As the East Coast learned this week, we’ve still got some winter left to go. Adapting to the year’s cold stretch is never easy. Try as you might, all the hot coffee and extra thick socks won’t be able to stave off the inevitable: that rising heating bill. Here are some guidelines to help you […]
*Updated November 26, 2019 For contractors in the field, tools are the lifeblood of your work. Lacking the proper equipment can set a project or job back precious hours, and lose customers down the road. Being prepared before you get to the job location can be the difference between repeat business and an angry Yelp […]
Frequently Asked Question: What uses the most electricity in my home? This is a great question! As many of us know, there are many different components to our electric bill. By understanding where most of our electricity is being used, we can make strategic decisions to reduce our consumption and associated costs. The U.S. Energy […]
As temperatures plunged to 16 below zero in Chicago in early January and set record lows across the eastern U.S., electrical system managers implored the public to turn off stoves, dryers and even lights or risk blackouts. A fifth of all power-generating capacity in a grid serving 60 million people went suddenly offline, as coal […]
WRITTEN BY MARK JAEGER Source: http://www.ozaukeepress.com/business/4816-port-washington-home-becomes-solar-showcase Interest in alternative energy leads to forming of Great Lakes Ecosystems When Bill Driscoll, who is vice president of the Saukville alarm company DeTech Firesense Technologies, was looking to diversify his business holdings, he turned to a hot commodity — solar energy. And when he needed a setting to […]
(CNSNews.com) – The price of electricity hit a record for the month of October, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That made October the eleventh straight month when the average price of electricity hit or matched the record level for that month. The average price of electricity in October was […]
Gulf Power customers will see a 7.6 percent increase in their electricity bills starting in January, and another increase could follow in April. Florida’s Public Service Commission on Monday set recovery charges for Gulf Power and three of the state’s five other investor-owned utilities. Gulf Power’s rate will increase from $118.88 for every 1,000 kilowatt […]
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By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Here’s a shocker: Electricity bills are heading up. Way up. Utilities across the USA are raising power prices up to 29%, mostly to pay for soaring fuel costs, but also to build new plants and refurbish an aging power grid. Even more dramatic rate increases are ahead. The mounting electric […]
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is seeking new, higher rates no later than August 2013 to cover rising service costs, including more than $1 billion the company invested over the past five years to continue providing safe, reliable service. The rates TEP proposed today in a filing with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) would increase typical […]
Duke Energy Carolinas today filed a request with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to increase electric rates by approximately $446 million, for an overall increase of 9.7 percent. More than 90 percent of the request is driven by capital investments that Duke Energy Carolinas has made in the electric system that serves 1.9 million […]
Electricity rates vary widely. I’ve found rates from 12¢ to 50¢ per kWh from the same provider. If you want results that are anywhere close to accurate, you’ll need to check your own electric bill and find your actual kWh rate. Your bill might have multiple kWh rates (e.g., one for “delivery” and one for […]
