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Here are 4 Reasons Why Nevadans Should Vote “Yes” on Question 3 for Energy Choice

For more than a couple decades, utility NV Energy has held a monopoly on the Nevada electricity market. Able to set electricity rates with no competition and giving Nevadans no choice in who supplies their electricity. Well, that could all be changing ...

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National Grid to Raise Electricity Rates Over 20% Starting Nov. 1st

National Grid, one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world covering Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and the UK, will be raising their fixed and variable rates for residential and commercial customers starting November 1st. For Massachusetts residents, the ...

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Predicting Future Energy Demand is Becoming Increasingly More Difficult

The oil and gas industries have always had difficulty predicting future market demand.  But, today’s market is even more difficult to predict with the emergence of renewable sources, which now make up 18% of all power usage in the USA. ...

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Despite Less Coal, the Texas Electricity Grid did Just Fine this Summer

The Texas electricity market proved once again why it’s a leading innovator, and power customers around the world should pay attention. Six months ago, critics predicted that Texans would suffer soaring electricity prices and rolling blackouts in what they predicted ...

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Renewable Energy and the Energy Demand Gap

The 21st Century Energy Challenge Filling the gap between energy supply and demand with renewable energies poses major challenge facing the increasingly industrialized globe. Currently, most of the US is powered by traditional fossil fuels. In 2017, the US consumed ...

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Smart Grid Technology: How Energy Storage will Change the Future of the Energy Industry

Changes are occurring within the power industry at both at a faster rate than ever before as well as in new and innovative ways. When looking at the US electric infrastructure, energy storage is becoming increasingly in demand. This growth ...

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Hurricane Florence Power Outages Top 600,000 and Could Reach 3 Million

According to poweroutage.us, Hurricane Florence has knocked out power for over 600,000 electricity customers already. The bulk of the outages are in North Carolina but some in South Carolina have lost power as well. The number of outages is expected ...

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Judge Blocks Release of Coal Information on Utility

A Washington state judge has ruled in favor of the electric utility PacifiCorp and permanently blocked the public release of some economic information about its coal-burning units. The Sierra Club wanted the information to be made public, saying people should have ...

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Is 100% Renewable Energy Sustainable in the US?

Global use of renewable energy continues to increase every year, with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimating that 23% of global energy use in 2015 came from renewable sources. There are now more than 40 cites around the globe that ...

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US Electricity Demand has Flatlined Due to Energy Efficiency

Demand for electricity in the US has been increasing since it became mainstream in the late 1800s. That is, up until ten years ago, when the power market stalled out and has not increased since.  This may come as a ...

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