Sentences with phrase «setting utility rates»

The commission is charged with setting utility rates and protecting consumers.

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«Those pushing for net neutrality think the world would work better if the Internet was somehow magically transformed into a public utility, like a water or electricity company, with the FCC and state regulators setting rates, overseeing investment, and micromanaging relationships between providers and customers,» Downes says, adding the result would be devastating to the smooth functioning of ISP networks.

Instead, the net metering rate will be set at wholesale prices — even though the utility doesn't have to pay for any of the solar panels» hardware or maintenance, and transmission costs are negligible, since the electricity is being generated close to where it is used.

Regulators typically set customer rates for utilities to ensure investors recover a fair return on capital and allows the businesses keep their systems well maintained.

As a result, we recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $ 29.6 billion and we increased regulatory liabilities of our regulated utility subsidiaries by approximately $ 6.0 billion for the portion of the deferred income tax liability reduction that we will be required to, effectively, refund to customers in the rate setting process.

If boards set rates too low, utilities won't pay for needed upgrades, maintenance, and other improvements over time.

To ensure that companies don't gouge customers, local utility boards set the rates that companies can charge.

In 2000, rates for «essential living needs» were set at 70 % of Income Support (plus accommodation and utility bills).

We had a partnership with Microsoft for value charging where Microsoft works with the utility companies to define charging rates and times a day, so this application you can set it up to say, hey, I want to charge with the lowest rates and it will know what time at night that is and it will come on and charge for you and shut off.

The mobile application and website also offers the ability to set charging notifications and alerts to optimize utility rates, and provides 24 - hour roadside assistance, along with a public charging station locator.

Regulators typically set customer rates for utilities to ensure investors recover a fair return on capital and allows the businesses keep th...

Because I ride a bicycle and limit my car trips, and I've curtailed my airplane travel, and wear sweaters (I know when I've set the thermostat too low when I can see the dog's breath in the living room), and because I've opted into our electric utility's «Pure Power» wind power program (they pledge to buy 75 % of your power from wind farms in exchange for raising your rate a few cents per kilowatt hour), my personal «Carbon Footprint» comes out at less than 4 tons per year.

If the FIT payment rate is set to be higher than the utility avoided cost, it may incur additional costs which will need to be recovered (e.g. from ratepayers).

Utilities nationwide have set retirements for 266 coal power plants since 2010 as residents reject paying the personal health costs and the expensive electricity rates needed to keep old coal plants running.

You will lock in a set discount over your utility electricity tariff rate: for example 5 % or 1 cents.

Sets forth the Office's duties, including authorizing the Office to represent the interests of energy customers, and appeal on behalf of such customers, on matters concerning rates or service of public utilities and natural gas companies under FERC's jurisdiction at specified hearings.

The utility set the date to draw a line between current net - metering customers, whom Rocky Mountain Power plans to grandfather into the old rate structure permanently, and new customers who would be charged according to the new rate schedule.

A utility may provide its customers with the option to purchase a set amount of solar energy from a shared facility - typically at a fixed rate for a long term, such as 20 years (a utility - sponsored model).

Solar has surpassed a variety of milestones — for example, utility scale solar is growing at a rate faster than other generation technologies, wind and solar provided over 10 % of U.S. power in March, and utility scale solar has already broke the $ 1 / watt pricing goal set up by the U.S. DOE.

The utility argued strongly against retail - rate net metering and against using long - term forecasts to set solar rates.

Utility regulation and rate setting have historically been the job of public regulatory commissions at the state level.

Essentially a solar owner would have to sell all his or her power to the grid at a rate to be set by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) and buy back what he or she needed at the retail rate.

Utilities around the country have long tried to get regulators to reduce the rates, which are traditionally set as a one - to - one credit at full retail rates, because they reduce utilities» Utilities around the country have long tried to get regulators to reduce the rates, which are traditionally set as a one - to - one credit at full retail rates, because they reduce utilities» utilities» revenues.

With the California Public Utilities Commission set to vote on the proposal this Thursday, solar groups are demanding an explanation for the change, which they say goes against the CPUC's own methodology for establishing TOU rates.

The Leaf itself comes with a charge timer — so I can still plug it in and set it to charge later in the evening if I want to be conscientious to Duke Energy (utilities prefer you charge during off - peak hours, and some will even give you cheaper rates for doing so).

The bill would set technology - specific rates that utilities would pay renewable energy suppliers, that would incrementally decrease every two years for the 20 year lifespan of the tariff.

This approach, they say, will spare fragile desert landscapes while rapidly scaling up the nation's solar capacity and usurping the role traditionally played by utility companies in allocating resources and setting electrical rates.

At the same time, it would replace net metering with a system under which utilities would set rates for excess generation from solar PV based on the wholesale market value of the energy, plus renewable energy credits.

If we insist that utilities bear the full cost of nuclear power — and that's something we need to do — they have to set aside money for decommissioning and include that in the rates.

That meant setting up a separate structured financing platform for the new company, which would allow for greater leverage without compromising the company's credit rating — a financing package that has only been used once before for a utility business.

The actual amount of taxes due is determined by the tax rate set in the fall by each different jurisdiction, including the county, city, school district or municipal utility district.

Now, in this case the Court of Appeal had clear guidance with respect to the fifth factor in the form of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision — ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd v Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2015 SCC 45 — in which the Court found the standard to be applied to decisions of the Commission (when applying its expertise to set rates and approve payment amounts) is reasonableness.

Administrative Law / Public Utilities: Rate - Setting Process Ontario (Energy Board) v. Ontario Power Generation Inc., 2015 SCC 44 (35506) The Board here did not act unreasonably in disallowing costs, and the Board did not act improperly in arguing the merits on appeal, nor did the arguments raised on appeal amount to impermissible «bootstrapping».

Lastly, the majority expressly rejected Old Dominion's argument that the Court's constitutional interpretation «lacks any limiting principle on the power of the General Assembly as relates to setting electric utility rates.

All of Toshiba's All - in - One PCs are rated EPEAT Gold, Energy Star 5.0 compliant and include Toshiba eco Utility, which allows them to quickly adjust the settings and power plan of their laptop and monitor their ongoing power usage with just a click.

In anecdotal testing, when we set the fans to stealth mode in the Aorus Command and Control utility, the fans were mostly silent, but frame rates in Valley dropped to the 45 fps range in Ultra quality.

Here findings were highlighted from a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the prevalence of ADHD and co-occurring conditions in community and primary care settings, as well as evidence regarding the utility of behavior rating scales and medical tests in the assessment process.

Dishwashers At last, time - delay start makes real sense: As many municipal electric utilities move to graduated electricity use, you can set the dishwasher to run late at night when rates are cheaper.