Basic customer charge covers the fixed costs of equipment and delivery of service. Energy charge is the electricity used, measured in kilowatt-hours. Storm recovery charge is used to recover the costs ...

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 early as next year, ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.

Electric vehicles (EVs), also known as battery electric vehicles (BEVs), use batteries to power their electric motors. Unlike their internal combustion engine counterparts that ...

PROVIDENCE – An electric bill can be a confusing thing to read. You’re not only paying for the energy that powers your TV, fridge or air conditioner. You’re also paying to get all that electricity ...

Rub a balloon on your hair and the balloon typically picks up a negative electric charge, while your hair goes positive. But a new study shows that the charge an object picks up can depend on its ...

If you’ve taken a detailed look at your Connecticut electric bill over the last year or so, you probably noticed that it’s broken down into four sections: supply, transmission, local delivery and — to ...

Millions of Colorado residents could soon pay more to use electricity later in the evening under a proposal from provider Xcel Energy. The state’s largest utility filed to change time-of-use rates in ...