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50 Years of Earth Day!

Residential

What started out as a 1960’s “teach-in” style protest where thousands of students and residents around the world sat down in the streets on April 22, 1970, Earth Day has transitioned into a global celebration focused on public awareness of cleaner and more environmentally responsible living. There are several ways our actions and choices can …

How to Know If Your Business Is Ready to Go Green

Small Business

There’s a lot of buzz around renewable energy and a lot of options for small businesses to choose from. AEP Energy’s Renewable Product Plan makes it easy for businesses to choose renewable energy. With this plan, you can match a percentage of your energy usage with national Green-e Energy® certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Is …

Levelized Cost of Energy: How Can This Benefit You?

Commercial

As an energy buyer, you have choices when it comes to how you interact with the energy market. Understanding the fundamental risks and trends in energy generation can help you gauge risk and position your approach in a way that’s best for your organization, however often that’s easier said than done.   In today’s rapidly …

Community Solar Explained

Residential

Now that spring is upon us, there is another type of garden to consider. Often referred to as “community solar gardens” or “community solar farms”, these projects are renewable energy plants whose electricity is shared by more than one household, and provide the opportunity for you to go green in the garden, even if your …

How Is Natural Gas Sold

Residential

If you live in a deregulated state, you have the power to choose a supplier for your energy needs, including natural gas. But how does that happen? What is the process for suppliers to sell natural gas and are there factors that impact how it all plays out? How is natural gas purchased by suppliers? …

What is Natural Gas?

Residential

What is natural gas? It heats homes and buildings and is also used to cook food. But what is natural gas and where does it come from? Natural gas is both a fossil fuel and renewable energy source. The fossil fuel version formed millions of years ago, where the remains of plants and animals built …

When Is the Best Time for You to Buy Natural Gas?

Small Business

Without a fixed price, you could be stuck paying fluctuating natural gas prices that are impacted by supply and demand, weather and more. If you haven’t already, you can lock in a natural gas rate for your business by selecting a fixed price plan with your energy supplier, which is a sure-fire way to avoid …

An Integrated, Holistic Approach Addresses New Needs For Customers

Commercial

Integrated energy services solutions are poised to address emerging commercial and industrial customer needs by evaluating and assessing opportunities in different domains through a total energy management approach. Today, many commercial and industrial facilities, as well as energy and sustainability managers, face a variety of new energy and sustainability management options and demands. The variety …

What is Electricity?

Residential

What is Electricity? By definition, electricity is a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles (such as electrons or protons). This can occur statically as an accumulation of charge or dynamically as a current. It is a secondary energy source produced by converting primary sources of energy such as coal, natural gas, …