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You may be spending up to 10% of your electric bill every month on appliances you aren’t even using. Here’s how to spot these energy vampires and how to save big bucks on your next power bill.

Energy regulators on Wednesday blamed blackouts last summer that affected hundreds of thousands of Californians on poor planning, electrical market problems and an extreme heat wave that blanketed the West.

A statewide Flex Alert, a request to voluntarily reduce power use by California’s power grid manager, is the first of several steps that Cal ISO might take to avoid power interruptions in the nation’s most populous state. The call for residents to voluntarily conserve power across California will be in effect during Thursday amid a fall heat wave. The...

No matter where you live in California, there is a risk of considerable damage due to an earthquake. Here is what you need to know before during and after the rumbling.

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) has moved up the start time to Wednesday’s Flex Alert, a call to residents to conserve energy to avoid rotating outages as a heat wave sweeps across much of the state.

This is the time to turn up the thermostat a few degrees and not run power-hungry appliances. Patrick Healy reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

The operator of California’s electric grid says it won’t implement rolling blackouts that could have left millions of residents in the dark

One block of homes lacked power for 24 hours in the relentless heat because power grids couldn’t keep up. Kim Tobin reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Sunday Aug. 16, 2020.

Residents in the San Fernando Valley have been dealing with hot temperatures and even power outages and surges. Kim Tobin reports for NBC LA at 8 p.m. Sunday Aug. 16, 2020.

A Flex Alert has been issued by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) for Tuesday until 10 p.m. due to high temperatures and energy demand.

Trina Merry is a fine arts painter. But rather than painting on a canvas or wood or any other inanimate material most artists turn to, she prefers something a little more… shall we say lifelike? As in — the human body. The New York-by-way-of-the Bay Area artist has emerged as one of the leading body painting artists, known for her...

At least 33 people are dead and dozen dozen more are wounded after a string of tornadoes tore a path from the Deep South to the East Coast on Easter Sunday. The devastation stretches across multiple states, where homes and business were left in ruins. Mississippi was especially hard hit, with damage reported across nearly the entire state.

After a deadly storm system raged across much of the country Sunday and Monday, killing at least 33 people and battering homes and power lines, more than 500,000 people across the South and East coasts are still without electricity, NBC News reports.

As the government shutdown continues, dozens of Bay Area scientists, janitors, and researchers who work at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View organized a march to protest their inability to work Friday.

Pacific Gas & Electric began restoring power Thursday to some of the 120,000 people it intentionally blacked out to ease the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

PG&E continues to downsize the scope of its latest round of proactive power shutoffs as weather conditions improved Wednesday.

The mayor of Venice, Italy, says his city is “on its knees” after four days in a row of severe flooding. Some famous landmarks have been damaged as a long-delayed flood barrier project to protect the city from extreme high tides remains unfinished. NBC News’ Claudio Lavanga reports from Venice.

Italy’s government declared a state of emergency Thursday in flood-ravaged Venice, seeking to release funds to repair the historic lagoon city after it was damaged by the highest tide in 50 years. A cabinet meeting approved a special decree that included 20 million euros ($21.7 million) in immediate financial aid aimed at helping the city recover. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to better tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying “the climate movement does not need any more prizes.” Two fellow climate activists spoke on Thunberg’s behalf at an award ceremony Tuesday in Stockholm for the regional inter-parliamentary Nordic Council’s prizes, reading...