Sentences with phrase «require utilities in the state»

An Oregon bill, signed into law this March, increases the state's renewable portfolio standard to 50 percent by 2040 and would require utilities in the state to stop getting power from Colstrip by 2030 (E&EN ews PM, March 11).

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Indeed, nowhere are the barricades being stormed more aggressively than in PG&E's home, California, whose mandate for change is more audacious than any other state's: Its law requires that 50 % of utilities» power be generated by renewable sources by 2030.

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Earlier this month in Colorado, meanwhile, the state became the first to officially regulate companies like Uber and Lyft, also requiring more in the way of insurance and for drivers to register with the state's Public Utilities Commission.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requires utilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severaUtilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) requires utilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severautilities to buy power from independent power producers if they can generate below the cost that utilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in severautilities expect to otherwise pay for power, and it has driven multiple gigawatts of solar deployment already in several states.

Development is restricted and, as a result, projects like building new municipal water wells or installing utility lines have required amendments to the Forever Wild laws enshrined in the state Constitution.

The CPP will require a 32 percent cut in utility - sector carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, with some states seeing reduction requirements as high as 45 to 47 percent.

The state leader is Massachusetts, where Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed legislation in August requiring the state's utilities to obtain 1,600 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind farms within the next decade — enough electricity to power 320,000 homes.

In most states, insuring utility trailers for personal use is not required, though it is almost always a good idea.

63 percent of respondents said the United States should move forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do... In the same poll, the public supported — by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent — requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if that would cost the average household an extra $ 100 per year.»

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.

All but 18 states have some utility - scale solar PV capacity, but only three states (California, Arizona, and Nevada) have utility - scale solar thermal resources, as these systems often require large, contiguous tracts of land in arid environments.

«An unknown amount of wood will be required for co-firing in coal plants, with estimates for Ohio alone, where the State's Public Utilities Commission has approved over 2,100 MW of biomass power, of about 20 million tons of wood required for fuel annually»

New Jersey has a renewable energy targetthat requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

A new law in Maryland scheduled to take effect on January 1st will require state utility companies to purchase more electricity generated from solar energy resources sooner than originally scheduled.

In 2016, the state enacted a law requiring utilities to get 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources.

Due in part to state mandates requiring utilities to use renewable energy, the township is one of many communities in or near the Thumb area of Michigan that have been eyed for wind farms.

Efficiency is the least expensive way to source new electricity, and in many states, utilities are required to invest in it.

New Mexico has a renewable energy target that is mandated in legislation that requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue a rule for determining the level and type of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered to retail customers by each distribution utility in the United States; and (2) make annual determinations of the amounts and types for each such utility and publish them in the Federal Register.

Legislation in some states requires utilities to generate a certain percentage of their electricity from solar power.

Motivated by a desire to reduce carbon emissions, and in the absence of federal action to do so, 29 states (and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have required utility companies to deliver specified minimum amounts of electricity from «renewable» sources, including wind and solar power.

In fact, many states (including regulated states) actually require that utility companies generate a certain percentage of their energy from renewable sources.

Proponents of the RPS plans say that the mandated restrictions will reduce harmful emissions and spur job growth, by stimulating investment in green technologies.Motivated by a desire to reduce carbon emissions, and in the absence of federal action to do so, 29 states (and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have required utility companies to deliver specified minimum amounts of electricity from «renewable» sources, including wind and solar power.

The Electricity Freedom Act, adopted by the council's board of directors in October, would repeal state standards requiring utilities to get a portion of their electricity from renewable power, calling it «essentially a tax on consumers of electricity.»

Full reform, however, will require steps that remain politically off limits for now: complete privatization, less interference by state governments in utility operations, and, above all, an end to free electricity for farmers.

Last week, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill to require that utilities in the state source 80 % of their electricity from renewable energy by 2050.

In particular, the state's renewable energy standard requires utilities to generate a substantial portion (25 to 30 percent) of electricity from renewable sources, mostly wind.

Delaware has a renewable energy targetthat requires utilities operating in the state to source 25 % of their electricity from renewable sources.

The nation's first ZEC programs began in New York and Illinois and require load - serving entities (e.g. electric utilities) to purchase ZECs from specified, in - state nuclear facilities (note: only certain nuclear units in New York and Illinois qualify).

Federal and state laws require that utilities be notified when digging will be done in their service territory.

In 2016, the state passed a bill that requires its two big utilities to eliminate coal from their portfolios by 2030 and get 50 percent of their power from renewables by 2040.

AB 32, California's nation - leading greenhouse gas emissions reductions law, and the state's Renewable Energy Standard (RES), requiring state utilities to obtain one - third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, will not only drive the growth of renewables capacity, Hertel said, but also necessitate new natural gas - burning power plants or result in serious power supply problems.

Fifteen states, including President Bush's home state of Texas, have enacted legislation requiring utilities to increase their use of renewable energy sources such as wind power or biomass in generating a portion of their overall electricity.

A sweeping energy law adopted last summer gave Duke more control over these large solar developments while requiring the utility — a monopoly across much of the state — to create incentives for individual customers to invest in solar panels, too.

There would be no wind power in the United States without massive federal and state support, including a 2.2 - cent per kilowatt - hour federal production tax credit and Renewable Portfolio Standards in various states that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless ofStates without massive federal and state support, including a 2.2 - cent per kilowatt - hour federal production tax credit and Renewable Portfolio Standards in various states that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless ofstates that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless of cost.

The California Solar Initiative (CSI) mandated four years ago that all investor - owned utilities in the state must offer a solar rebate, and in 2008 began requiring municipal utilities to do so as well.

Passed in 2007 with overwhelming support, Senate Bill 3 created North Carolina's REPS to promote the development of clean energy resources in our state by requiring electric utilities to meet a portion of their electricity sales with renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Last year, Maine's newly elected Gov. Paul LePage, who is backed by the local Tea Party, attempted to throw out the state's 2007 law requiring utilities to increase their share of renewables by 10 percent in 2017.

State renewable portfolio standards require utilities to bring new renewable capacity onto their grids no matter how much it depresses markets, and renewable subsidies further erode electricity prices, especially in Midwestern states where subsidized wind farms bid very low — even negative — prices for their power.

During Crist's first few months in office, he signed executive orders calling for stricter tailpipe emission limits for cars sold in Florida, reductions in the state's greenhouse gas emissions, and a mandate requiring utilities to generate at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

ALEC and SPN members like the Heartland Institute and Beacon Hill Institute failed in almost all of their coordinated attempts to roll back renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in over a dozen states — laws that require utilities to use more clean energy over time.

The upsurge was due in part to how the state implemented the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, a 1978 federal law that requires utilities to contract with small power producers.

Massachusetts has a renewable energy target that is has mandated in legislation that requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

Among domestic climate initiatives he described in Milan were programs in 13 states requiring utilities to produce increasing amounts of power using nonpolluting sources like the wind and the sun.

Ambitious new initiatives have cascaded out of Schwarzenegger's office — including the two measures raising the renewable - power requirement on utilities, a state subsidy program to encourage the installation of electricity - generating solar panels on 1 million California roofs, and in January 2007, an executive order establishing the nation's first «low - carbon fuel standard,» which requires a reduction of at least 10 percent in the carbon emissions from transportation fuels by 2020.

The new incentives and policies proliferating across the US are on top of preexisting renewable portfolio standards in place in 28 states, requiring utilities to pull a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

Under the state's existing efficiency standard, utilities were required to implement programs that help customers reduce energy use by 0.2 percent annually starting in 2008, ramping up to 2 percent annually by 2015.

As a public utility, our company is required to conform to local, state, and federal laws, as well as Utility Commissions requirements in several utility, our company is required to conform to local, state, and federal laws, as well as Utility Commissions requirements in several Utility Commissions requirements in several states.

In most states, insuring utility trailers for personal use is not required, though it is almost always a good idea.