Back when they were regulated, utilities could offer high payout ratios since public
utility commissions guaranteed profits.
Not exact matches
With solar prices coming down,
utility - scale solar is popping up all over the state, but the
utility has little incentive to switch its power supply to this lower cost alternative because they are
guaranteed a reasonable rate of return by the state's public
utility commission.
As first proposed two years ago, FirstEnergy's case before the Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio asked for a different charge altogether to make
utility customers
guarantee electricity sales by its unregulated generation affiliate from certain coal and nuclear plants.
Inslee's bill has three main components:
guaranteed interconnection to the grid, long - term fixed rate contracts with electric
utilities, and a rate - recovery program through a regional cost - sharing
commission to minimize the impact on consumers.