JCP&L Suspends Summer Shut-Offs as New Jersey Electricity Rates Increase 20%
HOLMDEL, N.J. — A failed state energy plan has resulted in electricity rate increases as high as 20% in New Jersey, thanks to Governor Phil Murphy’s failed clean energy agenda, but one…
California Dreaming: New Jersey’s clean energy push fuels soaring electricity costs
TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy’s ambitious plan to make New Jersey the “California of the East” through a transition to clean energy is facing mounting challenges as electricity costs surge and…
Trump Responds To Canada’s 25% Electricity Tariff: We’ll Get It All Back
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump unleashed a fiery rebuke of Canada’s newly implemented 25% surcharge on electricity exports, branding it an “unfair trade practice” and promising swift retaliation with reciprocal tariffs…
Electricity Stealing Woman Arrested After Releasing Great Dane to Attack Investigating Deputy
LAKE WALES, Fla. — A Lake Wales woman was arrested Tuesday after allegedly attacking a sheriff’s deputy with her dog and racking up multiple charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.…
Jackson Township Council Opposes JCP&L’s Proposed 17-20% Summer Electricity Rate Hike
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Jackson Township Council is voicing strong opposition to Jersey Central Power & Light’s (JCP&L) proposed 17-20% electricity rate increase set to take effect in the summer of…
Phil Murphy’s Failed Green Energy Agenda Blamed for Rising Electricity Costs in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. — If a cheap electricity bill is your primary concern, then New Jersey isn’t the state for you. New Jersey’s aggressive push toward clean energy is facing mounting scrutiny as…
Electricity Prices Are Rising 20% in New Jersey This Summer, BPU Reports
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey residents and businesses will see higher electricity bills starting June 1, 2025, after the state’s annual Basic Generation Service (BGS) auction resulted in increased costs for electricity…
Jackson Township Partners with EMEX to Secure Competitive Electricity Rates
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, August 16, 2024 – Jackson Township has successfully renewed its Main Load Electricity third-party supply through a partnership with EMEX, a division of Mantis Innovation, utilizing EMEX’s proprietary Reverse Auction…
US electricity and gasoline prices push up energy sector inflation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. electricity and gasoline prices increased sharply in March, with electricity up 0.9% and gasoline up 1.7%, leading the energy sector to far outpace broader inflation for the…
Electricity in the air for one Cuban couple’s two-wheeler wedding procession
By Mario Fuentes and Alien Fernandez HAVANA (Reuters) – Wedding processions on wheels are nothing new along Havana’s famous seafront drive, the Malecon, but this week electric motorcycles and scooters joined a…
Consolidated Edison beats Q3 profit estimates as electricity revenue climbs
(Reuters) – Utility firm Consolidated Edison on Thursday beat third-quarter profit estimates on higher earnings from its electricity segment. The company, which provides electricity in much of the New York City, had…
Pinnacle West profit climbs 22% as summer heat drives electricity demand
(Reuters) – Pinnacle West Capital on Thursday posted a 22% rise in third-quarter profit as the utility got a boost from higher electricity demand due to extreme hot weather. The company recorded…
Top EPA Official Pushing EVs Can’t Say How Much Electricity America Uses In A Year
Top EPA Official Pushing EVs Can’t Say How Much Electricity America Uses In A Year Nick Pope on June 22, 2023 A top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official tasked with guiding the…
US Electricity Bills Shot Up At Record-Breaking Pace In 2022
US Electricity Bills Shot Up At Record-Breaking Pace In 2022 John Hugh DeMastri on May 31, 2023 Americans’ electricity bills outran inflation in 2022 to grow at the fastest rate since the…
Vietnam raises retail electricity price by 3%
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Thursday raised its average retail electricity price by 3%, the government said, in a move that could put upward pressure on inflation. Annual inflation in the Southeast…
South Korea to raise electricity prices for Q1 2023 by nearly 10%
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will raise electricity prices for the first quarter of 2023 by 13.1 won per kilowatt-hour, a 9.5% increase that is the highest in four decades, its energy minister…
Washington Power Substations ‘Vandalized’ In Attack, Cutting Off Electricity For Thousands
Washington Power Substations ‘Vandalized’ In Attack, Cutting Off Electricity For Thousands Jack McEvoy on December 26, 2022 Thousands of households in Northwest Washington were left without power on Sunday after four power…
France not expected to be net importer of electricity in 2023-RTE – Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) – France is not expected to be a net importer of electricity next year, an executive at the RTE national grid operator said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Benjamin Mallet, writing…
EU cautions against gas price cap for electricity – document
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has warned countries that an EU-wide cap on the price of gas used to produce electricity could cause an increase in gas use…
Mercedes-Benz in preliminary offshore wind deal for electricity from 2027
BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz has struck a preliminary agreement with an offshore wind provider to supply electricity equivalent to 25% of its demand in Germany from 2027 onwards, a spokesperson for the…
PepsiCo to make Cheetos and Lay’s chips using Dutch green electricity
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – PepsiCo on Friday announced plans to phase out use of natural gas at a factory in the Netherlands and adopt a system based on renewable electricity to make its…
Italy’s regulated household electricity prices to rise 59% in Q4 – ARERA
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s regulated household electricity prices will increase by 59% in the fourth quarter, Italy’s energy authority ARERA said in a statement on Thursday, as Russia’s war on Ukraine impacts…
Americans’ Electricity Bills Set To Skyrocket This Winter
Americans’ Electricity Bills Set To Skyrocket This Winter Jack McEvoy on September 19, 2022 Household electricity bills, which are already soaring to their highest levels in years, are likely to experience substantial…
Finland to slash electricity tax over winter, subsidise bills
By Essi Lehto and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland on Thursday slashed value-added tax on electricity to 10% from 24% over the winter and said it would pay more subsidies to those…
Exclusive-Cuba seeks more electricity supply from Turkish powerships
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces…
Column-Global 2021 coal-fired electricity generation surges to record high: Kemp
By John Kemp LONDON – Global coal-fired electricity generators are producing more power than ever before in response to booming electricity demand and the surging price of gas. The world’s coal-fired generators…
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