If you think runaway oil prices are upsetting, just wait for what's in store for electricity.
California's demand for electricity is growing 2 percent each year, according to the California energy commission.
The wholesale energy market is volatile, and prices for electricity per kilowatt-hour can fluctuate daily.
Utility networks, such as for electricity, gas, water, and sewage, work the same way.
They hunger for electricity, which in the U.S. comes predominantly from burning fossil fuels.
For homeowners who heat with gas, for industrial users and for electricity customers, they are great.
Mr. O'Dell added that enthusiasm for electricity-fueled cars has cooled in the U.S. in recent years.
Companies like Solectron pay 10% to 12% more for electricity in Mexico than in other countries.
American industry pays half of German industry for electricity thanks to our cheap natural gas.
From 1975 to 2005, it's within 10% per person what we've been using for electricity.
As warfare has become more digital, the demand for electricity on board warships has increased.
For electricity you need at least 1, 300 amps over a 240-volt, three-phase line.
Cold-ironing is when ships at berth connect via large cables to the shore-side power grid for electricity.
Paying for electricity with coal brought in from Russia, they started financing steel production at the factory.
Fox has submitted a bill to Congress to further open the market for electricity generation and production.
The energy secretary is insisting that that should not mean abandoning targets for electricity from renewable sources.
But wind farms--which substitute for coal as a fuel for electricity--have little to do with oil prices.
We do not have the convenience of gas and pay exorbitant amounts for electricity, oil and coal.
The relentless rise in demand for electricity has resulted in nuclear reactors ramping up production almost to capacity.
Unstable economic conditions that have kept demand for electricity low and wholesale prices down for most power companies.
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The subsidy provides an income tax credit of two cents per kilowatt hour for electricity produced by windmills.
Another area of controversy is the failure of the Bill to set a template for electricity after 2020.
Both stations supply power to the National Grid at peak times when there is extra demand for electricity.
Last month it similarly agreed to pay Paraguay more for electricity from Itaipu, the hydroelectric dam they share.
Utah school districts stand to pay millions more each year just for electricity.
The tidal cycle powering the barrage might not coincide with demand for electricity.
He noted coal consumption, mostly used for electricity generation, has fallen 10%, while natural gas usage is up 25%.
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Stimulus money found its way into school reform, a smart grid for electricity and expanded access to broadband internet.
Instead it has ten regional monopolies (TEPCO is one), which hog 97% of the market for electricity generation and transmission.
The government believes the two dams, when built, could supply around 8% to 10% of the national demand for electricity.
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