utilities - companies (usually power distributors) permitted by a government agency to provide important public services (such as energy or water) to a region; as utilities are provided with a local monopoly, ...
More than 600 utilities in 37 U.S. states offer green power as an option for their customers.
It can be used to manage utilities such as water and sewage mains, roads and power lines, or may help to clarify the relationship between different issues 'on the ground', e.g.
It is commonly interpreted to be industrial boilers, electric utilities and other major energy users, but also applies, in theory, to all consumers of gasoline, coal, electricity etc.
Green pricing refers to an optional utility service that allows customers of traditional utilities support a greater level of utility investment in renewable energy by paying a premium on their electric bill to cover any above-market costs of ...
Crawl Space: The area beneath floors that provides access to utilities and other services. Other options are basements and slabs on grade.
8 million metric tons (at more than 6 times greater than the 2.4 million metric tons measured in Canada) with 67% of the emissions coming from electric utilities (2002).
Time-of-day pricing: Pricing that charges users relatively higher prices during utilities' peak use periods.
State Revolving Fund (SRF) State loan funds for utilities established under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Also Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
A DOD-wide information exchange to facilitate and support communications and environmental awareness; consists of an integrated set of menus comprising a collection of application programs, databases, bulletin board forums, and UNIX utilities to ...
Even if it doesn't make sense for you to consider on-site renewable energy, you still have the choice to contract with local utilities that sell energy from renewable sources.
 See also: Reduce, Environment, Water, Environmental, Waste
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