Sentences with phrase «utility commission said»

Then the state utility commission said to build only one of the plants, and in May of this year Duke said that would cost $ 1.83 billion, an increase of more than 80 percent from the original estimate.

Not exact matches

Administrative Law Judge Ann O'Reilly, of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings for the Public Utilities Commission ruled late on Monday that Enbridge should be issued permission for the replacement, but said the company should use its existing right of way, adding hurdles to the project's construction.

Energy Future's board favored Sempra's bid after it also offered assurances it could get its acquisition of Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas, as well as a U.S. bankruptcy judge, the sources said.

«As of now, according to our rules, they shouldn't be operating at the airport, «California Public Utilities Commission Director of Policy and Planning Marzia Zafar said.

Those comments, plus inquiries sent to the utilities by the commission staff, showed that efforts to harden the state's electric grid «have worked» to minimize damage to the system, Ballinger said.

Tom Ballinger, the commission staff's director of the engineering division, said 700 customers of the state's electric utilities filed comments and that nearly 11 percent of the comments were «positive» about utilities» performance during Irma.

But the US Securities and Exchange Commission has already taken the lead saying that many utility tokens have features of securities.

«This project should not go forward without the independent and professional oversight of the B.C. Utilities Commission,» said Horgan.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) said on Thursday that all five commissioners voted to allow Energy Transfer Partners LP to restart its Sunoco Mariner East 1 natural gas liquids pipeline.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is currently working up its numbers with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Power,» the Employment and Labour Relations Minister said.

Cuomo said that investigation continues, but the state - run Public Service Commission has already started directing the utility.

The governor intends to have the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in the state, codify the requirement, these people said.

LIPA, which Cuomo said «failed» its customers after Sandy and served as the impetus for his Moreland Act Commission that is now investigating the utility industry's post-storm response overall, did not fare nearly so well.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), which is set to release new utility cost figures soon, has said it will do what is right under its mandate in setting the new utility tariffs.

«The Director of Operations at Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tetteh Ankamah Okyne, says the power cut the nation is currently experiencing is due to the activities of vultures and other birds... The company disclosed this last week when the Public Utility Regulatory Commission convened a meeting among the power producers, including VRA, Gridco, ECG, Asogli, among others, to ascertain the cause of the power cut being witnessed in Accra and certain parts of the country.

But Mark Green, the former New York City public advocate who was a member of Mr. Cuomo's first Moreland Commission, which investigated the performance of the state's power utilities after Hurricane Sandy, said the advertisement ran the risk of politicizing the new panel.

The head of the Dept. of Public Service commissions says the response and restoration has not met the expectations of New Yorkers and after the investigation utilities will take action accordingly.

At the hearing of the Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response, Long Island resident Seymour Spiegel said for a 21st century storm, LIPA had been «a 19th century power company.»

He said the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's directive to the company will be dealt with by management.

The Public Relations Director of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Nana Yaa Jantuah who said this on Accra - based Asempa FM Monday said the Commission would continue to work to protect the interest of the consumer and therefore urged consumers to bring their complaints to the Commission.

He said there's very little utility oversight — public or private — because the «public service commission is fundamentally flawed and needs to be changed.»

Industry players and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) had opposed the move saying it will be ill - timed for the commission to increase utility prices without an improvement in the quality of service to consumers.

The governor said the state Public Service Commission will do a full review of the utilities» response to last week's storm.

«If government recommendations to Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) are accepted, consumers will be expected to benefit from reductions in electricity tariffs,» he said.

UPDATE: As reported by the Star Tribune, Gov. Mark Dayton said he would veto any legislation that cuts the Public Utilities Commission out of the process!

«The New York City business community supports recommendations of this commission to reduce some aspects of the tax burden, including simplification and consolidation of business and bank taxes, accelerated phase out of a surcharge tax on utilities, and raising the threshold for estate taxes to conform with federal standards,» she said.

When Cuomo created the commission, he said, «Serious questions have been raised about the adequacy of utility management, structures, resources, the current regulatory framework and oversight.»

But because it was all natural gas and no utility solar, the commission had no choice,» she said.

Observers said they could not recall a time when Arizona's utility commission, where Republicans control all five seats, had rebuffed a long - term plan from one of the state's utilities.

That move was championed by Republican leadership and the Texas Public Utility Commission and has opened the possibility for renewables as a substantial part of the energy portfolios for multiple cities, said Thomas Edgar, a professor of engineering and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

A «triple subsidy,» say enviros The resulting data should help reassure state public utility commissions — which have rejected many large projects out of cost concerns — about the viability and accuracy of the technology, Finley said.

Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said his staff in Tokyo had been told by Japanese utility officials that cooling water that normally covers spent fuel was nearly or totally gone from an uncovered concrete pool above reactor Unit 4.

The Edison Electric Institute, which represents publicly held utilities, submitted a letter saying any attempt by FTC to define additionality would lead the commission into a «conceptual thicket.»

Public utility commissions have more authority than some existing court decisions suggest, but they tend to take a conservative approach and there is a strong presumption that they can't get involved, Scott said.

The dispute was ultimately settled but the case underscored the high stakes of labor disputes involving electric utilities, as well as the potential danger to public safety and the need for clarification of the authority of state public utility commissions, Scott said.

Many public utility commissions have concluded, based largely on court decisions under the NLRA, that they're prohibited from intervening in labor disputes even when public safety is threatened, Scott said.

Electric vehicles pose both challenges and opportunities for the grid, said Noel Crisostomo, a public utilities regulatory analyst for the California Public Utilities Coutilities regulatory analyst for the California Public Utilities CoUtilities Commission.

Any increase, however, isn't likely to show up until at least January, Schnure says, because utilities could not raise rates without the permission of the Vermont Public Service Commission.

«I had relatively limited expectations for the battery industry in advance of 2020,» said Michael J. Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission.

The third strategy, Berberich said, is to make sure state agencies, especially the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the ISO, can «connect the dots.»

In October 2010, Ohio Power Co. filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for the approval of a December 2010 closure of the coal - fired Philip Sporn Power Plant unit 5, Ohio Power parent American Electric Power said in a Nov. 1 Form 10 - Q filing.

Others claim that AEPS say compliance is expensive — but both the LBNL analysis and the Pennsylvania's Public Utilities Commission confirm that compliance costs are minimal, only about 1 percent of electricity bills in Pennsylvania.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he plans to pursue ocean - wave energy regardless of the conclusions of a still - to - be-released study ordered by the city's public utility commission.

«We expect to see an uptick in 2012 when utilities start to enter the market to cover their phase III obligations,» he said... More broadly, the market has been deflated by security concerns prompted by cyber attacks in January, as well as European Commission energy efficiency plans, which mean that companies need fewer credits to achieve their reduction targets.

California is in the midst of shifting all of its big utilities to time - of - use rates by 2020, and CAISO is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» Greenutilities to time - of - use rates by 2020, and CAISO is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» GreenUtilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» Greenlee said.

And I'll just stand by saying my prior agency, the California Public Utilities Commission.

I just wanted to say that in two days, August 11th we'll be filing our application with the Public Utilities Commission.

Bob Cupit, manager of the Public Utility Commission's Facilities Permitting Unit, says the PUC will balance the environmental costs of construction with the expected benefits.

Compounding the problem, Ledford and others say, is that Duke wants to recoup nearly all of its grid costs through a bill add - on or «rider,» which isn't subject to the same type of scrutiny at the utilities commission as base electricity rates or proposals for new power plants.

With the California Public Utilities Commission set to vote on the proposal this Thursday, solar groups are demanding an explanation for the change, which they say goes against the CPUC's own methodology for establishing TOU rates.