Everybody wants affordable energy. Energy consumers want to be able to pay their bills and energy providers also want customers to be able to pay their energy bills. What we can’t seem to agree on is how to best measure energy affordability.
The Energy Burden: How Bad is it and How to Make it Less Bad.
Joseph Daniel, Senior Energy Analyst
February 26, 2019 9:45 AM EDT
What’s Hiding in Your Electric Bill? How Utility Customers Finance Risky Investments
Joseph Daniel, Senior Energy Analyst
January 2, 2019 11:34 AM EDT
Utilities are expected to make investments that are prudent and in the public interest; in return, they get to recover those costs plus a profit. All the utility investments, operating costs, and profits get pooled together and are reflected in customer utility bills. Expenditures that aren’t “prudent” and “in the public interest” (two key terms in the industry) don’t get to be recovered. But many utilities have found a way to get around guidelines and force customers to finance fossil fuel infrastructure, lobbying, and power plants that aren’t even built yet. Read more >
Will Cutting Carbon Emissions Increase MY Energy Bill? It doesn’t have to.
Joseph Daniel, Senior Energy Analyst
November 27, 2018 9:33 AM EDT
The assumption that cutting carbon will increase the costs of energy simply doesn’t hold true. Read more >
