Can Online Electricity Comparison Sites Be Trusted?
When shopping for electricity you will likely run into several electric rate comparison sites. Usually an electricity comparison site will show you multiple energy suppliers and their rate plans. The...
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Don’t Use Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Generation to Make Green Energy Look Better
For most everyone the idea of recycling, doing your part, and clean renewable energy strikes a heart chord in most of us. “The children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way”. Isn’t...
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Stream Electric Company Now in Pennsylvania
Stream Electric Company is now in Pennsylvania. Stream Energy offers competitive electric rates that may sometimes beat the incumbent electricity suppliers in your area of Pennsylvania but usually not...
View ArticleWhy are long term fixed electric rates more expensive?
Fixed electric rates from retail electric companies are not always more expensive than shorter term electric rates. On rare occasions a short term fixed rate, like 6 months, will be more expensive than...
View ArticleAre Fuel Surcharges Good for Residential Electricity Rates?
For the retail electricity provider there are a couple of risks when advertising a fixed price and hiding a fuel surcharge in the rate. This scheme may assume the energy consumer will not notice the...
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Are there hidden costs with a Bloom Box?
Bloom Box Just as with solar panels there are also hidden costs with the Bloom Box and these costs are hidden because both solar and distributed generation systems like the Bloom Box receive government...
View ArticleConstellation NewEnergy buys Texas based Startex Power
Startex Power is one of the fastest and largest privately held electricity companies in Texas. It is no wonder that Constellation Energy has decided to pay 142 million in cash to purchase Startex. With...
View ArticleEagle Ford Field Catarina Texas Oil Shale Boom another Venezuala
South Texas is now said to be on its way to being the next oil boom the likes of Venezuela or Kuwait by 2020. The city of Catarina Texas is where Eagle Ford Field is being prepared for over a dozen oil...
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The idea that blogging is killing the environment
I wrote an article on a different website a few years ago making the point that all the special flowers on their Apple computers blogging about the whales, and the environment and how to use cloth...
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Stealing Electric Power in Residential Neighborhoods
How do people steal electricity in residential neighborhoods and why would they do this? The how can be as easy as running an electric cable from an elderly home owners outdoor electric outlet to as...
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