To avoid rising energy costs each month, you must first understand how energy consumption works. Various factors contribute to increasing energy costs, including appliances that we use more often ...

Have you ever looked at your utility bill and thought, “What is 1 kWh? How much electricity am I actually using?” A kilowatt hour (kWh) is just that – a measurement of how much energy an appliance, ...

[Ben Krasnow] is back, and this time he’s tearing down a kilowatt hour meter (kWh). While not as exciting as making aerogel at home, or a DIY scanning electron microscope, [Ben’s] usual understated ...

In recent months, Gainesville Regional Utilities has had one of the highest — but not the highest — residential electric rates in the state for the 1,000-kilowatt-hours usage level typically used as ...

Hi lounge. Now that pleasantries are out of the way, I think something may be wrong with my electric meter. For those of you living in houses around 1300 sqft with oil heat/hot water, what is your ...