If you lived in Albany, NY, we might see
the utility of a program like this — in Albany, it's near impossible to find a cab outside of a few blocks downtown, and you're likely to wait forever — especially late at night.
Not exact matches
It will work closely with
utilities to identify high - priority, cost - effective opportunities for improved solutions, ensure that the innovation community is addressing the needs
of the system, and will support the adoption
of standards - based
programs like Green Button to drive both domestic and export market opportunities.
This machine will handle the applications,
utilities and tools that you know and love - the
likes of Microsoft Word and Excel, Paint.net as well as media players such as VLC, and security
programs like McAfee AntiVirus Plus.
Those include not only the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations but also the Renewable Fuel Standard, sub-rosa carbon regulations
like the
Utility MACT Rule (which effectively bans the construction
of new coal power plants), California's EPA - awarded power to meddle in fuel - economy regulation, California's cap - and - trade
program and low - carbon fuel standard, the Northeast States» regional greenhouse gas regulatory compact (RGGI), and State renewable portfolio standards (RPS).
Given that these kinds
of solar incentives can help lower costs by between a third and half, depending on the state and / or
utility, it's no wonder that some state
programs —
like Connecticut's — are regularly oversubscribed.
And the proof
of that is the fact that 140 — I heard they're up to 140 now — publicly - owned electric
utilities around the country in 33 states, and these are not just general managers who sign off on a little «I want to be part
of the Plug - In Hybrid
program» — these managers take their participation to their own city councils or their own boards
of directors and educate them and then sign on to a campaign
like this.
This announcement releases a lot
of tension for the
utility — the smart meter
program had incurred customer protests, bureaucratic red tape, and even backlash from cities
like San Francisco.
Among domestic climate initiatives he described in Milan were
programs in 13 states requiring
utilities to produce increasing amounts
of power using nonpolluting sources
like the wind and the sun.
Finally, even with a personalized training
program, don't overlook the
utility of mass training sessions
like webinars.
There are also apps
of questionable
utility,
like Samsung Security, which makes other
programs» windows partly opaque to make it harder for strangers (but also you) to read.
Utilities and
programs installed by you may have no use, as many software are bundled with lots
of unwanted options
like toolbar, registry scanners, web browsers.
To completely remove an unwanted
program from the startup list, you'll need to use the original installer app (assuming the developer included that capability) or a
utility like the excellent AutoRuns, part
of the Microsoft Sysinternals collection.
The Aorus Command and Control
utility program lets you customize a plethora
of functions,
like disabling SLI to save power, controlling the keyboard lights, switching the fan to quieter Stealth mode, locking the Windows key, and other functions,
like turning off wireless, the touchpad, and the USB charging port.