Power lines shine in the sunlight along Richmond Road in Susanville, Calif., in September 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) The dreariness of “May gray” hangs in the air, but soon enough people will be turning on their fans to fend off the heat. And as the temperature rises, so will electric bills. As […]
Yuno Energy has announced another price cut for new customers. The energy provider launched a new fixed-rate deal for electricity customers, which it says is 6 per cent lower than its previous rate. The new rate of 23.69 cent (including VAT) per kWh will be fixed for 12 months and is available to customers who […]
The U.S. Department of Energy has set a course for affordable energy by creating a roadmap for connecting clean energy to the grid, Electrek reported. The U.S. grid — an interconnected network of power plants, transmission lines, and distribution centers — currently relies on dirty energy-based power like gas, coal, and oil. In 2022, the […]
As Californians gear up to turn on their air conditioning this summer, the state’s utility regulator approved a hotly contested change to residential electricity rates. In a unanimous vote Thursday, the agency authorized a flat fee of up to $24.15 and cuts to electricity costs by 5-7 cents per kilowatt-hour. The change stands to impact […]
Costa Rica has become the latest Latin American country to introduce rationing due to drought, announcing Thursday it will limit access to electricity for which it relies heavily on hydro-generation. Dams that feed the country’s hydro-electric plants were low due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said. “This El Nino has really been the […]
Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London. For the first time, 30% of electricity […]
With little debate two years ago, state lawmakers passed a complex energy bill that enabled a sweeping change in how most Californians are billed for electricity. The legislation was what Pacific Gas & Electric had asked for from the state public utilities commission three months before: a transformation of electric rates so that households would […]
High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Loudon County, Virginia, home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Lawmakers in Virginia and other states are rethinking how incentive programs for data centers may impact the electric grid, clean energy goals and utility rates for other consumers. (Ted Shaffrey/The Associated Press) State Sen. […]
High-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Loudon County, Va., home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. Lawmakers in Virginia and other states are rethinking how incentive programs for data centers may impact the electric grid, clean energy goals and utility rates for other consumers. Ted Shaffrey/The Associated Press State Sen. […]
Renewable energies covered around 56% of electricity consumption in Germany in the first quarter of 2024. This is according to projections by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW), which were made available to dpa on Friday. In total, renewable energy plants […]
QUINCY − A new city program coming online in June could save residents more than 25% on their electricity rates. Quincy will join about 170 Massachusetts communities that have already adopted the program known as municipal aggregation. The program allows cities and towns to purchase electricity in bulk on behalf of their residents and businesses, […]
Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought, the government said late Monday. The severe dry spell, associated with the El Nino climate phenomenon, has also led to water rationing that is affecting 10 million people in the capital Bogota and surrounds. Mining […]