这笔资金被地方当局用来支付公用事业。
The money is used by local authorities to pay for public services.
倾听顾客的要求是当今公用事业新型管理准则中的一部分。
Listening to customers is now part of the mantra of new management in public services.
它还要求公用事业公司以优惠价格购买风能，从而保证投资者有一个客户群。
It also mandated that utilities purchase wind energy at a preferential price—thus guaranteeing investors a customer base.
保守党计划采用这一策略，让公用事业公司将当地的平均用电量和用气量印在人们的账单上。
The Conservatives plan to adopt this strategy by making utility companies print the average local electricity and gas usage on people's bills.
他对结果表示满意，尽管这是在高利率和高账单（公用事业）的零售业消费双重负面的影响下。
He was pleased with the result, which was achieved despite the negative impact on retail spending of higher interest rates and rising (utility) bills.
就连长期以来将电池和替代能源视为威胁的公用事业公司，也开始学着接受这种技术，认为它们是有利的，而不是破坏性的。
Even utility companies, which have long viewed batteries and alternative forms of energy as a threat, are learning to embrace the technologies as enabling rather than disrupting.
新加坡公用事业局（PUB）负责人叶庆冠（YapKheng Guan）解释说，“我们的水要么太多，要么太少。”
"We have either too much water or too little, " explains Yap Kheng Guan, a director of Singapore's PUB.
在银行或其他地方，你可能会听到“公用事业帐单”这个词——它就是指与家庭服务有关的账单，如电费、煤气费、水费和电话费。
In the bank, and elsewhere, you may hear the term 'utility bill'—this simply refers to bills relating to the provision of services to your home, such as electricity, gas, water and telephone.
改善公用事业的迹象亦可在其他地方发现。
Signs of improvements to public services can be found elsewhere too.
公用事业个股也有所走高。
公用事业机构可以利用汽车电池的研究成果。
And utilities can piggy-back on research efforts for vehicle batteries.
目前收购欧洲公用事业公司的门槛还非常高。
由公用事业公司安装的智能电表就是一个例子。
Smart meters being installed by utility companies are one example.
公用事业公司甚至不需要知道泄漏的确切位置。
Utilities don't even need to know exactly where the leak is located.
他还说，一季度公用事业收益较去年同期有所下滑。
Reported first-quarter earnings from Berkshire's utilities business declined 'somewhat' versus a year earlier, he added.
第一，外国收购中有一些是公用事业和基础设施企业。
First, several have been utilities and infrastructure companies.
健康医疗和公用事业个股表现最糟，全年涨幅不到1%。
Health care and utility stocks have been the worst performers, rising less than 1 percent for the year.
所以公用事业管理、维护和其他相关工作应该不会受影响。
So utility administration, maintenance and other related jobs should remain intact.
包括公用事业，电讯业和银行业在内，它的股市极为迟钝。
The Portuguese stock market is pretty dull. There are utilities, telecos and banks.
受益于智能系统的不仅仅是公用事业方面，还有其他的产业。
It is not just utilities that will benefit from smart systems but other sectors too.
公用事业似乎首当其冲，特别是许多使用煤电作为能源的地区。
Utilities are likely to be the most affected, especially in those regions that derive much of their power from coal-fired plants.
北美的公用事业公司在管理现有电网方面取得了非常显著的成果。
A. Utility companies have done quite a remarkable job managing the existing grid in North America.
提到公用事业公司的高管，你脑子里想到的很可能是个秃头男人。
When you think of utility executive, you probably think of someone with a comb-over.
通过网格计算，可以把计算资源作为能够开启关闭的公用事业来提供。
With grid computing, you can provision computing resources as a utility that can be turned on or off.
通过网格计算，可以把计算资源作为能够开启关闭的公用事业来提供。
With grid computing, you can provision computing resources as a utility that can be turned on or off.
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