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Utility Rates">Utility Rates
- Utility Rates">Utility Rates
Federal and state governments share responsibility for regulating utilities.
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Advanced Payment of Construction and Investments">Advanced Payment of Construction and Investments
- Advanced Payment of Construction and Investments">Advanced Payment of Construction and Investments
Traditionally, utility rates do not include the cost of a utility’s major capital investment until that investment is put into service.
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Securitization">Securitization
- Securitization">Securitization
Securitization is a financial process that allows a utility to issue bonds to recover costs. They receive up-front pre-approved costs in one lump-sum payment rather than over time through rates.
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Residential and Community Solar ">Residential and Community Solar
- Residential and Community Solar ">Residential and Community Solar
Distributed generation refers to generating electricity at the point of consumption, such as solar panels on the roof of a building and community solar programs that serve
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Wholesale Electricity Markets">Wholesale Electricity Markets
- Wholesale Electricity Markets">Wholesale Electricity Markets
Not all utilities own and operate power plants or generate enough electricity to meet all their needs. As a result, many buy power in the wholesale energy market.
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Smart-Grid and Smart-Meter Technology">Smart-Grid and Smart-Meter Technology
- Smart-Grid and Smart-Meter Technology">Smart-Grid and Smart-Meter Technology
A “smart” electrical grid uses digital and internet-based technological innovation to improve the system’s function.
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Rate Programs to Decrease Energy Use">Rate Programs to Decrease Energy Use
- Rate Programs to Decrease Energy Use">Rate Programs to Decrease Energy Use
For most consumers, electricity prices do not reflect the rise and fall in production costs. Costs fluctuate throughout the day as the demand for electricity changes.
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Retail Electricity and Gas Restructuring">Retail Electricity and Gas Restructuring
- Retail Electricity and Gas Restructuring">Retail Electricity and Gas Restructuring
Traditionally, both gas and electric utilities have been monopolies subject to government regulation.
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Grid Modernization">Grid Modernization
- Grid Modernization">Grid Modernization
A long-term failure to maintain the electric grid combined with more common and severe extreme weather events has challenged the resiliency and reliability of many electric grids.
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Water and Sewer">Water and Sewer
- Water and Sewer">Water and Sewer
Water is essential for drinking, cooking, basic hygiene, and sanitation. Community health and prosperity depend directly on a sufficient supply of clean water.