Sentences with phrase «reduce wholesale prices»

He has been stepping up pressure on suppliers to reduce wholesale prices or to absorb rising input costs so the retailer can pass savings to consumers by «permanently» reducing shelf prices.

In fact there is good evidence that renewable energy is reducing the wholesale price of electricity.

This point of use solar capacity reduces demand for grid electricity and so reduces the wholesale price as lower demand results in lower prices.

Not exact matches

Pantries like hers are able to buy reduced - price food from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, as well as wholesale prices on many items from area grocery chains.

Given the right financial incentives, though, many households may accept smart grid strategies that let utilities reduce power consumption in homes at peak periods of demand, when wholesale electricity prices are highest, some analysts conclude.

Make sure the self publishing company isn't allowing a more aggressive retail price by artificially reducing the wholesale discount to the trade.

The reason books are cheaper for the Kindle is that Amazon has decided to suck up the difference between the wholesale price and the price they sell at in order to reduce the price of most books to the same level.

The pass - through of lower wholesale prices for natural gas into rates paid by retail customers may also be reducing expenditures.

A Fraunhofer Institute study found that thanks to the merit order effect, solar PV reduces average German wholesale electricity prices around 10 percent and peak prices up to 40 percent.

Wholesale electricity prices this week in Queensland have fallen below $ 30 / MWh — see graph below — far below the levels of other states as mild weather and sunny condition reduced demand and generated a large amount of solar electricity.

Federal Coalition politicians have hinted darkly that this «indivisibility» hides AGL's true intent to boost the wholesale electricity price for Bayswater (and all other generators) by reducing supply when Liddell's generators grind to a halt for the last time.

In addition to driving more renewables and reducing emissions, an increased RPS policy can reduce wholesale electricity prices, act as a hedge against high, volatile natural gas prices, and add up to 3,000 jobs per year.

In 2013 wholesale power prices have fallen to quite low levels, partly due to reduced power consumption.

(Renewables are also reducing wholesale electricity prices, though not necessarily the full cost of electricity, because they still depend on subsidies and mandates that don't show up in wholesale prices.)

«The potential issues it raises in terms of the functioning of the wholesale markets actually may turn out to be relatively limited,» Weissman said, «except to the extent that it may do a lot better job in maintaining fuel diversity and may be important in reducing the risk of exposure to [natural gas] price spikes.»

CARD claims that from January 2000 to December 2011, «the growth in ethanol production reduced wholesale gasoline prices by $ 0.29 per gallon on average across all regions,» and that in 2011 ethanol lowered gasoline prices by a whopping $ 1.09 per gallon.

The anticipated weather event created a spike in day ahead wholesale prices on 19 June, and a need to reduce demand or increase supply.

Reduced revenue as a result of low current and long - term wholesale energy prices, driven by record low gas prices due to the plant's proximity to the Marcellus shale formation.

Baseload plants such as coal and nuclear are hit particularly hard by reduced wholesale electricity prices as they have low fuel costs and so don't save much money by shutting down or reducing output on sunny days.

By reducing demand, energy efficiency brings about lower wholesale power prices for all customers, they noted.

In the New England example above, customers opt into a price - based program, receiving a refund at wholesale power prices in exchange for reducing their load during a demand response «event» (a short period of time, determined by the utility or ISO).

A plant may retire if higher coal prices, lower wholesale electricity prices (often tied to natural gas prices), or reduced utilization make investment in equipment like scrubbers uneconomical.

This cuts wholesale electricity prices, which reduces (non-wind) generator profits, but benefits consumers.

Why does renewable energy reduce wholesale electricity prices?

Reduced demand effectively creates an oversupply in the market, bringing down wholesale electricity prices and eating into the profits of generators and retailers.