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More than just flipping a switch: from the power plant to your home

You walk in a room and flip a switch and the lights come on. That’s all you really care to know, right? The reality is, you really should know more.  Electricity touches your life in every way you can...

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More than just flipping a switch: how electricity gets to you

Everyone knows that electricity travels along the wires we see along streets and across fields and over the countryside. It seems pretty simple: electricity magically jumps onto the wires and just...

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More than just flipping a switch: the business behind the energy business

When you think of your energy company, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the crews you see in the bucket trucks fixing or maintaining the wires. And that’s good. Because those people are...

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More than flipping a switch: balancing customer demands

You know the old saying, “You can’t please all the people all the time”?  Well, that’s the perpetual reality for a utility. In this fourth in our Energy Enlightenment series, which seeks to simplify...

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More than just flipping a switch: cost versus value of electricity

For most of us, there’s nothing essentially exciting about electricity — unless of course there’s an outage on the first night of the final season of Breaking Bad. Otherwise, we pretty much take it...

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Let us “fix” your bill with Budget Payment Plan

Life at times can feel like a balancing act. Between work, family, and finances, it can sometimes be all too overwhelming. And, who likes to think about the budget? We understand. That’s why we...

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Air conditioning tips keep you from sweating repairs

People have been beating the heat since 1926, thanks to Willis Haviland Carrier, an American engineer, who invented modern air conditioning for homes. Fast forward 89 years later and more than...

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Become energy-wise for a chance to win a prize at roadshow

Now that August is here it’s time to start thinking about back-to-school activities. Soon, kids across the city will reunite with their friends, make new ones, and, of course, soak up as much knowledge...

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