The SGCC study consisted of a nation - wide survey of
utility customers who were asked to rate the importance of several smart grid benefits, namely:
One of the most important impacts of installing solar for
utility customers who have tiered billing is that the solar energy produced by the system can offset consumption at the more expensive top tiers.
And, whether or not they know it, all of the North Carolina electric
utility customers who have a few more bucks in their pockets (because the solar we install means they don't have to start paying for a new billion dollar fossil fuel plant this year), would disagree.
Under the bill,
utility customers who install rooftop solar would instead be paid under 20 - year contracts for a combination of the energy value of the electricity they generate and their renewable energy credits (RECs).
And there are still 61,000
utility customers who've been completely without power since September, the US Department of Energy reported earlier this month.
Not exact matches
A look at this list as a whole reveals something altogether more interesting than
who had the greatest number of grumpy
customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven were telecommunications companies, five were airlines, and four were public
utilities.
Its three largest
utilities also offer net metering programs for commercial, residential and agricultural
customers who generate their own electricity from renewable resources.
Utilities in California are seeking to reduce the solar credits and limit the amount of
customers who can receive them.
Utilities argue that
customers who generate their own solar power are not paying their fair share of fixed costs, which are then passed on to generally less wealthy, non-solar
customers.
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Utility and Function - the CTK token is used for payments to blockchain miners
who process crypto - algorithms to verify user access and security authentication functions when
customers use the Cryptk platform.
For Linux and Windows XP / Vista / 7 operating systems, 3M plans to offer a multi-touch driver and software
utility, and will offer communication protocol documents for
customers who wish to develop their own drivers.
Criticism for the
utility is not only coming from fed up
customers, but elected officials
who say they aren't getting answers either.
«To prevent a windfall, we will conduct a thorough accounting of the benefits the
utilities realize from the tax reduction plan, and we will ensure it's the
customers who receive the benefits, not company shareholders.»
Latimer,
who on Wednesday called for Con Edison and NYSEG CEOs to step down, stood Friday morning with other elected officials and
utility customers, also urging a clean sweep of senior management and the
utility companies» adoption of a new philosophy.
The
utility company said crews were giving higher priority to
customers who lost electricity during the first storm and expects outages from both storms will last into the weekend.
A northeastern Wisconsin
utility can scale back a credit program for
customers who generate their own electricity through solar panels, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
On March 15, the
utility company announced that it will reimburse
customers who lost power for three or more consecutive days for -LSB-...]
While that's down from about 2.2 million
customers who lost power during superstorm Sandy, Cuomo said
utilities need be held accountable for their response to the storm.
Customers who reported the scams say they were contacted by telephone by individuals who claim to be from National Grid and who advised the customers they have a past due balance on their util
Customers who reported the scams say they were contacted by telephone by individuals
who claim to be from National Grid and
who advised the
customers they have a past due balance on their util
customers they have a past due balance on their
utility bill.
While several states have allowed
utilities to charge a fee to
customers who want to opt out of smart meters, Vermont's governor is expected soon to sign legislation that would allow
customers to say no without paying anything extra.
It would require
utilities to purchase power from nuclear facilities, and those costs would then be passed along to
customers,
who now pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation.
A 6 - 2 ruling upholds a regulation that requires
utilities to pay more to
customers who conserve power during times of peak demand
At Xcel Energy, the
utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving
customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm
who is based in Denver, Colorado.
Karl Rabago discusses how to fairly compensate
utilities and
customers who provide solar energy.
Funding is a huge challenge because
utilities must meet competing demands from
customers and regulators while being responsive to their stakeholders,
who tend to limit investments to short - term returns.
It's no midsize sport -
utility vehicle, which is to say that we, the automotive press, and the VW fanboys
who form the
customer base here probably will love it.
«The CLA Shooting Brake is aimed at active
customers who want a car outside the mainstream, with a unique design, which impresses with a high
utility value.»
Company executives took aim at a target market —
customers who value
utility and reliability over all else — and pulled the trigger.
This hybrid comes in expensive amounts and some
customers who get it trade
utility in towing and hauling functions.
This compact 4 - metre long car is designed keeping in mind the
customers who wish to enter the sports
utility segment.
The Tahoe Custom targets
customers who want more
utility than amenities, and that's why the big SUV drops the third - row seats for an increased cargo volume behind the second row of 54 cubic feet (up to 112 cubic feet with the second - row seats folded down).
If you're a new
customer who has not yet completed an application, please email us a
utility bill from the last 30 days to update your address.
Good news for Arizona residents
who are
customers of Salt River Project (SRP): the Arizona
utility recently relaunched its popular solar rebate program after a months - long hiatus during which an interim rebate was available.
So while environmentalists are enraged by the recklessness of the southeastern
utilities» natural gas strategy in an age of climate change,
customers who only care about the bottom line on their
utility bills have reason to be just as upset.
For those among us
who don't work in sales, employ a little parlor game we like to call the «icebreaker» (named after a form of thermal storage that forges new bonds between
utilities and behind - the - meter commercial
customers).
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.
Earthjustice has filed a legal challenge against JEA, Florida's largest municipal electric
utility, because it is violating state law by short - changing
customers who want to use rooftop solar energy.
Although there are different models, in this area the solar gardens are generally built by the
utility and the panels «purchased» by
customers,
who get a discount on their electric bill.
Massachusetts residents intending to install solar PV systems of 25 kW or less
who want to qualify for the SMART program incentives need to complete all of them, as do all
utility customers participating in a community shared solar project.
The
utility set the date to draw a line between current net - metering
customers, whom Rocky Mountain Power plans to grandfather into the old rate structure permanently, and new
customers who would be charged according to the new rate schedule.
Customers who qualify may voluntarily participate in a
utility - managed energy control program (if one should exist), that would control or adjust devices, (e.g., pumps or water heaters, air conditioners, thermostats, etc.) as part of a future Demand Response program.
South Carolina
utility Duke Energy had issued some $ 5 million in rebates to
customers who had invested in solar power via its Solar Rebate Program as of September 2016.
Customers demand choice, and if their utilities can't provide it, customers will eventually find other providers
Customers demand choice, and if their
utilities can't provide it,
customers will eventually find other providers
customers will eventually find other providers
who will.
As soon as a nuclear plant starts up the people
who are and the
customers, the
utility ratepayers, start paying bit by bit into a decommissioning fund.
But whereas
customers who have solar panels one their own roof get credited at full retail value and own the associated renewable energy credits, HB 618 allows the SCC to devise rules that could result in a much worse deal for solar garden subscribers, including allowing the
utility to impose a «reasonable charge» to cover ill - defined costs.
The
utilities and groups «presented no unified position to substantiate their conclusions, and instead set forth a number of varied and often conflicting rationales to attempt to justify having direct access
customers,
who are exempt from an IOU's rule, nevertheless be required to pay for the rule's associated implementation costs.
The opportunity, Touati said, would come from meeting the corporate buyers» renewable energy demand by matching them with independent power producers
who wanted sell the output of their wind and solar projects, and with
utilities looking to hold on to the corporate clients that are their biggest power
customers.
That theoretically leaves electric
customers who get the same number of megawatts from
utility - scale solar, in aggregate, with disposable income.
Other Southern
utilities penalize
customers who adopt solar, loading up their bills with unjustified fees and taxes meant to discourage solar investments and protect
utility profits.
The other problem is that the funds collected from consumers served by
utilities and alternative energy suppliers are maintained in separate accounts, and the agency can't spend funds from alternative suppliers unless it is simultaneously acquiring renewable energy for
customers who still buy energy at the default rate from
utilities.