Sentences with phrase «utilities in the state source»

Last week, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill to require that utilities in the state source 80 % of their electricity from renewable energy by 2050.

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Indeed, nowhere are the barricades being stormed more aggressively than in PG&E's home, California, whose mandate for change is more audacious than any other state's: Its law requires that 50 % of utilities» power be generated by renewable sources by 2030.

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.

BUFFALO, NY - The New York State Thruway Authority, as part of the push by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for agencies to move toward so called «green energy» sources, installed several wind turbines a few years ago, projecting it would save $ 300,000 a year in utility costs.

A Post review of the state's database of $ 13 billion in unclaimed funds shows that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and entertainers Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Madonna, Matthew Broderick, Jay Z and Beyoncé are owed money from a variety of sources, including insurance companies, utility firms, the film industry and the government.

the area or activities to which the funds raised from a municipal bond issue will be directed and, in turn, the source of future bond interest payments and principal repayment; for general obligation bonds, funds raised may be for general purposes, both operating and infrastructure, and payments are secured by the general taxing power of the issuer — usually a state, town, or city; revenue bonds are categorized under terms such as «Utilities» or «Transportation»

63 percent of respondents said the United States should move forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do... In the same poll, the public supported — by a margin of 63 percent to 37 percent — requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if that would cost the average household an extra $ 100 per year.»

The electric utility industry is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for one - third of total US greenhouse gas emissions and about 40 percent of all carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning.

New Jersey has a renewable energy targetthat requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

In 2016, the state enacted a law requiring utilities to get 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources.

So utilities operating in the state must source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources in a sliding scale until they hit 100 % by 2045.

Efficiency is the least expensive way to source new electricity, and in many states, utilities are required to invest in it.

New Mexico has a renewable energy target that is mandated in legislation that requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

Unfortanely there is no state level tax credit or rebate however, a bill has just passed that introduces and RPS and solar carve out meaning that all utilities in state must source a percentage of energy from solar which creates an SREC market.

«I'd let them stand on their own and compete against coal and natural gas and other sources, and let utilities make real - time market decisions on those types of things as opposed to being propped up by tax incentives and other types of credits that occur, both in the federal level and state level.»

State, local, and utility sources in your area may also offer additional incentives.

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.

In fact, many states (including regulated states) actually require that utility companies generate a certain percentage of their energy from renewable sources.

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.

The largest utility in Virginia plans on cutting output at or shutting its biomass - powered facilities, it has announced, as the US state remains undecided how it will treat the renewable energy source in its planned cap - and - trade scheme modelled after RGGI.

In particular, the state's renewable energy standard requires utilities to generate a substantial portion (25 to 30 percent) of electricity from renewable sources, mostly wind.

Delaware has a renewable energy targetthat requires utilities operating in the state to source 25 % of their electricity from renewable sources.

Colorado has a Renewable Energy target that is referred to as the Renewable Energy Standard has mandated that utilities operating in the state are to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

By investing in clean, renewable energy sources, water utilities can better adapt to changing conditions while creating new revenue streams, protecting their customers from electricity price volatility, and enhancing the state's efforts to reduce global warming pollution.

c. Mandated «Green Energy» programs in 4 states that force distribution utilities to buy electricity from «renewable» energy sources and make it available to their customers.

d. «Green Energy» pricing in 25 states, which permit distribution utilities to charge a premium prices for electricity from «renewable» sources when a customers volunteers to do so.

AB 32, California's nation - leading greenhouse gas emissions reductions law, and the state's Renewable Energy Standard (RES), requiring state utilities to obtain one - third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, will not only drive the growth of renewables capacity, Hertel said, but also necessitate new natural gas - burning power plants or result in serious power supply problems.

Fifteen states, including President Bush's home state of Texas, have enacted legislation requiring utilities to increase their use of renewable energy sources such as wind power or biomass in generating a portion of their overall electricity.

There would be no wind power in the United States without massive federal and state support, including a 2.2 - cent per kilowatt - hour federal production tax credit and Renewable Portfolio Standards in various states that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless ofStates without massive federal and state support, including a 2.2 - cent per kilowatt - hour federal production tax credit and Renewable Portfolio Standards in various states that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless ofstates that require electric utilities to acquire a certain percentage of their power from approved renewable sources, regardless of cost.

During Crist's first few months in office, he signed executive orders calling for stricter tailpipe emission limits for cars sold in Florida, reductions in the state's greenhouse gas emissions, and a mandate requiring utilities to generate at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

On September 27, 2016, the entire United States District Court for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments in West Virginia, et al. v EPA, to which E&E Legal is party, challenging the EPA's «Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units» rule under section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, over the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation that will cripple, and in many cases, shut down coal - fired power plants.

In recent months, a state, a municipality and a public utility district have enacted policies that guarantee a premium price for electricity that's generated from renewable sources.

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.

Massachusetts has a renewable energy target that is has mandated in legislation that requires utilities operating in the state to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

Among domestic climate initiatives he described in Milan were programs in 13 states requiring utilities to produce increasing amounts of power using nonpolluting sources like the wind and the sun.

Clark Public Utility District in the State of Washington funds a voluntary watershed restoration program, and New Jersey's Morris County Utility Authority purchases open space to protect its water sources.

The new incentives and policies proliferating across the US are on top of preexisting renewable portfolio standards in place in 28 states, requiring utilities to pull a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.

* Claims: As reported by Becki Gray, Carolina Journal, Nov. 3, 2015; Claims Source: The Renewable Portfolio Standards NC (Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University / Strata Policy), Feb. 2015 + NC Department of Revenue, Renewable Energy Property http://www.dornc.com/publications/incentives/2015/index.html ^ Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2005 - 2009: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST370000000000003 ~ NC Utilities Commission attorney, as reported by The News & Observer, Apr. 22, 2015: http://www.wral.com/proposed-rollback-on-nc-renewable-energy-requirements-again-rejected/14599311/ ** NC Sustainable Energy Association, 2015 Clean Energy Industry Census, + + RTI International, Economic and Rate Impact Analysis of Clean Energy Development in North Carolina — 2015 Update, Feb. 2015 ^ ^ TechNet letter submitted on behalf of Apple, Google and Facebook to NC General Assembly, May 2015: http://cleanenergync.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Apple-Inc.-Facebook-Inc.-Google-Inc.pdf