This is Google first investment in the U.S. in utility scale solar photovoltaics.
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Private equity funds and investment banks acquire hundred-million-dollar-plus equity stakes in utility-scale wind farms and solar tax equity funds.
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The lower tax rate on dividends has contributed to the above-average increase in utility share prices, the consulting firm adds.
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There have been stories about rookie bankers catching naps in utility closets just to show how many hours they can work.
Personal energy use is no longer reflected solely in utility bills.
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More important has been the recent spike in utility bills.
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Investing in utility stocks over the past three years has been a winning proposition, but not necessarily because of the traditionally fat yields you could find among monopoly power providers.
More than half of consumers expressed interest in participating in utility-sponsored energy-management programs, especially programs that allowed them to manage energy consumption through devices in the home or an online portal.
Even full-size pickup trucks are showing significant gains in fuel economy these days with no sacrifice in utility, with the Ford F150 leading the way with its Ecoboost turbocharged V6 engine.
However, John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, said he expected inflation to rise in the near term, as further rises in utility and food prices kicked in.
Several countries, particularly Hungary, are on track to essentially never regain their pre-crisis peaks of real output, and others, such as Bulgaria, have had their recoveries derailed by crippling increases in utility tariffs.
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Citi analyst Brian Chin doesn't anticipate that the tax cuts will completely disappear and that the potential is for an upside surprise in utility stocks when some kind of compromise to maintain preferential tax rates is struck.
All that information would also make it easier for companies to participate in utility demand-response programs, in which they agree to use less electricity when needed to avoid a power outage in exchange for lower electricity rates, he added.
All told, of the 561 MW of solar added last year by the top 10 utilities (776 MW of solar capacity was added altogether in 2010), 140 MW are actually owned by utilities, marking an increase of more than 300% in utility-owned solar over the previous year.
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This means that these investors can reap-of a gain of 2.59 percent by investing the money in a utility ETF like XLU, a 3.60 percent gain by investing in an individual utility company like Duke Energy, and a 4.65 percent gain by investing in a tobacco company like Altria Group.
He got help from a heat pump stored in a utility closet in his basement and hooked up to a loop of pipes buried underneath his home.
Rowe considers himself the "senior chief executive in the utility industry" having served in those positions since 1984.
"Let's take the proposal one step further with a long-term solution that will give Long Islanders a stronger voice in the utility regulatory process, " said Beth Finkel of AARP in New York.
MySQL's lighter-weight database system may also fit into Sun's ambitions of becoming a major player in "utility computing, " a model of information technology infrastructure that pipes in software applications, processing and storage over the Internet rather than from a company's own data centers.
Honda has indicated that it will recall about 554, 000 sport utility vehicles in the United States to inspect for faulty wiring in headlights while General Motors has plans to recall 6, 159 big vans and sport-utility vehicles in the United States for possible loss of steering.
In addition, the electric utility lobby in Washington is extraordinarily powerful, and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents public utility heavyweights like Edison International, Exelon and Constellation Energy Group, is fully behind the department's announcement of "national interest" zones.
Exelon's stock has long been a laggard in the utility sector, far underperforming the Utilities SPDR.
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The high barriers to entry in the utility industry will also help fend off any additional competition.
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Enron's infamous energy trading office was located in the same building with the utility in downtown Portland.
The state's attorney general, who can participate in certain utility matters, is also investigating whether his office was misled.
MyCityWay baked in the utility of over 30 apps to assist shoppers who prefer to leave nothing to chance on Black Friday.
It was, by far, the worst storm in the utility's 120-year history.
This is particularly true in the utility sector, where energy companies can help fuel the economic recovery and job creation through capital spending.
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It is one of the major players in system installation, with the majority of its installation in the utility and power plant segment.
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