Consumers buying electricity directly from generators is a relatively recent phenomenon.

Consumers would not have an alternative to purchase electricity from a cheaper competitor, because the wires running into their homes belong to the monopolist.

Consumers paid 10 shillings a quarter and could use as much electricity as they liked.

Consumers of electricity are split into two categories: half-hourly metered ( HH ) and non-half-hourly metered ( NHH ).

Consumers who have signed contracts with an electricity retailer will pay the price set out in their contract.

Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity to more than 6 million of Michigan's 10 million residents and serves customers in all 68 of the state ’ s Lower Peninsula counties.

Consumers ' interests are their interests taken as a whole, including their interests in the reduction of greenhouse gases and in the security of the supply of gas and electricity to them.

Consumers will be willing to buy a given quantity of a good, at a given price, if the marginal utility of additional consumption is equal to the opportunity cost determined by the price, that is, the marginal utility of alternative consumption choices.

Consumers who were already willing to buy at the initial price benefit from a price reduction ; also they may buy more and receive even more consumer surplus, and additional consumers who were unwilling to buy at the initial price but will buy at the new price and also receive some consumer surplus.

Consumers employ the strategy of constant information by engaging in bias and search for information that will support their prior beliefs.

Consumers living sustainable lifestyles in upgraded housing will generally be unwilling to drive around aimlessly shopping, for instance, to save a few dollars on their purchases.

Consumers may find subscriptions convenient if they believe that they will buy a product on a regular basis and that they might save money.

Consumers who choose to opt in will not have their information disclosed for print, online directories, lists, or telemarketing firms.

Consumers will generally prefer cheaper cars when their income is constricted.

Consumers who prefer Coke to Pepsi, for example, will not trade between them in a one-to-one fashion.

Consumers should understand that registering on the National DNCL will reduce but not eliminate all telemarketing calls.

Consumers find that once these types of scammers obtain their credit card information, fraudulent charge attempts will be made even after the card is cancelled.

Consumers who have signed contracts with a natural gas marketer will pay the price set out in their contract.

Consumers looking for a balanced debate on health issues will have to look elsewhere.

Consumers will consume more of the now comparatively inexpensive good and less of the now relatively more expensive good.

" Although consumers are worried about phishing and the trustworthiness of e-mail messages from their banks, they are also concerned about the security of their personal information more generally .... When banks consider authentication methods for retail customers, they should be aware that these customers value security and the protection of confidential information ... Consumers will require a clear explanation of any security mechanism and the use of any personal information required to implement that security mechanism .... limitations on the use of personal information and the existence of privacy safeguards are important elements of consumer acceptance .... Consumers are also concerned about the risk associated with large databases of personal information and the potential for the information that is used by authentication methods to be compromised, copied, or imitated.

Consumers who choose to have their names removed from lists used for prescreened solicitations may well still receive offers of credit or insurance by mail or telephone, but such offers will not be based on the credit records maintained by the CRAs.

Fred Burley's vision for the company was " To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage ".

Consumers with poor credit repayment histories or court adjudicated debt obligations like tax liens or bankruptcies will pay a higher annual interest rate than consumers who don't have these factors.

Consumers are benefited by the single market in the sense that the competitive environment brings them cheaper products, more efficient providers of products and also increased choice of products.

Consumers also had no interest in purchasing sequels to the earlier 3DO games that disappointed them, and the pricing of 3DO software forced 3DO supporters to eventually flock to Sony's PlayStation for next-gen video gaming.

This is also helped by the additions of the Brighton Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Dealership, Superior Cadillac-GMC, Brighton Honda, Brighton Ford-Mercury, Consumers Suzuki and Champion Chevrolet Brighton-Howell.

Following her first term in Congress, Rankin accepted Florence Kelley ’ s invitation to be field secretary for the National Consumers League, while also spending the next years pushing for reform legislation to promote maternal and child health care.

) Consumers are also targeted by advertisements for peak transmission rates, while actual end-to-end rates observed in practice can be lower due to other factors.

Consumers also benefited: income poverty fell by about half ( to under 20 %) and new auto sales ( likewise depressed since 1982 ) jumped fivefold, to about 500, 000 units.

The Consumers Union also raises one other major point.

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Consumers ' knowledge about a brand also governs how manufacturers and advertisers market the brand.

Consumers Energy also planned to tap the wind power resources along the eastern Lake Michigan shore with wind farms.

Ltd ( also known as the Consumers ' Association, still the official name of the charity ).

Consumers may also forward " unwanted or deceptive spam " to an email address (< tt > spam @ uce. gov </ tt >) maintained by the FTC.

The original lineup consisted of Dinah Cancer on vocals, Paul Cutler ( formerly of The Consumers ) on guitar, Rob Ritter ( also known as Rob Graves of The Bags ) on bass, and Don Bolles ( of The Germs ) on drums.

Due to the introduction of the MMP electoral system, a New Right " Association of Consumers and Taxpayers " party, known as ACT New Zealand was formed by ex-Labour New Right-aligned Cabinet Ministers like Richard Prebble and others, and maintaining existing New Right policy initiatives such as the Employment Contracts Act, while also introducing US-style " welfare reform.

He also served as counsel for the National Consumers League arguing for Progressive causes such as minimum wage and restricted work hours.

The area also contains the head office of the National House Building Council ( NHBC ) and a testing laboratory set up by the Consumers ' Association but now owned by Intertek, as well as lawyers, graphic design companies and warehousing.

He also was involved in the Consumers ' Gas Company being one of its founding directors.

In 1881 he increased his control over Consumers ' Gas also becoming president of that company.

Peterson was also Vice President for Consumer Affairs at Giant Food Corporation, and president of the National Consumers League.

Thwaites also acted to support local business: when he discovered there was a monopoly on the supply of gas in Southwark, Thwaites set up the Surrey Gas Consumers company in 1849, a mutual association of businesses, to get alternative and much cheaper supplies.

Consumers in Canada are also protected under a voluntary industry code which is overseen by the Canadian federal government.

A glimmer man ( also rendered as " glimmerman "; ) was a somewhat pejorative name unofficially, but almost universally, applied to inspectors who were employed by the Alliance and Dublin Consumers ' Gas Company, the Cork Gas Consumers Company and other supply companies in the smaller towns and places in Ireland to detect the use of gas in restricted periods during the years of the Emergency from March 1942 and in some places as late as 1947.