Sentence examples for granted rate from inspiring English sources

New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities granted rate increases from 16 to 20.5percenttoto all four gas companies in the fall, and allowed additional 2percentt increases in December and in January.

Residential and business consumers were hit with higher heating costs after New Jersey's four natural gas companies were granted rate increases in the fall because of higher wholesale prices.

"They had obligations, and they simply did not comply with them, this in spite of the fact that they received all sorts of subsidies and were granted rate increases," said Jorge Delhon, a lawyer who was recently appointed to the water regulation board here.

But in 1995, the Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities, a state watchdog agency, released a report that found deep flaws in the process, including that the Young Adult Institute and six other nonprofit groups had been granted rate appeals to cover "excessive administrative costs".

The companies were granted rate increases, adding up to $5.00 a month per subscriber, to pay for the upgrading of the cable networks as well as to deliver high speed cable modem service to schools -- free of charge.

For instance, though the "granted" rate of private personal requests stands at 48%, the rate of approval is much lower (18%) for requests regarding serious crimes.

One big hurdle is that in most states, utilities are still granted rates of return that depend mainly on the power plants and equipment they own and operate instead of how much energy they save.

He said the department would not grant rate increases to bail out businesses that made poor decisions.

They are tied to expenses and the arbitrariness of the regulators to grant rate increases without any audits.

I was chairman of the committee that often granted substantial rate reductions to people who were short on funds.

The Public Utilities Commission said that nearly half the customers of the two utility companies that were granted the rate increase would not see an increase in their bills.