Sentences with phrase «which electric utilities»

In contrast, a system in which electric utilities are regulated one way (say, cap - and - trade allowances), large industrial boilers another way, motor vehicles and their fuels still another way, and various other industries and activites through other means or not at all leads to a complex system that is difficult and costly to administer, distorts the market, and allows businesses to game the system and find loopholes.

Planning for the future price of emitting one ton of carbon dioxide can seem like a game of chance, in which electric utilities and other stakeholders are forced to bet on uncertainties.

-- Not later than January 1, 2011, the Secretary shall establish a Federal renewable energy credit trading program, and a Federal energy efficiency credit trading program, under which electric utilities shall submit to the Secretary Federal renewable energy credits and Federal energy efficiency credits to certify the compliance of the electric utilities with subsection (b)(1).

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Rossello highlighted how the island's electrical grid, which was severely dilapidated even prior to the storms, was obsolete and working off of a generation system that was 28 years older than the average electric power utility in the United States.

The French oil group, which is the parent company of U.S. solar manufacturer SunPower, is set to acquire a 74.33 % stake in France's third largest electric utility Direct Energie.

The Aiken, South Carolina - based power company, which provides transmission, distribution, substation and telecommunication products to several U.S. electric utility entities, also rushed sorely - needed utility products to affected areas of Texas and Florida following the destructive hurricanes that ripped through them.

Only a very small number of companies have set long - term (2030 or later) targets which can be considered to be in line with a sectoral 2 °C pathway.282 An analysis of 70 of the world's largest publicly listed corporate emitters, across the aluminium, cement, chemicals and electric utilities sectors, found that 21 had targets up to 2020 which could be considered consistent with a 2 °C sectoral pathway, but only 7 had targets to 2030 or later.283 Twenty others had non-2 °C or «irrelevant» targets, and the rest had none at all.

Cuomo also wants the commission to evaluate other utilities serving the New York City and suburban areas, including New York State Electric and Gas Corp. and National Grid, which operates under LIPA.

The Executive Budget is proposing a massive $ 651 million increase in the state's «Section 18 - A» assessments on utilities (increasing the assessment rate from.3 percent of revenues to 2 percent), a significant share of which will hit electric and gas utilities, with a direct pass through to their business customers.

Greenport Electric isn't listed but its rates, which like Rockville Centre's and Freeport's are subsidized by cheap hydropower from New York Power Authority, are on par with those two Long Island municipal utilities.

The Cuomo administration estimates the Clean Energy Standard, chiefly its nuclear subsidies, will add an average of $ 2 to residential electric bills, although the Empire Center calculated the standard would hike the average residential bill by more than $ 2.09 in 2018 and by $ 3.40 in 2021 from added supply costs alone; compliance with the standard will necessitate major changes to the electrical grid, which will separately drive up customer delivery charges as utilities are forced to accommodate intermittent generation from solar panels and wind turbines.

Despite the international shale oil boom extracting natural gas with hydrofracking technologies, which most electric utilities, including the local ones, supply to customers as a major part of their power supply, the shift away from petroleum dependency has made remarkable progress in recent years through strategic incentives like the one which prompted this vote in Olive.

In December, NYPA trustees approved financing that will be offered as part of the Power Authority's Municipal Electric - Drive Vehicle Program, which provides financial assistance to New York municipal utilities to facilitate the replacement of less fuel - efficient vehicles in order to advance Cuomo's clean energy goals.

That proposal, which is being called Reforming the Energy Vision, or REV, would change how electric utilities operate and allow consumers to sell electricity they generate at home into the wholesale markets.

In October 2011, Paladino filed a lawsuit against National Grid and Verizon (the primary electric and telephone utilities in Western New York, respectively) for what he alleged were exorbitant fees which the two companies charged for services.

The Clean Energy Fund is part of an effort by the Cuomo administration to overhaul NYSERDA and the state's renewable energy and energy conservation programs, which are funded by a surcharge on utility bills — about $ 3.50 a month for the average gas and electric customer in the Capital Region.

Nick Braden, spokesman for the nonprofit American Public Power Association, which represents more than 2,000 community - owned electric utilities, said in a statement that as government bodies, public utilities have an inherent political character and that knowing how to «operate within a political structure» is useful.

He says he'll incorporate some of their ideas, like better standardized training for emergency response workers, privatizing the Long Island Power Authority, which had a poor track record restoring power after the storm, and stricter regulation of the other electric utilities.

As a result of the agreement, the Fund withdrew the shareholder proposal it had filed for consideration at Goodyear's annual stockholders» meeting, as well as with Nisource, which is one of the largest natural gas and electric utility companies in the United States.

Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.

Managing electric loads is already a challenge for utilities, which have to respond to electricity demand as lights, televisions and computers are turned on and off throughout the day.

In December, the state of California approved a deal in which utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric would purchase 200 megawatts of power from a space - based system that will be deployed by Solaren Corporation by 2016.

But on the other hand, electric vehicles are basically just a dressed - up battery, which makes them a form of storage for utilities, a coveted resource.

The Edison Electric Institute, which represents publicly held utilities, submitted a letter saying any attempt by FTC to define additionality would lead the commission into a «conceptual thicket.»

It could impose a timetable of emissions standards for electric utilities and for vehicles, which together account for around three fourths of carbon emissions.

The Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor - owned utilities, hasn't formally announced a stance but in the past has angled for a scaled - back version.

The «scariest thing» to the established U.S. utilities, said Milner, as Chanin nodded in agreement, is an efficient, low - cost system in which solar power can be easily stored in an electric battery, at home or otherwise.

The proposed switch, which GE is developing under contract with the DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, could contribute to a more advanced and reliable electric grid and help lower utility bills.

This also would enable transit agencies and utilities to better understand the requirements of converting large fleets of buses to electric propulsion, which can create high levels of power demand in concentrated locations.

While Bollinger Motors has received over 10,000 reservations for the B1 electric sport utility truck, the company has not announced the pricing for the B1, which isn't expected to enter production until at least a year and half from now.

The first of the premium electric SUVs to reach the market is Jaguar's daring looking 4,68 m long i - Pace which adopts a SUC or Sport Utility Coupe profile with a low roofline.

Ameren (NYSE: AEE, $ 23.96) is an electric and natural gas utility based in St. Louis, Mo., which also has operations in Illinois.

Again, the main «issue» in my mind with GnuCash income / expense report is that there is no filter for which account (rental property) you want income / expenses for, unless you set up account tree so that each rental property has its own defined incomes and expenses (i.e. PropertyA: Expense: Utility: electric).

The Utility Energy segment operates under the subsidiary Wisconsin Electric, which provides electricity and natural gas.

Such was the case with NextEra, which was included in my previous article about the regulated electric utilities on the IBP watch list.

This seems to be the case for companies which, by the nature of their operations, consume cash in order to create wealth and are required to raise outside equity capital periodically, e.g., integrated electric utilities and certain financial companies.

I don't have immediate plans to apply for credit, but credit scores — which rely in part on a snapshot of an individual's credit report — affect household expenses like insurance premiums and whether or not a vendor like your electric utility requires a deposit before doing business with a consumer.

The fire began in an area for which the building management and maintenance teams, along with the local electric utility, bore sole responsibility for.

The company, which was called Northeast Utilities until April 2015, is a holding company for The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), NSTAR Electric Company (NSTAR - E), NSTAR Gas Company (NSTAR - G), The Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH), Yankee Gas Services Company (Yankee Gas) and The Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO).

That storm left an estimated 6.2 million customers in Florida without electricity on September 11, according to the Florida Public Service Commission, which, like the commission in Texas, collects data from electric utilities.

asked the advertisement, which was paid for by Kansans for Affordable Energy, a group that has received financial backing from a local utility, Sunflower Electric Power, and the world's largest private coal company, Peabody Energy.

Separate caps on carbon emissions by the electric utilities and manufacturing sectors, which would have to buy permits to pollute from the federal government.

American Electric, which owns utilities serving 11 states, says the wind farm is a good deal for customers.

The Kochs» attack on electric vehicles raises the question of how utilities, which as an industry have often provided financial support to the Koch network of operatives, feel about the Koch network's new pivot.

The state's three investor - owned utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, initially argued for fixed charges for solar customers, but in the last month authored a new proposal that would preserve net metering but reduce the rate at which solar customers are compensated for the power they export.

The goal of the state's electric utilities was, at the time, to reduce dependence on coal, oil and natural gas, which were and remain expensive and dirty.

These trends present a challenging environment for the utility sector, and its main political arm, the Edison Electric Institute, has sounded the alarm since its infamous 2013 paper, «Disruptive Challenges», which noted that utilities could go the way of Kodak and landline telephones if they do not adapt to the rise of distributed energy.

On December 6, 2010, the Supreme Court said it will hear an appeal from defendant electric utilities, agreeing to consider ending the federal lawsuit by eight states, which asks a federal judge to order reductions in the emissions in plants in 20 states.

It's unknown how EEI or individual utility members of ALEC responded to the anti-EV resolution, though Ford, which has a growing interest in electric vehicles, deserted ALEC a few months later.

The plant, which would be connected to the network of the island's power utility Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), is to be located in Naguabo and include the installation of a 30 MWh storage system.