Sentences with phrase «state public power utility»

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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.

By: Marleny Arnoldi 25th April 2018 State - owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it had put measures in place to deal with the coal shortages at seven of its power stations, in Mpumalanga, and has assured the public that this would not result in load - shedding.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants half the state's power to come from renewable energy sources by 2030, a plan backed by the state's Department of Public Utilities.

An investigatory panel created by Cuomo recommends that the state's Public Service Commission, or PSC, be given more powers to regulate electric utilities and to impose higher monetary fines.

Metzger is also the director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

But Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate who was a member of Mr. Cuomo's first Moreland Commission, which investigated the performance of the state's power utilities after Hurricane Sandy, said the advertisement ran the risk of politicizing the new panel.

* Giving the state Public Service Commission the power and the teeth to revoke the license of any utility that flunks performance

With roughly 15,000 Orange County residents still without power, County Executive Edward Diana has called on the State Public Service Commission to review local utility companies» performance in response to damage and outages left by the storm.

Karen Hinton — married to State Operations Director Howard Glaser, one of the governor's oldest friends and a key figure in Cuomo's high - stakes efforts to legalize casino gambling, bring a new power utility to Long Island, and finalize a decision on hydrofracking for natural gas — is a «managing director» at Mercury Public Affairs, which was founded by several former aides and advisers to Republican former Gov. George Pataki.

The candidate is perhaps best - known regionally as the founder / director of Citizens for Local Power, a local not - for - profit organization that provides a voice for community interests at the New York State Public Service Commission, serves as a local utility watchdog and promotes a more equitable, affordable, locally based clean - energy economy.

David Roberts oversees water rights and policy for the Salt River Project, one of the state's largest public water and power utilities, which is suing landowners over their groundwater wells.

Perhaps the state's most striking advance was the approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas in 2005 of a plan to build a matrix of new transmission lines across west and central Texas to tap the full potential of its wind power.

Cheryl is a paid consultant teaching Dog Bite Prevention techniques to various organizations including the United States Postal Service, DTE Energy, Consumer's Energy, Arizona Public Service, Unibar Damage Prevention Group, GTE, Louisiana Gas & Electric, Duke Energy, Accu - Read Services, AT&T, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, Cinergy, United Parcel Service, Delmarva Power, Olameter Corporation, Kentucky Utilities, the Visiting Nurses Association and many more.

First of all, I spent much of the 1980s testifying at state public utility commissions against new nuclear power plants on economic grounds only.

More Information: Further details of Mr. Vaad's deep and substantive ties with ALEC, details of IRS 501 (c)(3) tax fraud charges filed against ALEC by Common Cause and ALEC model legislation calling for repeal of state Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards (RPS) and the ALEC Market - Power Renewables Act that directly seeks to influence state legislators and public utility commissioners to weaken clean energy regulations can be viewed at the website of: Friends of the Colorado PUC

Climate scientist James Hansen, Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand and other scientists and environmentalists are urging Governor Jerry Brown to let the state legislature, not the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decide the fate of Diablo Canyon, which provides 21 percent of the state's clean power.

«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»

The groups» filing also states that the power utility's obstruction of rooftop - solar deployment undermines the very public - interest objectives that utility monopolies were created to serve.

In addition to all this, in August investor - owned Duke Energy, the state's second largest utility, announced a proposed settlement with consumer, environmental and public interest groups that entails scrapping plans to complete construction of the Levy nuclear power plant without customers or the state having to pay for any more costs incurred.

NYPA is a state - owned and - operated public power organization and sells electric power to government agencies, community - owned electric systems and rural electric cooperatives, companies, and private utilities for resale to their customers and neighboring states.

-- The term «qualified industry organization» means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel - based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.

With solar prices coming down, utility - scale solar is popping up all over the state, but the utility has little incentive to switch its power supply to this lower cost alternative because they are guaranteed a reasonable rate of return by the state's public utility commission.

In Ohio, American Electric Power is planning to install 250 charging stations in Columbus and has submitted a proposal to the state Public Utilities Commission seeking compensation for the stations as part of a broader eight - year rate case.

Those figures include all of the state's generation, from investor - owned utilities, non-utility generators, and public power systems.

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.

Under state law, California public utilities are basically prohibited from renewing contracts with coal - fired power -LSB-...]

It's pricing structure idiotically treated wholesale transactions in electricity by state public utilities, whose power generation base is overwhelmingly hydro - based, as if their power source was entirely COAL based, and punished them accordingly.

In these states it is often utility cooperatives and public power entities that have taken the lead.

In addition to the plants abandoned by PacifiCorp and Idaho Power Company, it is likely that other utilities around the United States have eliminated coal plants from their long - term planning rosters without public announcement.

As reported by Green Wombat's Todd Woody, Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, plans on paying around $ 4b over the next 30 years to power 70,000 homes.

An August decision by the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) approving New York's Clean Energy Standard included a provision requiring the state's investor - owned utilities and other energy suppliers to pay for the intrinsic value of carbon - free emissions from nuclear power plants by purchasing «Zero - Emission Credits» (ZEC).

His work has also included extensive experience representing clients including independent power producers, local distribution gas utilities, trucking companies, telecommunication companies as well as industrial, commercial and residential ratepayers, before the Louisiana Public Service Commission and other regulatory bodies requiring trials of rate cases and numerous compliant proceedings before state and federal courts.

Investor - State arbitrations regularly involve public law disputes about the scope and limits of host State regulatory powers, including, for example, disputes concerning limits of emergency powers, regulatory oversight over public utility companies, control of harmful substances, the protection of cultural property, or the implementation of non-discrimination policies.

Our achievements include advising Morocco's state - owned power utility on procuring and developing the country's 850 MW wind farm public - private partnership programme, acting for Angola state - owned oil company Sonangol on its USD 7 billion development of a major oil refinery, and advising numerous lenders on Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme projects in South Afpower utility on procuring and developing the country's 850 MW wind farm public - private partnership programme, acting for Angola state - owned oil company Sonangol on its USD 7 billion development of a major oil refinery, and advising numerous lenders on Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme projects in South AfPower Producer Procurement Programme projects in South Africa.

The public utility from a county in Washington state long known as a destination for power - hungry bitcoin miners has said it will stop...