Sentence examples for what the utility from inspiring English sources

The company arranging the financing for the system usually owns and operates it, selling the electricity back at a rate generally lower than what the utility would charge.

Rausch said: "We talk about the Internet of Things in tech, but customers are often left wondering what the utility of it is.

The board issued what it called a factual report, without any analysis, and the report did not say whether the maximum pressure that the welded pipe could contain was lower than what the utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, believed.

Arizona has set a goal of 15 percent renewable energy by 2025, said Steven Gotfried, a spokesman for Arizona Public Service, and Solana will produce about 3 percent of what the utility sells.

We don't — or shouldn't — ask what the utility of a play by Shakespeare is, or how a Mozart concerto or a Rolling Stones song upholds "the common good," or how a Picasso painting or a movie like "Citizen Kane" might be in "the national interest".

Most companies in this category are grid-connected so they take what the utility can give them.

This is what the utilities fear.

What the utilities are crying out for is more flexible power that can be ramped up (and down) quickly.

"Pennsylvania is totally deregulated, so prices can go up or down," said the company's communications manager, Allen Staggers, referring to what the utilities pay suppliers.

Decisions about new generating stations are being made by entrepreneurs rather than public utilities, he said, and entrepreneurs are unlikely to do what the utilities used to: commit to expensive generating stations that could take a decade to build.

Of course, investors want to know what the utilities will do for an encore in 2005.