New data has revealed which states have to pay the most, and least, for utility bills, showing the significant amount households have to pay to cover the costs. According to the third-party bill ...

Why do individuals value bread less than gold, when bread seems to be more important in supporting an individual’s life than gold? To provide an answer to this question, economists refer to the law of ...

Natural monopolies occur in industries that require large upfront investments and have other barriers to entry. When consumers get their utility bills every month, it’s not always clear why energy ...

Whether or not you’ve heard the term “queer theory,” it’s likely to have impacted some aspect of your life. Click through to learn what queer theory is, how it's used, and who has been involved with ...

Abstract: We study a completely uncoupled resource allocation algorithm for a heterogeneous network with the objective of maximizing the sum of the utilities (on the average pay-off) of users. We ...

TROY, Mich.: 18 Dec. 2024 — This year, the average monthly residential electric bill reached $182 nationally, the highest amount ever recorded by J.D. Power—and customers aren’t happy. According to ...

Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 41, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 146-173 (28 pages) This paper investigates the problem of maximizing expected terminal utility in a (generically incomplete) ...

1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia 2 Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Introduction: Low adoption rates of ...

American Water, the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S., announced Tuesday that it was the target of a “cybersecurity incident.” The New Jersey-based utility company ...

Improved energy efficiency measures and conservation practices in your home can reduce your utility bills. If you’re looking to reduce your utility bills without sacrificing comfort, this article will ...