As public utilities, our investor-owned utilities are supposed to act in the public interest, yet the way they operate increasingly treats customers like piggy banks (“Utilities want stay on $1.5b in ...
Your electricity bill is too high. It doesn’t have to be. Across New York, families pay more and more each month just to keep the lights on – another rising bill competing with rent, groceries and ...
Rebecca Michalski has been bracing herself every time she opens her power bill. The West Virginia resident, who lives on a fixed income, was hit with a staggering $940.08 charge in February (1). This ...
A meter shows energy produced by a photovoltaic system on the roof of a home in West Philadelphia. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and ...
RAINELLE, W.Va. (AP) — Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: ...
SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT. YOU KNEW RIGHT AWAY? YES. WHEN GILLIAN REED OPENED HER JANUARY ELECTRIC BILL FROM NATIONAL GRID, SHE WAS JOLTED $645. AND WHAT’S YOUR TYPICAL ELECTRIC BILL IN THE WINTER?
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has proposed rate increases that would add roughly $51 a month to a typical residential electric bill by 2029. PSE has filed a plan with state regulators to raise residential ...
Hawaiian Electric gave customers a head’s up today that typical residential bills may rise between 20% and 30% over the next several months due to global oil prices driven higher over the last month ...
Powering Texas Panel at CERAWeek (Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – Texas energy leaders say the state’s electric market is ...
FILE - Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP ...
On the gas side, estimated billing is capped at six months. On the electricity side, no such cap exists, allowing for unlimited – and unfair – retroactive billing. We must close this loophole. In ...