'Bored' Teen Creates Incredible Christmas Lights Show To Mannequin Challenge Song Thank goodness we aren't paying that electricity bill.

Beware of Surge Pricing on Your Electric Bill Most of us tend to use more electricity in the summer months when it’s hot and we need our air conditioners on full blast. It pays to understand how your electric company charges you, though. Many of them charge more per kilowatt depending on how a Read more ... nd when you use electricity.

How Would Your City Cope Without Electricity? A new report demonstrates just how much of a city's modern infrastructure relies on the electricity grid.

California electric bill shock: Private firms charge way more than public utilities In Sacramento, a family using 500 kilowatt hours of electricity last October was charged $58. Customers in Los Angeles, also served by a public utility district, paid $79.

Energy Use Rises When Customers Switch to Automatic Bill Pay So says Duke University’s Steven Sexton, who put the average monthly increase in electricity consumption at 4%.

Using Autopay for Your Power Bill Might Up Your Electricity Usage Automatic bill pay is perfect for planning your monthly budget and making sure your payments are always on time. Unfortunately, a recent study suggests that the “out of sight, out of mind” effects of automatically payed power bills can up your en Read more ... ergy consumption and up your bill.

Automated electricity bill payments cause people to consume more energy A new study says it's a case of out of sight, out of mind, but it has serious consequences.

Why Your Electricity Bill Keeps Going Up Your electricity bill is the highest it’s been since 2008 – and it’s likely to rise again this year. Residential electricity prices increased dramatically in most areas of the country in 2014, with the average U.S. residential price climbing 3. Read more ... 1 percent compared to 2013, according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In some parts of the country such as the Pacific Coast, the hike in electricity prices in 2014 was much lower than the national average at 1.3 percent – while in New England, it was a whopping 9.9 percent. The increase is due mostly to the electricity industry’s major upgrades to its systems, especially to its transmission and distribution infrastructure.

The Flying Boy Experiment Entertained Audiences By Electrifying a Kid In the late 1700s scientists were making great strides in the manipulation of electricity and the public wanted in on the fun. Demonstrations of electricity were one of the most popular events of the age. For the audiences members, they were fun and Read more ... amazing. But for the boys in them, there were just painful.