Imagine an electricity meter that can pinpoint power outages, automatically turn household appliances off when wholesale electricity gets too expensive and – with enough of them in use – possibly reduce the need for new power plants. All rank among the potential benefits of so-called smart meters, which are fast becoming the darling of the utility industry as state and federal regulators push power providers to cut energyย costs.
Policymakers, civil society, investors, business, and the media all must answer key questions fast โ before the regulatory rollback turns into a rout.
The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.
Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.
Ex-MP Steve Baker claims role in Conservative net zero backlash at New York event hosted by oil-funded American โfriendsโ.
