Utility in Microeconomics: Understanding Origins, Types & Key Uses

Discover the concept of utility in microeconomics, exploring its origins, types, and applications to analyze consumer ...
Axios on MSN

Consumer advocates question Zay's appointment to utility regulation board

Consumer advocates are questioning Gov. Mike Braun's commitment to making utilities more affordable after he appointed a ...
Hosted on MSN

Utility Function Explained: Definition, How to Calculate, Examples

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 ...
NBC DFW

Consumer fights utility charges someone else racked up

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.
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Protect consumers by reforming utility-rate process

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 ...

Pa. consumers have options to save on utility bills this winter

For Western Pennsylvania consumers worried about the costs of heating their homes this winter, there are options. Customers ...
The Baltimore Sun

Consumer utility shutoffs have grown into a crisis in Maryland and across U.S., report finds

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 ...
MLive

Consumers Energy asks to raise electric rates $436M, the most in decades

LANSING, MI – Consumers Energy wants to raise electric rates by $436 million, its largest ask in at least 20 years. The for-profit utility, Michigan’s second-largest power provider, kicked off the ...