Sentences with phrase «so utility companies»

They then had fake leases drafted so utility companies would change utility bills to put it under their name as renters, authorities say.

Not exact matches

Solar company Sunrun (RUN) even went so far as to file an open records request for communication between NV Energy employees, lobbyists, Gov. Sandoval and his staff, and current Public Utilities Commission Chairman Paul Thomsen.

It is such an integral part of so many people's social lives and patterns of communication, and it has so few real competitors, that I think it is in some ways more like a public utility than like a private company.

Many utilities can generate power using either coal or natural gas, so if the latter's price gets cheap enough — typically below $ 4.50 per MCF — power companies will make the switch.

The Atlanta - based second - largest regulated utility company, Southern Company (SO), reported its 1Q18 earningscompany, Southern Company (SO), reported its 1Q18 earningsCompany (SO), reported its 1Q18 earnings today.

Collecting user data before 2015 was actually something the company encouraged, under the banner of increased utility for Facebook users — so that calendars could bring in information about the birthdays of friends, for instance.

FEMA has yet to authorize reconstruction aid for Puerto Rico, so local governments (and public utility companies) on the island are not eligible for long - term grants.

I also am looking at the utility sector this month with potential buys in The Southern Company (SO) and Dominion Energy, Inc. (D) being made.

If our device could be moved close to where it is needed, but still on the energy producer's side of that equation, yet just outside the meter, then the energy producers could have millions of these small devices that they own and operate, because grandma doesn't want to become her own utility company because she has a solar panel, but if the utility companies and energy providers could compete with each other to have small units that are so close to the loads, they still get the full advantage of being a supplier of energy, except with just millions of little plants, they can avoid needing transmission lines, distribution lines, substations, et cetera, that everybody is talking about being expensive, unreliable, and subject to issues.

The third leg of that stool is the California Public Utilities Commission, which was offering grant incentives through Southern California Edison so private companies could procure equipment and then work with a host.

Companies in mature industries like consumer staples and utilities have fewer growth opportunities so they can share cash flow with investors through dividends rather than plow it all back into projects.

This addition was considered because a) we wanted to increase the defensive tilt to the portfolio beyond the S&P index (lower portfolio beta), b) we liked the interesting growth prospects of some well - run, progressive utility companies so they could deliver both future growth and increasing dividends and c) we needed to deploy the dividends flowing in periodically from the DGI portfolio.

Companies in the sector face more competition than in sectors like utilities or consumer staples so there is no guarantee of higher share prices.

I still own it but unlike utilities, the pipeline companies are quite sensitive to oil prices so their earnings growth is not so predictable.

In general, I like consumer staples, utilities, pharma companies like JNJ, PG, KO, PM, SO, GSK, GILD as they are more predictable over a decent period of time and carry less volatility.

ETF (DVY): $ 10.39 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $ 15.00 Realty Income Corp (O): $ 13.34 Prospect Capital (PSEC): $ 8.33 Pimco Corp & Opportunity (PTY): $ 16.00 Royal Dutch Shell (RBS.B): $ 112.80 Southern Company (SO): $ 16.27 Unilever plc (UL): $ 10.31 Vanguard REIT Index (VNQ): $ 17.57 Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU): $ 10.54 Vanguard Hi Dividend Yield (VYM): $ 10.18

Although it is now clearly demonstrated that the most cost - effective step for most utility companies and industries is to invest in more efficient equipment so as to reduce the use of fuel, the energy policy of the Bush administration, supported by prevailing preferences among economists, gives only lip service to this approach.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may be able to claim tax credits or rebates from your water utility company for doing so.

«The government is not able to maintain the value of the currency so the 80 percent tariff increase in six months become valueless because the utility companies have to run on inputs that are imported with dollars,» he stated.

«Let's centralize»: The IOU's, investor - owned utilities, like it and so do the companies that build that, but it's not good for the people in terms of cost, for clean air, for protecting the climate.

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 transmission networks are so interconnected and interdependent that one company's investment in protective equipment could be nullified if a neighboring utility did nothing.

Several states — including California, New York, and Connecticut — are rewriting their utility rules so individuals or companies can sell electricity (from a fuel cell or other private power source) back into the grid.

Tens of thousands of ads are going through the ad company, and some of those are mislabeled or otherwise miscategorized so that even if I've opted out of certain things at my level (such as «downloadable utilities,» which drive me personally batty, or autoplay video ads) they may be showing regardless.

I'm 44 owned my own small utility installation company took a break to get my mom out of nursing home and take care of her and she is so much happier now

So, yes, the Lamborghini Urus will be another sport / utility from a super-sports car company engineered to overcome the two qualities that no true super-sports car should have to mitigate — weight and a high center of gravity.

Similarly, you can set up online bill pay through other institutions, service providers and companies you do business with such as credit card companies, lenders, utility and telephone companies and so on.

So here are some of my tricks to make switching banks, insurance companies, utilities, and more, and how it will be SO worth your time and efforSo here are some of my tricks to make switching banks, insurance companies, utilities, and more, and how it will be SO worth your time and efforSO worth your time and effort!

Anyone can access their own credit scores, but so can lending institutions, insurance agencies, utility companies and any business that extend credit like gas stations and department stores.

Although I am reinvesting all the proceeds back into the companies that paid the dividends, I can if desired pay for my food and utilities with the dividends so far.

Like other creditors, utility companies ask for information like your Social Security number so they can check your credit history — particularly your utility payment history.

Ask your utility company or landlord how to set up automatic, recurring payments so that you can never accidentally miss a payment.

But analysis shows utility and telecom companies have a long history of ratios > 70 %, so not too much to worry about for those companies.

This addition was considered because a) we wanted to increase the defensive tilt to the portfolio beyond the S&P index (lower portfolio beta), b) we liked the interesting growth prospects of some well - run, progressive utility companies so they could deliver both future growth and increasing dividends and c) we needed to deploy the dividends flowing in periodically from the DGI portfolio.

Some of the not - so - obvious businesses include insurance companies, employers, landlords, utility companies, licensing agencies, collection agencies and child support enforcement agencies.

Many utility companies can maintain relatively high payout ratios compared to most businesses because their financial results are so stable.

Companies such as AGL offer «bill smoothing» where you can make fortnightly or monthly payments towards your future utility bill so it is not so painful when the big bill comes.

So they aren't really bond proxies, says Gabelli & Company utility - stock analyst Timothy Winter.

SO says the deal will create the second - largest utility company in the U.S. by customer base, with 11 regulated electric and natural gas distribution companies providing service to ~ 9M customers with a projected regulated rate base of ~ $ 50B.

So there are tests such as normalized operating accruals that for industrial companies and utilities can flag many companies that look cheap, but may not be, because too much of their income comes from accrual entries.

Before we get into how exactly utilities companies pay out so much in dividends, first we should talk about what kind of services and goods these companies provide.

I am also very upset with the utility company because when we had the utilities transferred we informed PSO that we had a «dog out,» so they were well aware that Sandy may occasionally be out back.

Utilities: Though some major utility companies still require you to link your account to a bank account for payment, more and more are letting customers pay their monthly bills using credit cards, so be sure to check with your utility providers to see if they already do so, or plan to.

That power comes in part from the fact that so many swing states are coal states more than they are red or blue states, and from the potent lobbying and advertising muscle of coal companies and utilities.

In return, the utility companies would not have to build cooling towers on their Hudson River power plants; they would instead regulate how the plants were operated so as to minimize the fish kills, they would not be forced to follow the strict letter of the Clean Water Act, to use the «best available technology» to mitigate the fish kills caused by their thermal pollution.

I would speculate that the experience of this struggle was so traumatic for the company that it played a role in its decision to divest itself of nearly all its generating assets when New York State's electric utility market was deregulated in 1994.

In contrast to most other coal databases, the GCEL is not limited to coal miners and coal - based utilities, but also lists over 200 so - called «service» companies.

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.

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.