New York City has required underground utilities for almost 100 years.

In addition to process equipment, batch process activities may require labor, materials, utilities and extra equipment.

Would have required utilities to generate 5 percent of their energy through solar, wind or fuel cell technology by the year 2000.

Regulators now require utilities that own sections of the transmission grid to transport power produced by any source, even competitors.

In recent years, the state has sharply cut programs requiring utilities to help customers conserve energy.

In the 1970's the state's regulators created rules requiring utilities to pay a higher price for "renewable" forms of energy like wind.

The bill would require nuclear utilities to continue to buy the maximum amount of private liability insurance available, now amounting to about $160 million a plant.

Initiative 937 requires electric utilities with 25,000 or more customers to have 15 percent of their power supply generated from renewable resources by 2020.

Ohio has passed a new energy law, and is requiring utilities to meet regulatory goals for conservation.

He also worked to make health insurance more affordable and require public utilities to use more renewable energy.