Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When electricity was first commercialized, utilities were allowed to operate as monopolies for one main reason: to deliver lower costs. For a century, it worked.

Stakeholders at PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator, on Wednesday rejected all 12 final proposals for regulating the rapidly growing data center industry, leaving the Maryland ...

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

A recent breakthrough has established a direct link between magnetism and electricity, paving the way for faster technological advancements in computing. This development builds on the first-time ...

Engineers at the University of Delaware have uncovered a way to bridge magnetism and electricity through magnons—tiny waves that carry information without electrical current. These magnetic waves can ...

PHOENIX — Salt River Project (SRP) crews recently helped provide electricity to 12 more remote homes on the Navajo Nation. The homes that received electricity were located in the areas of Dilkon and ...

Today’s computers store information in magnetic hard drives, keeping files safe even when the device is powered off. But to run programs and process information, computers rely on electricity. Each ...

A new report paints a dire picture of the future in which electricity demand is surging and the transition to clean energy is still decades away. The global risk management provider DNV forecasts that ...

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The start of a new month often brings familiar paperwork and, lately, a shock. Across the U.S., households are finding their electricity bills climbing higher than at any time in recent years. In ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wind turbines operate in Lagoa, Brazil, March 14 ...

The United States faces an energy crunch of historic proportions. After nearly 20 years of flat demand, electricity use is now growing at its fastest rate since World War II. The U.S. economy ...