The lights are off, the house is quiet and nothing seems to be running. But electricity is silently flowing through the plugs in your home. This hidden drain is known as phantom energy. Also called ...

The company’s electric rates are carefully regulated, shaped by multiple factors and must go through an extensive approval process before any changes take effect You flip a switch, and the lights come ...

Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, several state legislatures deregulated their electricity systems. Deregulation was originally sold as a way to replace inefficient regulation and reduce ...

One of the challenges in understanding the U.S. energy transition is that the circumstances are different in every state. Some, such as Vermont, have progressed far down the road away from fossil ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about green energy tech that will change your life. Electricity prices are rising again, and this time it does not look ...

How AI and renewables are shifting the energy landscape. One of the dominant storylines I’ve been following through 2025 is electricity—where and how demand is going up, how much it costs, and how ...

NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...

Ari Peskoe is the Director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program (EELP). EELP receives funding from philanthropic foundations that support ...