Tag: Electric utilities
Smart meters and dynamic pricing can help consumers use electricity when...
Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California
Americans...
Electric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing...
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School
Each weekday, more than half of the K-12 students in the U.S. – over...
The average person’s daily choices can still make a big difference...
Tom Ptak, Texas State University
The average American’s everyday interactions with energy sources are limited. They range from turning...
Nearly 60 million Americans don’t drink their tap water, research suggests...
Asher Rosinger, Penn State
Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that...
The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across...
Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Purdue University
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas...
Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin
Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities...
Delinquent electric bills from the pandemic are coming due – who...
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
The shutdowns and restrictions that governments have imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have made it hard for...
‘Renewable’ natural gas may sound green, but it’s not an antidote...
Emily Grubert, Georgia Institute of Technology
Natural gas is a versatile fossil fuel that accounts for about a third of U.S. energy use. Although it...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
