costs only to deliver skyrocketing bills,» Cuomo said in a release from his office.

COMMENTARY: • The president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association says Illinois could save ratepayers money by supporting efforts to expand rooftop solar.

We practically gave away 48,000 MWh (rounded) at a cost to Ontario ratepayers of over $ 4 million.

The pipeline is expected to impose net costs of $ 277 million on all New England electric ratepayers on a present - value basis.

Critics say Dynegy's proposal to switch southern Illinois» grid operator will increase costs for ratepayers with little, if any, improvement in reliability.

He said the additional costs could even be compounded by utility ratepayers who also use public transportation or shop at stores that have to raise their prices due to higher electric rates.

«We call on PJM and FERC to put into place rules supporting competitive electricity markets, protecting ratepayers who risk losing billions of annual savings driven by competition.»

As things currently stand, he said, each net - metering customer receives a $ 400 yearly subsidy from ratepayers who do not have rooftop solar panels.

No investor - owned utility has yet dipped into its pool of ratepayer funds to subsidize the vehicles, which stand to increase electricity sales.

«If you take a solar panel from someone's rooftop and put it in a field, the amount you would pay for that power drops precipitously,» said Matt Freedman, an attorney with California ratepayer advocate The Utility Reform Network.

This decision was made due to lack of financing, following the Supreme Judicial Court decision prohibiting utilities from charging ratepayers for pipeline construction.

The state has authorized up to $ 7.6 billion in ratepayer subsidies to keep three aging upstate nuclear plants operating.

In both cases, electricity ratepayers pay the cost of the subsidy.

Illinois nuclear plants were never subsidized by ratepayers using any standard definition of the word «subsidy.»

California's Utility Reform Network and other ratepayer advocates have expressed interest and concern about rate impacts from utility involvement.

The $ 9.4 million of ratepayer dollars handed out November 10 neither reduced emissions nor provided useful electricity.

Pacheco, now serving as APS» Director of Government Affairs, has spearheaded an effort that uses outside groups to paint the ACC's actions as negatively impacting ratepayers.

And this one, which is becoming more evident as ratepayers are forced to pay for curtailed generation: «Wind generation will not match demand in the OPO Outlook future projections as 50 % of the forecasted production is expected to be surplus.»

In the seven years from 2010 to 2016, Ontario's electricity ratepayers picked up total costs of $ 7.746 billion for 56.9 TWh of grid - accepted and curtailed (4.9 TWh) wind - generated electricity.

Those exports will hit the average ratepayer with costs of over $ 220.00 per annum.

The CEF includes a focused effort to bring more clean energy opportunities and benefits to low - to moderate - income communities and is designed to deliver on New York State's commitment to accelerate the use of clean energy and energy innovation and drive economic development, while reducing ratepayer collections.

The National Grid PPA's first - year price of 18.7 cents per kilowatt - hour, increasing 3.5 percent per year for the 15 - year contract, was challenged by project opponents who argued it was a burden on Massachusetts ratepayers.

It will also save Ontario ratepayers about $ 10 million per year.

«This low - cost financing will save money for local ratepayers by modernizing the system and eliminating outdated facilities.»

And it would offer a successful developer a subsidy of up to $ 1.7 billion over 20 years — paid for by Maryland's residential and commercial electric ratepayers through slightly higher bills.

The East Hampton Town Trustees» harbor management committee is interested in the cost to Long Island ratepayers if a proposed offshore wind farm is built.

American Electric Power (AEP), which is the utility involved in the current net metering dispute, echoed a common utility refrain, which is that paying solar customers full retail rates is unfair to other ratepayers because they say solar users don't pay for grid upkeep.

And to avoid brownouts and absorb these surges, utilities will need to spend between $ 70 billion and $ 180 billion in grid upgrades — power plants and futuristic energy storage systems for which ratepayers would ultimately foot the bill.

Meanwhile, the government gave out contracts last year for five more large - scale wind power projects, for power we don't need, that will cost ratepayers over $ 3 billion over 20 years.

This meant ratepayers paid for surplus exports sold to our neighbours in New York and Michigan, etc..

The adoption rate is picking up, utilities and solar advocates say, because more consumers grasp the benefits of solar energy and more ratepayers who can not, or don't want to, buy their own solar systems find out they can participate in a system on a pro-rata basis.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

«There is an amazing historical coincidence where the first Gov. Cuomo decided to close down the Shoreham nuclear plant and Long Island ratepayers had to pay the lion's share,» Horner said.

PSEG Long Island is requesting over $ 9 million more from LIPA ratepayers in 2017 to install some 50,000 new smart meters in customer homes, charging stations for electric cars and a two - meter on - bill loan program to fund customers» solar - energy systems.

Among the topics to be raised: the purpose of the funds, how they were determined, their «disproportionate» impact on low - income ratepayers, and the consumer cost of the credits.

There are various reasons for this, but one of the biggest is a last - minute intervention by the state's Attorney General, Lisa Madigan, who claims Illinois ratepayers already bailed out the state's nuclear plants, and that Exelon is simply seeking corporate welfare.

What that means is, Ontario's electricity ratepayers subsidized the sale, picking up the difference of $ l47.4 million, along with another $ 30.8 million for the 254,000 MWh of curtailed wind.