Sentences with phrase «when utility rates»

Powerpack systems can be charged when energy prices are low and discharged during peak demand when utility rates are high.

Another feature of the app developed by Microsoft works to make sure the majority of the Ford Focus Electric's battery pack is charged when utility rates are the cheapest.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, within the U.S., we're cautious on segments that will likely be most affected when interest rates go up, such as utilities.

Scott repeated a claim that utility rates rose under Crist, a statement ruled False by PolitiFact Florida, and Crist recycled his half truth that Scott signed a law that prevented insurance regulation, implying it applied to property insurance when it related only to health insurance.

Eskom won a reprieve from Fitch on Wednesday night when the credit rating agency left its view of the power utility unchanged at BB - with a negative...

Since utilities can not increase their rates quickly, their shares react like bonds when interest rates rise.

Stocks of utility companies do better when the economy isn't doing well and interest rates are falling.

The Ford Flex got the second - best «acceptable,» rating in the test, which mimics what happens when a car's front corner collides with another vehicle or object such as a utility pole.

The Tesla Model S initially had earned an acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which represents the type of crash that occurs when the front driver - side corner of a vehicle hits a tree or utility pole or collides with another vehicle.

Vehicles on the best choices list must also have a good rating for roof strength to protect in rollover crashes and a good or acceptable rating in the small overlap test, which replicates what happens when the front, driver - side corner of a vehicle strikes another vehicle or an object such as a tree or utility pole.

For added utility, the RDX has a 1,500 - pound tow rating when equipped with the available towing package.

The experimental system would allow fleet operators to use their plug - in hybrids to supply electricity for a building during a power outage, reduce power usage when electric rates are high or even sell electricity back to their utility company.

When interest rates rise, utility stocks suffer.

Traditionally, high - yielding equity investments like REITs and utilities are said to suffer when interest rates rise.

Meanwhile, within the U.S., we're cautious on segments that will likely be most affected when interest rates go up, such as utilities.

When risk - free and AAA - rated corporate bonds yield less than 4 %, 3.5 % yield on utilities and 6 % yields from junk ETFs are difficult to pass up.

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.

Barron's cautions that investors could be in for a shock when utilities go out of favor, saying that when interest rates rise, «utility - filled funds could get hit hard.»

So, when their article, «Interest Rates and Utilities,» I asked myself, «What would this look like if I used multiple regression?»

Factors like utilities, average income, property taxes and the like also pay a major role in the type of real estate you decide to invest in when it comes to accessing mortgage rates in the country.

Utilities are designed for volatile conditions, when the degree of inflation is uncertain, because utilities have inflation passthrough on rates, while they are defensive in dUtilities are designed for volatile conditions, when the degree of inflation is uncertain, because utilities have inflation passthrough on rates, while they are defensive in dutilities have inflation passthrough on rates, while they are defensive in deflation.

My goals are to increase my cash position and to increase my size in utilities when interest rates are raised.

Because I ride a bicycle and limit my car trips, and I've curtailed my airplane travel, and wear sweaters (I know when I've set the thermostat too low when I can see the dog's breath in the living room), and because I've opted into our electric utility's «Pure Power» wind power program (they pledge to buy 75 % of your power from wind farms in exchange for raising your rate a few cents per kilowatt hour), my personal «Carbon Footprint» comes out at less than 4 tons per year.

For instance, if the customer is billed under Time of Use rates, in order to understand how much a solar installation will reduce their utility bill, it is essential to understand how much energy they consume during peak demand times when energy is more expensive, and how those usage patterns intersect with the amount of energy their solar array is likely to be producing at different times.

Large commercial and industrial customers sometimes obtain interruptible rates, which provide a discount in return for the consumer's agreement to cut electric loads upon request from the utility (usually during critical periods, such as summer afternoons when the system demand approaches the utility's generating capability).

Thirdly, utilities will start devising their rates to reflect battery storage, which helps them by taking critical load off the grid when they need load to be managed more effectively.

When you participate in a community solar project, you are paying for access to less expensive solar electricity so that you don't have to buy electricity at standard utility rates.

California is in the midst of shifting all of its big utilities to time - of - use rates by 2020, and CAISO is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» Greenutilities to time - of - use rates by 2020, and CAISO is working with the California Public Utilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» GreenUtilities Commission to «develop the rate tiers to incentivize people to use excess energy when we have it, which is now in the mid-mornings to mid-afternoons,» Greenlee said.

Furthermore, in the case of solar, consumers (in Arizona at least, and I believe in other states as well), are paid retail rates when the «sell» their electricity back to the utility as opposed being paid wholesale rates — that is another form of subsidy that further distorts the market.

The grid parity at the link works when you're buying electricity at the high retail rates, but it will take a lot longer if you're a utility that can buy wholesale.

If the natural gas is in such high demand in winter and utilities had to pay really high prices for natural gas, why does Kinder Morgan need rate payer to pay in advance really high prices when some competitor might offer an alternative?

California's three big utilities are shifting to time - of - use rates for residential customers — meaning ratepayers will be charged more for electricity when it is more valuable.

An optimal system size is realized when the project's LCOE is equal to the prevailing utility rate.

This is not a coincidence; when your LCOE is less than your marginal utility rate, you want to offset as much of the homeowner's energy consumption as you can.

Enter net energy metering (NEM), a policy in which utilities compensate producers of renewable energy at the retail rate for any excess production that flows back to the grid, allowing them to offset the cost of energy they draw from the grid at times when their system is not producing enough to cover their needs.

A solar feed - in tariff is when a different rate of financial payment is offered for your excess solar that you export to the grid than what is charged by your utility for the power they sell you.

Net metering requires your utility to only bill you when your solar system outputs less to their grid than what your home pulls from the grid and surplus energy is credited at the National grids retail rate.

Rates are higher during the afternoon when electric demand is at its «peak» across all utility customers.

When utilities come to the MPSC asking for $ 1 billion in ratepayer dollars (including a guaranteed 10 percent rate of return), the MPSC must hold them to a high standard of proof that the investment is a smart one for ratepayers.

Now, in this case the Court of Appeal had clear guidance with respect to the fifth factor in the form of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision — ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd v Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2015 SCC 45 — in which the Court found the standard to be applied to decisions of the Commission (when applying its expertise to set rates and approve payment amounts) is reasonableness.

In anecdotal testing, when we set the fans to stealth mode in the Aorus Command and Control utility, the fans were mostly silent, but frame rates in Valley dropped to the 45 fps range in Ultra quality.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Reports from parents and teachers about peer functioning, as well as self reports, are often collected in the form of rating scales, for example, the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) 21 or the Self - Perception Profile for Children.22 Recent studies examining self - reports of competence in children with ADHD, however, indicate overly inflated reports that are at odds with both others» perspectives23, 24 and inconsistent with actual performance.15 These studies question the utility of self - report measures for children with ADHD when the goal of assessment is to obtain accurate competence informrating scales, for example, the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) 21 or the Self - Perception Profile for Children.22 Recent studies examining self - reports of competence in children with ADHD, however, indicate overly inflated reports that are at odds with both others» perspectives23, 24 and inconsistent with actual performance.15 These studies question the utility of self - report measures for children with ADHD when the goal of assessment is to obtain accurate competence informRating System (SSRS) 21 or the Self - Perception Profile for Children.22 Recent studies examining self - reports of competence in children with ADHD, however, indicate overly inflated reports that are at odds with both others» perspectives23, 24 and inconsistent with actual performance.15 These studies question the utility of self - report measures for children with ADHD when the goal of assessment is to obtain accurate competence information.

Peak times also are when electricity costs the most, and less demand for a utility's electricity during those periods will allow Equity Office to negotiate for lower rates from utilities.

When comparing owning to renting, you have to add up all of the figures, including the cost of your home, the size of your down payment, utilities, immediate repairs, interest rates and insurance, and compare them with how much you are currently spending on rent.

«Real estate and utilities have the best practices when it comes to everything from the independence of the board to audit practices to compensation,» says Paul Wanner, ratings manager of Institutional Shareholder Services.

Dishwashers At last, time - delay start makes real sense: As many municipal electric utilities move to graduated electricity use, you can set the dishwasher to run late at night when rates are cheaper.