"It is important all our equipment is in service so we can maintain a good quality of electricity supply to all of our customers who depend on our service, " he said.
By contrast, in poorer nations that do not have universal access to electricity, air and water quality suffers.
California has previously led the way nationally in curbing per capita electricity consumption, improvement in air quality and other measures of energy and environmental stewardship.
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But private provision of telephones, electricity and water has vastly increased their coverage and quality.
City leaders promised businesses access to high-quality, high-reliability sources of electricity if they located in Stamford rather than neighboring cities in New York and New Jersey.
The bottom line is that electricity supplied by the power grid is increasingly incapable of providing the quality of electric service needed to operate an advanced economy.
This huge abundance of natural gas is a blessing for Texas in the power generation sector, as electric providers look for alternatives as increasingly strict EPA air quality regulations make it more and more difficult to generate electricity by burning coal.
Since this is an investment that must be repaid by electricity consumers, it is crucial that they receive an increase in the quality of service commensurate with the cost.
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It is possible to boost the quality of sleep by stimulating the right region of the brain with electricity during the night.
Several studies find, for instance, that when an electricity generator can choose between the output of many nearby coalmines that produce coal of a particular quality, it tends to buy its coal on an open market.
More investment is flowing to technologies such as upgraded power grids with smart meters that allow users to better manage their consumption of electricity, and energy-efficient buildings that reduce the cost of operations and improve human health through better air quality.
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