Sentences with phrase «utilities have paid»

This is why so many publicly - traded water utilities have paid — and raised — their dividends for decades on end.

And Perdue's not the only leading recipient of Southern's political support to help spread the questionable scientific talking points the utility has paid for: Rep. Gary Palmer, an Alabama Republican who received $ 18,000 from the company's PAC and employees in the 2014 cycle, last year told WATE that science «says global climate change is more a function of nature and solar activity than it is anything man does.»

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.

Not exact matches

Hungary was one of the first European countries to turn against foreign ownership of utilities back in 2013 but there are growing signs that borders are springing up again in an industry that has struggled to make international deals pay off.

Wheeler's new rules — which would prohibit blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization of internet content — would also reclassify broadband and internet service providers, or ISPs, as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.

For one thing, you'll have to pay utilities for your house or apartment.

Dividend stocks that yield more When it comes to equities, high - paying dividend stocks, especially in the utility and REIT sectors, have been the go - to investment of late.

California for years has required utilities to purchase excess rooftop solar power, paying homeowners in credits that lower their utility bills.

Because the local utility, NV Energy, generates a good portion of its sales from casinos, the state's regulators said casinos would have to pay tens of millions of dollars to detach from the utility and generate all of their own power.

Businesses that don't have enough money to pay their employees or utilities, may have to borrow money to fulfill their obligations.

«Most companies simply pay their utility bills each month without questioning what they've been billed for or analyzing cost breakdowns.

The higher your margin the better, because you need to have enough left over to pay your indirect costs or overhead (things like salaries, rent, advertising, telephone, and utilities) and still make money.

After all, I still have to meet payroll and pay our rent, utility, and other bills with cash.»

«The fact that I own a house, have a job and pay my utilities on time doesn't add up to a FICO score,» she said.

Ant Financial has already signed a memorandum of understanding with Rongcheng, whose residents will be able to pay their utility bills using Alipay and show their Zhima Credit score — if high enough — to obtain better health insurance and borrow library books and rent public bikes without a deposit.

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.

The Consumer Staples, Utilities, and Telecommunications sectors have historically paid out higher dividends than other sectors.

On several occasions, utilities have had to pay surrounding states to take the excess energy off of their hands.

For example, utility companies, health clubs, phone companies and credit card issuers can all be creditors if you have contracts with them or if they have performed services for which you have not yet paid.

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.

On Thursday, the utility filed a petition before the island's energy regulator for a new securitization charge, which would pay for the restructured debt following a planned bond exchange.

This would pay for the cable bill, utilities, and cell phones with no problem.

Although private cable TV and telephone companies raised concerns about competing with a government utility, Ferguson said EPB has paid tax equivalent payments to local governments sufficient to make EPB the top payer in Hamilton County of local taxes.

«Ohio's 4 million households would pay, on average, as much as $ 528 more for their electric service under Senate Bill 58 over a utility's three - year energy efficiency plan,» Ohio's consumer counsel, Bruce Weston, wrote in a letter this week to Senate leaders.

This includes how timely you pay your utility bills, the lease payments on your business location, as well as any small business debt you may have.

As an early adopter of renewable technologies, particularly solar, California has been willing to pay high prices and has in turn helped lower them for other markets, said Swami Venkataraman, a senior vice president at Moody's Investors Service who analyzes the utility sector.

The customer would pay back SolarCity and its financial partners over the course of a 20 - year lease, ideally at a monthly cost that would be lower than their traditional utility bill.

Saul Luciano Lliuya, a farmer who lives near Lake Palcacocha in the Peruvian Andes, has sued Rheinisch - Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk (RWE), a major German utility company, to pay for the impact of climate change on his community.

To a lesser degree, companies in the Materials, Consumer Staples, Telco and Utilities sectors have talked about using their savings to pay down debt.

But the utility company kept delaying repairs because it didn't have the money, and the utility company struggled to pay down its remaining debt.

Among the utilities that I own SO, ED, DUK, and PPL, Southern has paid the most dividends in the past 10 years, but with a lagging total annual return (ROR) of only 5.0 %.

For example, a regulated utility company like Dominion Energy may have a dividend pay out ratio above 80 %.

In other words, if people can access it and and pay their debts and buy stuff with it or buy other currencies with it, then its going to have utility value.

The last thing that you want is to have a rate so low that you can't pay for overhead like insurance, rent, utilities, or office supplies.

If you forget to get these utilities marked, you might have to cater very large repair bills that the utility companies will require you to pay, which will only be an added burden to your already burdened pocket.

Discretionary income is the money you have after paying for necessary expenses like rent, utilities, and food.

Workers in construction, transportation, retail, banks, hotels, utilities and other professionals would «clearly lose» in a tariff war, the economists say, adding farmers would be doubly hurt — paying higher prices for imported goods and seeing export options curtailed.

We have our mortgage payment, utility bills, my salary and a host of other things that we have to pay each week.

«I have kids to support and utilities to pay and the rent is due,» Bell said.

The panel have also called for free school meals to be extended to parents on low pay and new laws to stop utility providers charging people on pre-paid meters more.

Now liberals HATE CHARITIES... ya know... if you go to a church's food bank for food or to have your electric bill paid they don't ask you to produce ID, Last pay stub, and all your credit information... they just give you food or they pay a utility bill for you... that is a charity.

Not having enough to cover the bills, fretting month after month about how to pay rent or mortgages or keep utilities on and kids fed and supplied stinks.

Does your church have enough left over, after paying the mortgage and utility bills, to pay for some of its members surgeries or cancer treatments?

By undercutting the moral basis of representativeness in religious programming on television, the paid - time religious broadcasters have removed one of the major contributions that religious groups could have made in influencing television in America: that of acting as agents in challenging the television industry to act within its moral responsibility as a utility for genuine social communication.

The rent was paid, the utilities were paid, but I didn't have a lot of money.

Ramsey is not a playmaker... He is an all round utility player... A good one if you like that kind of style... I don't... But playmaker he is not... After last night a serious owner of a top flight sports team paying some of the highest whack on the planet would be saying ok there is something wrong here..

In any otherwalk of life, whether buying goods, services, booking a holiday, going to a theatre / play and even when using utilities like internet, electric, gas, phone, etc. etc. we have LEGAL rights when we are cheated out of the service we pay for (and we pay through the nose to attend the Emirates!).

Having that common wall and being within the same building will absolutely improve your insulation which in turn makes your home more comfortable and cheaper when paying for utilities.

But the district also wanted the museum to sign an agreement to pay any real estate taxes on the site, while the district would pay for utilities out of its museum tax, park district executive director Edward Haag said.

After becoming unemployed by the dot - com bust in 2000, she and her husband, Jimmy, had $ 30 a week after the rent, utilities and other basic expenses were paid.