Electricity Cost
If this image makes you as irrationally angry as it makes me, today’s Upon Closer Inspection is for you. I hate being hot. I enjoy summer, don’t get me wrong. But this is just punishing heat. When you work from home as many do now, and your kids are still home from school, and it’s…
Read MoreThis year has been challenging thus far, to say the least. Add this to the 2020 tally: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) says that electricity customers will experience record-high prices while trying to stay cool in the intense summer heat. While ERCOT anticipates an annual spike in electricity usage for summer, recent stay-at-home…
Read MoreEvery summer in Texas, there’s a collective groan as people start getting their electricity bills. It can be downright painful to shell out hundreds of dollars to cool our homes and fuel appliances, devices, and energy-eating apparatuses. A Houston-based technology company called Energy Ogre is taking aim at high electricity prices using an innovative approach.…
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