Sentences with phrase «utilities more incentives»

Obviously that gives utilities more incentives to seek out solar.

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With award - winning higher education, a skilled workforce, competitive real estate, attractive incentive packages and utility rates, it's no wonder why major companies such as Gap, GlobalFoundries and IBM collectively employ more than 10,000 people here.

Conversely, more incentives could be offered on sport utility vehicles and other high - end vehicles to snag more older customers — and, eventually, their children.

If you need more motivation, the federal government is offering a 30 percent rebate on the purchase of geothermal heat pumps through 2016, with additional incentives available from states and utilities.

Utilities may offer special incentives for home charges during off - hours, but recharging on the go can be more expensive.

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In fact, there are already incentives in place that pay utilities MORE for putting fewer kWh through the wires than for selling them to customers.

Likewise, demand - side responsive products (see Carrier ComfortChoice) will fill the market as more utilities offer those incentives.

Some utilities offer incentives for using less energy, while others have different pricing for different times of day where energy consumed during peak hours is more expensive.

Some of the important factors include: technology has significantly improved, utilities are becoming more familiar with integrating wind energy, key federal tax incentives have been renewed and utilities are beginning to hedge against risks associated with fossil fuels.

In 2006, the state's public utilities commission launched the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a multi-year program aimed at providing more than $ 3 billion in incentives to solar - energy projects through 2016.

Under typical regulatory structures, utilities do not have an economic incentive to provide programs to help their customers be more energy - efficient.

And it creates incentives for utilities to install additional charging stations for electric vehicles, an effort to make drivers more comfortable shifting away from gasoline.

It should be noted that while all solar systems in the US can qualify for federal incentive programs like the Investment Tax Credit, you're more likely to get more incentive opportunities, like net - metering — allowing you to sell power back to the utility — with a grid - connected system than with an off - grid electric system, since most incentives are offered through utilities.

To encourage the continued expansion of solar, governments, utilities and other organizations offer solar tax breaks and financial incentives to make solar more accessible for today's homeowners.

Removing financial and regulatory barriers as well as providing incentives will enable water and waste water utilities to contribute to the state's transition from relying on fossil - fueled electricity to more sustainable forms of electricity.

A sweeping energy law adopted last summer gave Duke more control over these large solar developments while requiring the utility — a monopoly across much of the state — to create incentives for individual customers to invest in solar panels, too.

Unfortunately, our utilities often have perverse incentives to build bigger, more expensive and more risky power plants, because they collect a guaranteed profit on every dollar spent (including when they go over-budget or don't finish a project).

The most comprehensive calculators use your address and geodata — including longitude and latitude, weather and more — as well as information about incentives like tax credits and net - metering, as well as and data from installers and utilities to deliver a basic cost - estimate for the amount of solar panels your building needs and estimates the cost and the benefits of a solar system for your building.

Utilities, local governments, and state agencies offer energy incentive programs that help make energy efficiency a more affordable option.

To encourage energy efficiency, governments, utilities and other organizations offer energy efficiency and other financial incentives to make energy efficiency more accessible for today's homes and businesses.

Massachusetts has a mandate for utilities to provide 15 percent renewable energy of their total supply by 2020, adding even more incentive to get this deal done.

If the supply of allowances is more than utilities need, then prices of the allowances to pollute will remain low and provide no incentive for carbon - cutting measures.

The states are also supposed to make sure that utilities have incentives to help their customers make their homes and businesses more energy - efficient

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While it may remain profitable to build renewable energy installations, incentives against cutting carbon emissions were not strong enough: Prices for allowances to emit carbon dioxide have dropped and cheap gas in the United States is pushing an additional supply of hard coal on the market, reducing coal prices to their lowest in four years and incentivising utilities to sell more power from brown - and hard coal - fired power stations.