Customers Facing a Power Bills 'Lottery'
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Consumers face uncertainty over what they will be paying for their gas and electricity this winter.
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District residents using Pepco Holdings Inc. can expect to pay an average $10 more a month on their electric bill next year. The Washington power company, which supplies power to an estimated
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The company says the record price of wholesale gas, which also effects the cost of electricity, is to blame. A spokesman said the increases would add an extra 7p a day to electricity bills.
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Thousands of ex-holiday camp workers stand to receive a refund because they had to pay for their own electricity.
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WEATHERFORD, Texas - Perhaps his $24 billion electric bill will teach Richard Redden not to leave the heat running. Thanks to a printing error, Redden and more than 1,300 Weatherford utility customers this week received billion-dollar electric bills marked as late notices.
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Company is trying to raise more than $32 million in a fourth round of funding as it tests its smart-grid appliance with utility companies.
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Bankrupt customer leaves powered equipment maker to choke on unpaid bills.
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Managing Watt? Reg Tech Panel As the green debate rages on, one of the findings that came from our recent survey of Reg Readers revealed that despite all the talk about energy savings and IT, the majority of IT departments are not accountable for spending on electricity to run systems.â¦
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MIke Baker discusses the rights and wrongs of school admission by lottery.
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Northern Rock customers complain of difficulty in accessing their money in online accounts.
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Department of Energy study finds consumers are willing to have their appliances remotely controlled by utilities to save them money and offset more grid build-out.
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I overheard a long-time hospital client talking to another support vendor today. The hospitalâs patient accounting department was attempting to send patient financial and billing data to a third-party biller. The vendorâs normal Web site was down, and they were trying to come up with an emergency fix.
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Customers will have to wait to use its gift cards.
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Power failure? Some hybrid owners are plugging their houses into their cars to provide backup electricity.
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MONCTON, N.B. (CP) - A woman from Newfoundland purchased a lottery ticket worth &#36;17.7 million Saturday, after scolding her husband for buying the wrong ticket.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 10--Adding a fee to utility bills   The state's consumer advocate has concluded that higher electricity rates could be in your best interest.   And yes, there is a method to the madness.
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WASHINGTON -- Late payments on credit card bills edged up this past spring, when high energy prices were squeezing the finances of some people and making it hard to pay bills on time.