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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most people assume different power plants generate electricity in completely different ways, but in reality many of them rely on the same underlying principle of electromagnetism, whether the turbine ...

In our new artificial intelligence era, power isn’t just about computing abilities—it’s about who controls the energy grid. As artificial intelligence (AI) propels the economy into uncharted territory ...

We walk here, we walk there, we walk everywhere. Maybe you’re headed to work or to lunch in a busy city. You’re expending energy, and the exercise is good for you. But what if, on top of that, we ...

The planet’s third biggest polluter is adding wind and solar and electrifying transport at a faster pace than China did at ...

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 ...