The U.S. had been the biggest overall energy consumer since the early 1900s, he said.
Russia is one of the world's biggest energy producers, and China is the world's top energy consumer.
For instance, what if the automobile itself could be used as an energy provider instead of an energy consumer?
Rising gasoline demand as auto ownership spreads pushed China past the United States to become the world's biggest energy consumer.
Mercury, however, emerged as a curious beast, theoretically owned on behalf of the public by the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust.
President Obama has been committed to ensuring that the Federal Government, as the single largest energy consumer in the country, acts responsibly in leading our nation to the new clean energy future.
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Their value goes beyond the promise of energy efficiency, to deliver products and services that delight users, make them accessible through innovative business models, and understand the mindset of the energy consumer.
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Audrey Gallacher, director of energy at Consumer Focus, said that she is "in violent agreement" with the government and the energy regulators.
Audrey Gallacher, director of energy at Consumer Focus, said the watchdog group broadly welcomed the proposals.
Audrey Gallacher, director of energy at Consumer Focus expressed concern about the dangers of rising prices.
Leading Tuesday's gains were financial, energy and consumer-discretionary stocks.
In many parts of the country today, solar energy is less expensive than conventional forms of energy, creating consumer demand for solar to reduce monthly energy bills.
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The CEA surveyed 1, 250 adults to assess consumer awareness and attitudes toward energy management and, in particular, how energy efficiency gains in consumer electronics products have changed purchasing habits.
We don't pretend to have that ability but would feel safe in recommending that a fraction of your net worth, as much as a tenth, be invested in energy producers as a hedge against your consumer exposure to energy costs.
The answer is Florida provides a perfect example of how individual state policies drive much of consumer energy prices.
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Rising energy prices pushed consumer-price inflation in the year to January up to 2.6%, its highest level since September 2001.
He said the project may help stabilize consumer energy costs, since the contract locks in the price Delmarva will pay per kilowatt-hour.
We continue to disagree with the U.S. slowdown forecasts based on rate hikes, expensive energy, a consumer slump, or broad instability related to a housing slowdown.
Jamie Wimberly of the Consumer Energy Council of America, which represents the interests of smaller users of electricity, insists that the real gains will come with the impending convergence between the energy and telecoms sectors.
Western banks, energy firms and consumer-products companies are agitating to get back into the country, one of the world's last frontier markets, with of 60 million people, but they can't fully do so until rules are eased.
Going back to New Orleans for a moment, consider that after Katrina, Entergy was given hundreds of millions in tax dollars and still increased consumer energy bills as much as 10%, only to provide patches to an aging electrical grid.
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Temporary factors, including the damping effect of higher food and energy prices on consumer purchasing power and spending as well as supply chain disruptions associated with the tragic events in Japan, appear to account for only some of the recent weakness in economic activity.
They'll get the agenda for their first week back in January - although expect all kinds of extra statements and urgent questions to pepper the order paper when they return - and then the chair of the Energy and Climate Change Committee, Tim Yeo, leads on Consumer Engagement with Energy Markets and its new inquiry on energy prices, profits and poverty.
Of the major sectors, there are only a few, including energy, utilities, consumer discretionary, and technology, that have not dropped below the July lows.
What if you are a mere consumer of energy--that is, neither your job nor the value of your home is particularly sensitive to the price of oil?
After establishing its expertise as a global provider of logistics services involving vehicle shipments, the company has reached into other industries: steel, machinery, heavy chemicals, energy, construction and consumer goods.
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As the biggest overall consumer of energy in the world, no one is in any doubt that China has to step up equity deals, both for security of supply, and more importantly, to hedge price risk exposure in future.
While rising food and energy costs are forcing consumer sentiment metrics lower, with the University of Michigan consumer confidence index hitting a 16-month low in March and probably heading lower, according to Capital Economics, consumers have managed to weather the storm and keep spending going.
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In Poland, food accounts for 24% of consumer price calculations and energy contributes 15%, compared with food and energy representing 8% and 9% in the U.S. measure of consumer prices.
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