Sentences with phrase «utility industry group»

TORONTO — Efforts to characterize carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology as a viable short - term «cure - all» for coal - burning power plants» greenhouse emissions have been «way overblown,» the outgoing chairman of the leading utility industry group said today.

Not exact matches

The division's portfolios are typically focused on one of seven industry sector groups: Communications, Media and Entertainment; Consumer; Energy and Utilities; Financials; Healthcare; Industrials; and Technology.

In 2014, The New York Times reported on Pruitt's extensive industry ties — which included oil and gas companies, utilities and lobby groups.

Certainly, few investors will be cheering for the return of the three Electric Utilities groups (East, Central, and West) to the top of the industry price performance rankings.

Whether you call us DSG or Dakota Supply Group, whether you're an electrician, a plumber, an HVAC / R technician or part of any of the other trade industries we serve (from communications and utilities to waterworks and metering technology), rest assured that we are focused on your productivity above all else.

By undercutting the moral basis of representativeness in religious programming on television, the paid - time religious broadcasters have removed one of the major contributions that religious groups could have made in influencing television in America: that of acting as agents in challenging the television industry to act within its moral responsibility as a utility for genuine social communication.

Utilities have a simple, short - term option, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry group.

Rogers and Joe Hale — his friend and fellow utility executive — decided to launch the Global Brightlight Foundation, with the backing of Duke and later supported by the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, a broader industry group chaired by Rogers.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

WASHINGTON — Isuzu Motors Ltd. is recalling 2000 and 2001 model year Troopers after the sport - utility vehicle leaked fuel in crash tests by an insurance - industry group.

Sector Equity includes 14 industry groupings from communications through utilities, as well as a miscellaneous sector.

DISTINCT INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP (symbol DUG on the TSX Venture Exchange; www.diginc.ca) provides design, engineering, construction and maintenance services to the telecommunications, infrastructure and utilities industries.

One widely cited study by the Brattle Group estimated that the electric utility industry will need to invest a $ 1.5 trillion to $ 2.0 trillion in infrastructure upgrades by 2030.

The industry hopes to work with the administration and Congress «to forge workable regulations,» said Thomas Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute, a trade group representing investor - owned utilities, in June.

CPP is loathed by most Republicans, some Democrats, industry associations and business groups, utilities, coal companies, and mining interests.

CEA's membership also includes a long list of fossil fuel and utility interests, as well as industry trade groups.

According to Gabe Elsner, executive director of watchdog group the Energy & Policy Institute, ALEC supplies «model» legislation to politicians at the state level who then push efforts to enact the laws as written by the group's utility and fossil fuel industry representatives.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Utility companies clashed with oil industry interests over electric vehicle and fuel subsidies at a meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative political group, last Friday.

According to the notes, Michael Whatley, policy adviser of the fossil fuel lobby group Consumer Energy Alliance, which receives funding from Peabody Energy along with other coal, oil, and gas companies, underlined the industry's urgent need to mobilize state public officials, including legislators, attorneys general, environmental and public utility commissioners, and energy officials in many states.

Executives at the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for U.S. investor - owned utilities, told Utility Dive this month they see decarbonization and electrification of other industries as the central drivers of sector revenues in the 21st century.

According to Al Jazeera America, «A 2010 donor list from the IRS shows the Texas Public Policy Foundation receives funding from groups long associated with big oil, gas, and coal, such as Koch Industries, the electric utility Luminant, and the oil and gas investment company the Permian Basin Acquisition Fund.»

But many said the bill is a good start after two years of sometimes heated negotiations involving utilities, environmental groups, solar industry advocates and others.

However, BLS does track the wage of occupations in the Utility System Construction industry group, which includes construction of solar power plants.

-- The term «qualified industry organization» means the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a successor organization of such organizations, or a group of owners or operators of distribution utilities delivering fossil fuel - based electricity who collectively represent at least 20 percent of the volume of fossil fuel - based electricity delivered by distribution utilities to consumers in the United States.

Negotiations between utilities, the solar industry trade association MDV - SEIA, and the group Powered by Facts produced three pieces of legislation that appear likely to become law (and all of which I've discussed previously).

Data from OpenSecrets.org shows that MWR Strategies has been retained by Koch Industries; Southern Company, which is the second largest utility company in the country; Dow Chemical; Competitive Power Ventures; GDF Suez, which is Europe's largest liquefied natural gas importer; Public Service Enterprise Group; and Tampa Electric Company; for a combined lobbying revenue of $ 320,000 in 2014.

VA - REA members include companies from the solar, wind, and other renewable energy industries in Virginia, as well as utilities, some environmental groups, and other advocates.

So, here's the list of the organizations that are the key groups that are doing something: Plug In America, Electric Auto, with chapters all over the Bay Area; ElectricDrive.org, that's the trade association of the industry; the Sierra Club has gone big into plug - in cars, now; ProjectGetReady.org is the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins» spinoff, that's about readiness in communities; and all your local utilities.

Before the vote, more than 30 meetings were held with a diverse set of energy stakeholders that included utilities, the renewable energy industry, environmental groups and customer advocates.

The group's energy and global warming policy director, Myron Ebell, played a key role in convincing President George W.Bush to reverse his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from the utilities industry.

Next up: presentations from representatives of the Edison Electric Institute (utility trade group) and the Nuclear Energy Institute (nuclear industry lobby).

A Greenpeace investigation released last week highlights the recurring themes of Big Coal advertising, with decades of ads from coal mining companies, coal - burning utilities, and industry front groups.

The electric utility industry, for example, through its voluntary ad - hoc organization, the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG), submitted comments in December 2014 that argued the Clean Air Act section 111 is so narrow that it only authorizes EPA to regulate source - based emiutility industry, for example, through its voluntary ad - hoc organization, the Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG), submitted comments in December 2014 that argued the Clean Air Act section 111 is so narrow that it only authorizes EPA to regulate source - based emiUtility Air Regulatory Group (UARG), submitted comments in December 2014 that argued the Clean Air Act section 111 is so narrow that it only authorizes EPA to regulate source - based emissions.

ALEC is one front group that the utility industry is using to push for changes to net metering policies — a valuable ally for the utilities to lobby state legislators from across the country.

Internal emails reveal how ALEC, utility industry representatives, and front groups have been working to influence the members of the Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee.

The Environmental Protection Agency stands on one side, along with environmental groups, climate activists and even several large corporations, and on the other side are two dozen states, supported by industry groups and utilities.

An EPA - sponsored Utility MACT Working Group composed of 29 experts from the utility industry, state and local air quality offices and environmental groups were confident that a Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power Utility MACT Working Group composed of 29 experts from the utility industry, state and local air quality offices and environmental groups were confident that a Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power utility industry, state and local air quality offices and environmental groups were confident that a Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power plants.

In her book, Global Spin, author Sharon Beder noted that past Bonner clients have included tobacco companies Philip Morris and U.S. Tobacco Co.; the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the utility trade group Edison Electric Institute; military contractor McDonnell Douglas; nuclear industry and military services giant Westinghouse; chemical companies Monsanto and Dow Chemical; and the major Detroit auto companies Chrysler, Ford and General Motors (who hired Bonner to help derail Congressional efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards back in the 1990s).

Our Government, Utilities and Nonprofit Industry Group lawyers have developed the knowledge and experience to help clients manage the complex problems that face them on a daily basis.

Through our industry sector groups, which draw together lawyers from across specialisms and offices into sector groups such as Energy and Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction, Banks and Financial Institutions, Real Estate, we understand the challenges facing different industries, both now and in the future.

Mr. Matthews assists clients in administrative proceedings before the NRC, including contested licensing proceedings, and he advises individual utilities and industry groups regarding NRC rulemaking activities and other nuclear regulatory policy issues.

The group was Ed Feo, president Coronal Energy, Andy Redinger, managing director and group head of utilities, power and alternative energy at KeyBanc Capital Markets, Rhone Resch, the longtime head of the Solar Energy Industries Association and currently a board member of Sunworks Inc., and Jigar Shah, who is co-founder of Generate Capital and a well - known figure in the industry as one of the founders of SunEdison.