Sentences with phrase «utilities lose revenue»

When that happens, utilities lose revenue, and their power plants may become obsolete.

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However, once solar consumers combine cost effective battery storage with their solar panels (enabling them to store excess power and reduce their dependence on the grid)-- franchise owning utilities will inevitably begin to lose revenues.

Utility companies warn that the lost revenue from solar - powered costumers will necessitate price increases for people without solar panels, because the electric grid and other critical infrastructure must still be maintained.

That means if an owner of a property neglects to pay their property taxes or utility bills, the city or courts can seize and sell the property in order to recoup their lost revenue.

The death benefit can be used to help replace lost revenue or to pay costs associated with keeping the doors open, including rent, utilities, lease payments, and payroll.

The utility industry nationwide, not just in Connecticut, has long argued that, because of the revenue they lose from solar customers who only draw power from the grid part of the time — chiefly at night — they have to charge non-solar customers more to maintain the grid.

For utilities, water loss from old, leaky systems means lost revenue for upkeep, too.

A new report on decoupling shows that utilities can collect revenues lost due to energy efficiency measures without harming customers.