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.

A utility function measures a consumer’s preference and satisfaction with different goods or services. As part of rational choice theory, it helps economists analyze how consumers make decisions to ...

(The Center Square) – Protecting vulnerable utility customers from winter shut-offs with reasonable payment plans appeals across both sides of the aisle in Pennsylvania. When it comes to reauthorizing ...

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 ...

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NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) — Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara has announced the introduction of a new consumer protection bill aimed at putting an end to unfair utility fees imposed when residents choose to ...

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 ...