Sentence examples for buying of power from inspiring English sources

In announcing proposals for a radical range of options (pdf), including setting up central buying of power, Ofgem's chief executive, Alistair Buchanan, admitted that maintaining the current free-market approach was no longer an option.

The proposals could force the government to undo the privatisation of the energy markets led by Margaret Thatcher and could force a form of nationalisation again if it decides to implement central buying of power.

Mr. Davis told lawmakers today that he would need an additional $500 million in 10 days for the short-term buying of power, bringing the total power spending to $4.2 billion.

Meanwhile, Japanese companies bought 21TWh of power in the country's third non-fossil certificate auction, three times the amount of power bought in the first two auctions combined.

Once sale charges to the vendor are deducted and the erosion of buying power of the dollar is taken into account, it leaves the consignor with a loss.

This recession is a direct result of the loss of buying power and spending power of America's workers.

Edison International reported a loss of $102 million in the quarter, primarily because of unrecovered costs of buying power.

Less than two weeks ago, the state authorized the Department of Water Resources to buy $400 million worth of power.

He is author, most recently, of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America (University of Chicago Press) and the forthcoming "Free Enterprise: An American History, Yale University Pressss, 2019).

This situation is a perfect example of Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter's concept of the Buying Power of the Customer, where the customer has an extraordinary leverage over the supplier.

Independent of economics, buying power, of course, is a major determinant of the buyer's ability to extract price concessions and service support from vendors.