energy

If the full 18% rate increase is approved, a typical residential customer with a monthly usage of 701 kilowatt-hours would see an increase of about $15 a month.

Whether you're looking to "go green" or just "save some green", here's an opportunity available through your utility provider.  Customers who receive their electric and gas needs via Superior Water Light and Power are able to order a free kit from the Simple Energy Efficiency Program made available via Wisconsin Focus On Energy.

News broke last week that there is a plan in the works to have residential customers of Minnesota Power shoulder a larger energy bill to "help taconite plants and paper mills survive an onslaught of global competition".

Part of the current battle over extending the pipeline system in the United States has to do with safety;  At the crux of the battle is which is form of transportation is the safest means to move oil and gases across the continent:  by train or by pipeline.

The seasons are changing in the northland - and if you haven't turned on the heat yet, it's only a matter of time.

A new program offers money and energy-saving efficiencies for handwashing sinks and commercial kitchens.

Learn more about clean energy innovations in Duluth at a free tour happening Friday, June 7th - hosted by the Northeast Clean Energy Resource Team.

January 1, 2012 marks the date the you will no longer be able to buy 100-watt incandescent light bulbs.  The "green" regulation that outlawed them will take effect as we welcome the new year. It's part of the government's effort to move consumers away from inefficient energy-hog incandescents and toward energy-saving light sources, like compact fluorescent bulbs, halogen bulbs or LED (li

Research done by scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol has for the first time shown the possibility of producing electricity from human urine.

First off -- it's Daylight Saving Time - not "savings".  It's a single time period that we're talking about.  That said, many Americans might be surprised that a research project contradicts one of the central reasons for the creation of DST...