Sentence examples for approving power from inspiring English sources

Environmentalists and Democrats in the Legislature have also complained that a new state law on approving power plants, pushed through by Gov. George E. Pataki last year, does not contain enough environmental safeguards.

He said that approving power plants continued "to be a top priority for all of the agencies involved" and that "there continues to be a significant amount of interest in investing in these types of projects in New York".

The 135-page recommendation, issued late Thursday by two administrative law judges, is not binding on the state panel charged with approving power plant sites, but local elected officials and other opponents of the proposed plant described the recommendation in interviews yesterday as an indication that the proposal would almost certainly fail.

Mr Ashraf denies accepting bribes when approving power generation projects as minister for water and power in 2010.

Mr Ashraf has promised to take action according to the law of the land and has denied accepting bribes when approving power generation projects as minister for water and power in 2010.

For instance, Beijing has mandated that power transmission companies pay at least 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour to buy wind-generated electricity from approved power producers, not much above the 4.5 cents an hour they pay for coal-generated power.

The House bill would enable the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve power line routes that have been blocked or delayed by a state, if the agency found the new lines would significantly ease congestion along the power grid.

By agreeing to follow the code of conduct, the companies, Noble Environmental Power and First Wind, agreed not to hire or give gifts to town officials responsible for approving wind power projects.

Welsh opinion also took longer to embrace devolution — heavily rejecting Jim Callaghan's version in 1979 before narrowly endorsing Tony Blair's in 1997, and then emphatically approving further powers in 2011.

China has gone further than Australia by placing a moratorium on new coal power plant approvals and at least 15 provinces have been ordered to halt construction on previously approved coal power plants.

Many observers now believe that ministers will approve new power plants.