When the cost of energy rises, home utility bills tend to follow suit. The January 2026 consumer price index reported a 2.3% increase in energy and a 7.7% increase in energy services over the ...

Marginal utility helps set product pricing; high initial satisfaction decreases with more units. Some stores use bulk pricing when consumers value additional items less. Progressive taxes assume each ...

This option from many utilities allows you to avoid the dramatic seasonal peaks in bills. But in the long run, you'll still pay the same. Faith Foushee is a CNET contributor and a former writer for ...

Squirrels, raccoons, birds, snakes, and other animals cause substation outages in urban, suburban and remote locations across North America each year — and those outages are expensive. The cost to ...