Needless to say, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates the utilities in New York, allowed utilities to pass the tax through to ratepayers in the form of higher monthly utility bills.
GM's new big sport utilities are just arriving, and next fall there will be new pickups.
New focus Sharyland Utilities built a high-voltage line to connect Texas with Mexico's power grid.
The fact now is that our lives are governed by a new class of utilities rooted in embedded and wireless technologies.
The games are also a front for the attempted resurrection of a grubby part of East London, involving new railways and utilities.
That basically stopped planning for new reactors, and utilities lost billions of dollars as design criteria were strengthened.
New policies that encourage utilities to meet energy efficiency goals are working.
When planning new power lines, utilities routinely run into "not in my backyard" complaints for consumers, which can tie up the construction of new power lines for years.
But to undertake new investment, the utilities need assurance of reliable future income from much higher rates which Argentina might not convincingly be able to offer even if it wanted to.
Several recent customer surveys and evaluation reports prepared by New York State electric utilities have shown that customers prefer to participate in DSM programs using onsite generation rather than load-shifting or curtailment.
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"I think that utility companies are finding that this is easier to do than we thought, " he says, noting that utilities in New Mexico and Colorado have met their renewable standards early.
Rock-bottom gas prices are already fueling a surge of new manufacturing activity in the U.S. Consumers, from big utilities to condo buildings in New York, are also converting to burning the cheap new gas.
For example, in 2008, two utilities based in New York, Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and Consolidated Edison, Inc.
In it the White House's former counterterrorism chief, Richard Clarke, urged a wholesale reboot of government computer systems and new security rules for electric utilities and Internet access providers.
Mr. SMITH: When I said protect their reputation, that's because there are some companies who could be very vulnerable, as companies such as utilities, to new regulations on climate change.
Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities.
This patchwork, plus changing environmental regulation, explains why so many utilities have avoided building new plants for years.
Utilities are investing in new scrubbers that reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
California is set to join 24 other states in prohibiting its Public Utilities Commission from imposing new regulations on VoIP and other Internet services without explicit authority from the state legislature.
Policies the conference will be asked to back include replacing Council Tax with a Local Income Tax and introducing a new Welsh Language Act to incorporate utilities which have moved from public to private sector since the current Act was passed.
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California and several New England states have filed lawsuits against utilities and automakers over global-warming emissions.
State standards do require utilities to funnel investments in new technologies that they may not otherwise make.
Several telephone companies and electric utilities formed units to build new cable systems, while entrepreneurs clamored to get in on the action.
While a majority of New Yorkers support the bill, state utilities are naturally against it saying that costs will rise for consumers.
Without such guarantees, utilities will not invest in new coal generation.
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For example, the Northeast Mutual Assistance group ranges from Hydro One in Ontario, to Hydro-Quebec and the eastern Canadian utilities, and down throughout New England to Rhode Island.
Certainly, China and other competitors are rapidly developing new roads, airports and structure for basic utilities.
That looks expensive but is probably a good deal less than U.S. utilities will be spending to build new nuclear plants.
Meanwhile, utilities in some hard-hit New England states predicted that Friday's storm could leave some customers in the dark at least until Monday.
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