Sentences with phrase «utility costs over»

Additionally, according to Greening America's Schools: Costs and Benefits by Greg Kats, green schools use 33 percent less energy and 32 percent less water than conventionally constructed schools, significantly reducing utility costs over the average 42 - year life cycle of a school.

The 2.8 - kW system will save A New Way of Life more than $ 27,000 in utility costs over the lifetime of the equipment, freeing up resources for the nonprofit to further their mission.

Not exact matches

In an annual survey of expats around the globe, some 9,000 workers in over 100 countries were asked to score 43 aspects of their lives abroad, from commuting and ease of setting up utilities to the cost of education and the ease of making friends — for both expats and their children.

The higher your margin the better, because you need to have enough left over to pay your indirect costs or overhead (things like salaries, rent, advertising, telephone, and utilities) and still make money.

Methodology: Based on each state's median household income, states were ranked according to the percentage of the median paycheck that was left over after subtracting the following: (1) average housing cost per paycheck, (2) total amount spent on food per paycheck, (3) total amount spent on utilities per paycheck, (4) total amount spent on transportation per paycheck and (5) total amount spent on health per paycheck.

The customer would pay back SolarCity and its financial partners over the course of a 20 - year lease, ideally at a monthly cost that would be lower than their traditional utility bill.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Water utilities usually earn a small but consistent premium over their cost of capital.

And there was a study that came out on 2010 that showed that one - third of American families experience diaper need, meaning, they have to cut back on basic necessities like food, utilities, and child - care, in order to buy diapers because diapers can cost up to 3000 dollars for each child over the time you are diapering.

PSEG Long Island spent $ 9 million more than previously reported responding to a March storm that didn't deliver the expected wallop the utility had planned for, driving LIPA's annual storm costs over budget by 164 percent, the utility reported.

Developers have said the Port of Albany receives $ 500,000 annually in oil industry permit fees and using the Thruway corridor will help save $ 294.7 million in construction costs over use of a utility corridor.

While a single press release does not a campaign make, Amedore's charge that the reconfiguration of utility capacity zones which went into effect May 1 could cost mid-Hudson customers $ 300 million over the next three years got my attention.

The city of Yonkers will pay an extra $ 3 million to keep its lights on over the next 12 years, according to a study of utility costs linked to a controversial Cuomo administration plan to bail out three upstate nuclear power plants.

Ryan described it as being similar to a department store layaway plan, where New York would front the cost of the installation, and consumers would pay it off over time through balanced rates on their utility bills.

Developers have reported the Port of Albany receives $ 500,000 annually in oil industry permit fees and that the corridor will help save $ 294.7 million in construction costs over use of a utility corridor.

Developers have reported that the Port of Albany receives $ 500,000 annually in oil industry permit fees and that the corridor will help save $ 294.7 million in construction costs over use of a utility corridor.

Disputes over the use of utility poles and the cost of using them is fairly common in New York State, so it is unclear why the state's operations director would have to get involved in such a mundane case.

McAllister, a native of West Islip, Long Island, said he worked 45 - 50 hours per week over the holiday break at a deli to help pay his $ 550 per month rent for off - campus housing in Syracuse, utilities and grocery costs.

Deployment of smart grid technology from U.S. utility control centers and power networks to consumers» homes could cost between $ 338 billion and $ 476 billion over the next 20 years, but will deliver $ 1.3 trillion to $ 2 trillion in benefits over that period.

Granted, there will be significant saving on your monthly utilities — for one, your electricity will be free — but that saving comes at over double the cost, per square foot, of 93 percent of new homes sold in the United States in 2006.

With these homes making their own electricity, utilities lose their most lucrative customers and confront a dwindling base over which to spread big infrastructure costs, like building new power plants or maintaining the grid.

There have been various setbacks as well as endless finger - pointing between Areva and the Finnish utility TVO, which are locked in court battle over expanding costs.

If a plant runs $ 5 billion in «overnight» costs and the money is spent over five years, interest on capital during the period of construction — the utility's version of a home builder's construction loan — could add hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars.

«Your words «the overall utility a device might provide over a textbook» seem to me a rare, on - topic comment — please, run with that» The point being in this case that it's foolish to measure the cost of a device the same way you would measure the cost of a textbook.

In other words, perhaps the danger of the 30 year mortgage is that you are drawn into a bigger home than you really need and by the time you pay the home costs (taxes, utilities, etc) over the 30 years you loose more than the $ 90k you made on the interest...

The equity in your home would amount to just over $ 200,000 after 10 years (assuming no pre-payments and not accounting for maintenance and utility costs).

Continuously declining long - term rates created two tailwinds for his portfolio: 1) It continuously reduced borrowing costs for highly leveraged companies; and 2) Drove up values of high yielding stocks (look at what utilities, MLPs and REITs have done over the same time period).

Everything from Comcast (120.00 to now 163.00), utility bills will be going up by at least 40 % when rate caps come off, food prices shot up 32 % and I haven't got a raise or cost of living for over a year.

Depending on your housing costs, it's possible to have BAH left over each month to pay for things like utilities and other household expenses.

Services, Energy, Consumer Noncyclicals, and Utilities are all industries where there are increasing returns to scale, and where minimizing costs likely dominate over trying to offer specialized products that add value.

Auctions will be held four times a year through 2020, with the total amount of carbon pollution allowed to be emitted declining over time — and as such, should drive up the cost of polluting, thereby encouraging industry and utilities to choose non-carbon emitting ways of doing business.

Numerous utility studies have shown that wind can provide over 20 % of our energy with modest integration costs on the order of a half cent per kWh to ensure overall dispatchability.

Rolling back efficiency efforts is also at odds with the findings of a September 2017 energy efficiency potential study completed for the Iowa Utilities Association, which determined that 17 % of electricity use and 15 % of gas use in the state could be saved cost - effectively through efficiency programs over the next decade.

That was despite the utility, Florida's largest, investing nearly $ 3 billion over the past decade to modernize and harden its grid infrastructure — costs, as well as a regulatory profit of between 9.6 and 11.6 percent, that its customers will continue to pay for many years to come.

«The case for preserving an electric utility's monopoly over electricity generation died with federally induced wholesale competition in the late 1970s and with the recent advent of customer - owned and cost - effective rooftop solar,» said John Farrell, director of the Energy Democracy Initiative at the Institute for Local Self - Reliance.

More people are realizing that solar panels are a great insurance policy against rising utility power costs over the years.

Over ten years, the plan is expected to provide New Yorkers $ 8.5 billion in cumulative utility cost savings — funds that can be reinvested in the New York economy.

And they are designing them with a precision intended to protect solar - plus - storage from a future of never - ending battles between solar advocates and utilities and their allies over cost shifts and caps.

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.

California unions killed the Democrats» last - minute push to force the state to adopt 100 percent renewable electricity production by 2046, over worries the nation's highest utility costs are killing jobs.

The cost is a major drawback for many homeowners because the money you save on utility bills will not offset the cost of the device, even over many years.

Your outrage over Congress capping the costs for nuclear construction for Utilities?

Using the Solar Estimate calculator, we determined that given an average monthly utility bill of $ 150, the owner of a two - bedroom home on Montagu Street in Charleston's up - scale 29401 zip code should produce around 9,890 kilowatt - hours (kWh) of emissions - free renewable energy over its useful life; resulting in an estimated net profit (energy cost savings less the cost of equipment and installation) to the homeowner of $ 57,878 over 25 years.

However, if costs over the lifespan of energy projects are taken into account, wind and utility - scale solar can be the least expensive energy generating sources, according to asset management company Lazard.

Stelcor provides clients with fully warrantied, aesthetically pleasing solar electric systems for as little as zero down, making solar the smart choice for increased control over household utility costs.

49 Rising Energy Costs for Consumers Average annual household utility bills have increased 48 % since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)-- Add in today's average annual gasoline budget per household and today's estimated annual home energy budget is over $ 3,800 Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % byCosts for Consumers Average annual household utility bills have increased 48 % since 1980 (adjusted for inflation)-- Add in today's average annual gasoline budget per household and today's estimated annual home energy budget is over $ 3,800 Electricity costs continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % bycosts continue to rise, with some utilities requesting rate increases of 35 % or more Spending on electricity is the highest share of total consumer spending since the energy crisis of 2000 Energy consumption has been rising along with costs — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % bycosts — Electricity consumed by the typical American household has more than doubled since 1980 and is expected to increase another 20 % by 2015

The point of Milton Friedman's arguments against public utility commission law was to prevent forcing customers to commit to funding the cost of investment over 40 to 50 years in mandatory rate base charges.

The cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy has dropped far and fast in the U.S. Utility - scale solar generation costs, for example, have plummeted 75 percent over the past six years.

«Though utility PV will reset from an origination perspective starting in 2017 - 2018, distributed solar is largely expected to continue to grow over the next few years due to rapid system - cost declines and a growing number of states reaching grid parity,» said Cory Honeyman, associate director of GTM Research.

As part of the Recovery Act, this Administration invested $ 4.5 billion in electricity delivery and energy reliability modernization, with total public - private investment amounting to over $ 10 billion To ensure that all Americans benefit from these smart grid investments, the Administration released a policy framework and a series of new initiatives in June 2011 that will empower consumers with tools to better manage their electricity and cut costs, improve the reliability of the electric grid, and help utilities recover from natural disasters faster.