Sentences with phrase «utilities increase their use»

Mr. Ketschke added that he believed the proposal fit with the regulators» demand that utilities increase their use of renewable energy.

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Increasing numbers of utility customers are using net metering to generate electricity on their property.

FICO, the company that created one of the most widely used credit - scoring systems in the U.S., recently announced it was starting a pilot program to increase the number of consumers who could be assigned a credit score based on alternative data, such as utility and phone bills.

The reality is that utility rates have increased, there was additional baby - related laundry, and we used the air conditioners more in the summer of 2007 than we had in previous years.

We have worked hard to streamline workflow activities, we have purchased equipment, from significant investments like RFID to smaller investments into new floor cleaning equipment and everything in between to increase efficiencies, we have reduced floor plans and restructured staffing patterns, and monitored utility use... the list goes on and on.

Close Indian Point power plant by 2021 - Unit 2 Reactor to close April 2020 and Unit 3 Reactor April 2021 - End use of a plant with numerous safety violations - «Current Indian Point Employees will be Offered relocation and opportunities with other plants and utilities within the state; training in renewable technologies» - «Entergy will provide $ 15 million in funding for environmental and community benefits» - Cuomo is working on replacement resources so that there can be no cost increases in electricity after Indian Point closes More

«To sponsor the Ghana Premier league with capital injection of one million dollars each season, to remove Airport Taxes, to remove utility bills paid by university students living on campus, to increase and give Ghanaians high quality infrastructure nationwide, loans from Western World will be abolished, Woyome will pay back our money, continuation of Mahama projects and we will use our oil wealth income to clear all Ghana's debt.»

Patterson observes that «Some senior [Romanian energy authority] staff believe that efforts to increase the efficiency of energy use would lead to a continuing fall in sales, and would therefore be contrary to the interests of the company — a view also frequently found in utilities in OECD countries.»

And utilities have begun using them to store the increasing amounts of renewable energy generated at wind farms and solar power facilities.

Risk - utility tests generally examine whether the risks posed by an alleged design defect could have been avoided or reduced through the use of an alternative solution that would not have impaired the utility of the product or unnecessarily increased its cost.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

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I am a fan of the microUSB port being used for charging, and I am willing to take the slower charging speed for this increased utility.

He presented a back - testing study which supported the utility of the method.Value investorsOpens in a new window could have increased their returns by 7.5 % if they had used this method 20 years ago.

«They recognize wealth is an instrument, and like any instrument, it must be used prudently and correctly, and this means manipulating income in ways that maximize its increase and utility.»

This feature greatly increases the flexibility of your rewards, and adds to the card's utility by allowing you to use points earned through the Ink Business Preferred ℠ Credit Card to offset your business's travel costs.

The increasing proliferation of these tools has the potential to raise awareness among environmentally - minded people and perhaps bring pressure to bear upon utilities to use more renewable energy sources (or at least less coal mined from the tops of mountains!)

Electrification also can be used to build a utility's base of controllable load to improve operational efficiency while accommodating increased renewables and DER.

By using a wind turbine to produce most of, or all of the electricity they need, consumers can protect themselves from future increases in the cost of utility - provided electricity.

Sacramento Municipal Utility Distric (SMUD) sponsored a study showing that using PHEVs as storage in «Vehicle to Grid» (V2G) could allow SMUD to increase its wind capacity.

The utilities, on the other hand, were able to increase fees on solar energy for people with solar panels and recently have been shifting to time - of - use rates.

According to Pentland, increasing demand is unlikely to be the cause of rising electricity rates, due to the simple fact that «many if not most utilities are selling less — not more — electricity than they used to sell.»

The installations have also been a catalyst for increasing awareness of opportunities available to the Food Bank to lower its utility bills through changes to its electricity - use habits.

In areas where energy use is increasing, utilities often have to find new ways to produce energy for their customers.

With utility rates increasing and operating budgets falling under more scrutiny than ever, businesses are using solar to turn otherwise non-performing assets such as rooftops and undeveloped land into energy - saving, self - generating solar energy investments.

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up -LSB-...]

A cornerstone of the proposed law revolves around the increased use of solar power by utilities, such as SCE&G and Duke Energy.

First, 15 % of both the clean energy fund and utility retained revenue must be used to «prevent or eliminate the increased energy burden of people with lower incomes.»

-- In accordance with subparagraph (B), the team shall provide technical, programmatic, and financial assistance to each utility of each affiliated island, and the government of each affiliated island, as appropriate, to develop and implement an energy Action Plan for each affiliated island to reduce the reliance of each affiliated island on imported fossil fuels through increased efficiency and use of indigenous clean - energy resources.

The main reason for the decline is increased use of domestic natural gas — brought to our homes, work places and utility companies by our industry.

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up to 40 miles without kicking on their gasoline engines.

Utilities can use data to increase savings from energy efficiency programs and identify opportunities for future system upgrades.

Public Opinion Strategies also found 60 % of conservatives support requiring utilities to use renewable energy to produce 12.5 % of their electricity by 2027, and 76 % supported increasing research into battery storage technologies, which most analysts consider the next boom market in the renewable energy economic sector.

3 key innovations have been identified, but with battery prices down by 20 - 30 %, a service called Demand Response has increased the utility of battery use.

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.

The current administration of Gov. James E. McGreevey (D) is working on other tough measures, including increasing the state's use of renewable energy, building more energy - efficient public schools, and requiring utilities and large manufacturers to report periodically their emissions of

EPRI's Bob Graham and SCE's Ed Kjaer countered by saying that it will take millions of plug - in hybrids on the road before we'd see any potential increase in pollution, largely because electric hybrids would be charged at night using spare electric utility generating capacity.

Generally speaking, there are two pricing strategies that can protect a utility from under - recovery of sunk costs: (a) increase flat rates while reducing kWh charges, or (b) impose time - of - use (TOU) and / or demand (kW) charges.

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.

California's global warming law, AB32, calls for utilities to increase their use of renewable energy to at least 30 percent by 2020, and some say they may not make it.

Shall Section 11 of Article I (Bill of Rights) of the Constitution of Virginia be amended (i) to require that eminent domain only be exercised where the property taken or damaged is for public use and, except for utilities or the elimination of a public nuisance, not where the primary use is for private gain, private benefit, private enterprise, increasing jobs, increasing tax revenue, or economic development; (ii) to define what is included in just compensation for such taking or damaging of property; and (iii) to prohibit the taking or damaging of more private property than is necessary for the public use?

While not all bitcoin services and tools protect your privacy as much as others, using these 10 tools will help to increase your own privacy, the privacy of the entire bitcoin network and also increase bitcoin's utility around the world.

There are thousands of cryptocurrencies that exist today for a wide array of utilities and use cases, and over the last year, we have seen an increase in demand for these cryptocurrencies.

Regulations will only continue to benefit how cryptocurrencies can be used interchangeably with regular fiat currencies, greatly increasing their utility.

Our QASH token will also be used to fuel our QASH blockchain services, further increasing the utility of QASH as the preferred token for financial services.»

«A few studies have examined the utility of offering more intensive parent training interventions as universal supports to help parents get positively involved with their child's school, to reduce the use of punitive discipline practices, and to increase the use of positive management strategies at home.

This will use more energy and make your air conditioner work harder, which will increase your utility bills.

The Rental Fairness Act includes: no rent increases for any residential rental unit to exceed the provincially legislated annual maximum of 1.5 per cent for 2017, enables a standard lease to help both tenants and landlords know their rights and responsibilities, while reducing the number of disputes, protects tenants from eviction due to abuse of the «landlord's own use» provision, ensures landlords can't pursue former tenants for unauthorized charges, prohibits above - guideline rent increases in buildings where elevator maintenance orders have not been addressed and removes above - guideline rent increases for utilities, to protect tenants from carbon costs and encourage landlords to make their buildings more energy efficient.