Por: The Boston Globe Business January 18, 2023
When Garrett Schick received his electric bill after Christmas and saw a 73 percent increase from his last bill, he and his family made the tough decision to return holiday gifts to make ends meet.The 33-year-old’s family of three had been figuring out ways to manage their expenses since moving to Quincy from Dorchester in September. While they only increased their electricity usage by 17 percent last month, Schick’s December bill was... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Nation December 30, 2022
A group opposing a citizen initiative to create a publicly-owned power company has submitted signatures calling for a competing ballot measure, likely setting the stage for in November 2023. No Blank Checks, a group backed by Central Maine Power Co.’s parent company, submitted... + más
Fast-food industry pushes to halt AB 257, a California law that could raise worker wages | Los Angeles Times
Petition to replace CMP, Versant with consumer-owned utility has valid signatures to get on ballot | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation December 15, 2022
Maine’s two investor-owned utility companies ranked last in the new J.D. Power residential released Wednesday, prompting both Central Maine Power and Versant Power to push back on the findings. The survey ranked CMP at the bottom among 17 large utilities surveyed in the... + más
State’s public advocate seeks $75 electricity credit for low-income Mainers | Portland Press Herald
Los Angeles Times USA Nation November 10, 2022
Every month, millions of low-income Californians struggle to pay their water and utility bills. A survey on COVID-19's financial effect on water systems and customers found that 12% of California households were behind on their water bills, and that statewide, customers owe... + más
North Attleborough, Plainville residents ordered to boil tap water due to E. coli | The Boston Globe
EPA: Water in Mississippi's capital city is safe to drink | WPLG Local 10
Newsweek USA Nation October 13, 2022
Online commenters have praised a man who purportedly paid a stranger's outstanding utility bill of over $1,000.The man's colleague—an anonymous social media user posting under the name Polar Nerd—shared the story in a now-viral Twitter thread, writing: I'm... + más
Franklin Graham traveling to southwest Florida to help victims of Hurricane Ian | Fox News
State, local officials weigh future of devastated Kissimmee retirement community | Orlando Sentinel
Associated Press USA Business September 26, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility transmission pole and attached equipment in a criminal probe into what started a Northern California fire that has become the largest in the state this year, the utility... + más
PG&E says Forest Service took transmission pole, equipment amid Mosquito Fire criminal investigation | Fox Business
The East Coast Will Not Escape Fire | The Atlantic
Associated Press USA Tech September 23, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes.But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog says a Northern California utility went too... + más
States banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles | ABC News
At summer's end, indoor plants need attention too | Associated Press
The Boston Globe USA Business September 21, 2022
National Grid customers could be in for sticker shock this winter when they open their electric bills and find that costs have gone up by more than 60 percent from last year.The utility filed its new electric rates for Massachusetts with the state Department of Public Utilities... + más
Why isn’t inflation getting better? | The Boston Globe
Lovely cypress vine has a dark side: It can take over a yard. Dan Gill explains how to tame it | The Advocate
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