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This article has been updated with additional comment from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. NBC 5 Responds to a consumer fighting a more than $500 electric bill, he says, doesn’t belong to him.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) and the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) is partnering with South Carolina utilities to warn consumers about ...

Electricity shut offs soared 80% in Maryland last year, according to a utility watchdog group that says terminations of consumers’ electric and gas service for nonpayment has turned into a national ...

The AI-data center boom is putting strong upward pressure on utility prices in Ohio. Even so, disconnections are down, according to the state’s consumer representative. That’s because other factors ...

The PUC giveth and the PUC can taketh away. Following a hefty, and welcome, rate reduction last December that cut natural gas prices for residential customers of UGI Utilities Inc. by 20%, the utility ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A state-funded independent advocacy group designed to represent consumers in utility rate disputes is closer to becoming a reality in New York. Despite previous vetoes by two ...

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The utility's new request to raise rates $240 million would increase average residential bills by some 8% if granted, going ...