Sentences with phrase «utility program spending»

These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), appliance efficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fuel economy.

These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS...

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Typical programs of this sort include most public welfare spending, subsidized operations, and the pricing systems of many public utilities.

According to Opower, last year U.S. utilities spent $ 580 million on residential demand response programs, but the savings are potentially huge.

The program can also help reduce monthly energy costs for low income residents who spend a higher proportion of their income on utility bills.

Utilities retaining revenue were also required to spend 20 % of their revenue on programs to benefit low - income households.

It also removes the existing cap on energy efficiency program spending, adds tiered incentives to encourage utilities to exceed 1.5 % annual savings, and increases the previous RPS requirement for renewable electricity from 10 % to 15 %.

After the Obama administration effectively paralyzed the much - delayed Yucca Mountain project in 2009, the NRC studied and determined in 2014 that spent fuel could be safely stored for up to 60 years in spent fuel pools and indefinitely in dry casks — assuming the casks could be replaced once every 100 years and that utilities could implement aging management programs to maintain cask safety.