Sentences with phrase «threat of a death spiral»

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The threat, often referred to as the «utility death spiral,» goes like this: as customers choose to install solar panels or adopt energy efficiency measures, a utility will sell fewer units of energy and has to increase what it charges for electricity to ensure that it can still cover its fixed costs, such as grid maintenance and labor.

Things begin their real downward spiral soon afterward; Tonya receives a death threat at a practice rink, which gets Jeff thinking that maybe Kerrigan should get one too — and then Shawn picks up the ball and runs with it, past the end - zone of illegality, and into history.