As global energy demand surges—driven by AI-hungry data centers, advanced manufacturing, and electrified ...

School buses are a perfect candidate for mass electrification with relatively short planned routes and ample idle time for recharging. Chicago's utility provider is exploring ways to utilize that idle ...

The Citizens Utility Board is sounding the alarm on data centers’ growing demand on the electrical grid, saying Illinois consumers can expect higher electric bills.

The rapid rollout of power-hungry AI data centers could be straining the US energy grid and causing utility bills to spike – and prices could get worse in the coming months, according to economists.

Electricity and gas prices have been rising fast, and they’re headed even higher. Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Electricity theft manifests in various methods, from simple ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

When it comes to monthly costs, not many utilities vary as much as an electric bill. No matter the provider or location, rates can spike for more reasons than increased usage. So when utility ...