(The Center Square) – Owners of vacant properties in the city of Port Angeles will have to pay minimum utility fees on their buildings this year as a new ordinance is being implemented. On Dec ...

Utilities are one of those expenses you can't escape paying -- and in some cities, you'll pay a lot. Among the 50 most populated U.S. cities, New Yorkers have it the worst, with the monthly average ...

Not surprisingly, determining who should pay for these relocation costs has long been the source of litigation. Indeed, ...

Property taxes. Proposed property tax: About 60 cents per $100 valuation Current property tax: The same, about 60 cents per $100 valuation As part of early budget discussions, the City Council ...

Wichita Falls, Texas, residents may see a 2% increase in city utility rates starting in October. The city is considering a ...

In our paper Extracting Profits from the Public, we explain how utilities are forcing regular ratepayers to pay for the discounts enjoyed by some of the nation’s largest companies and identify ways ...

Buying a home takes a lot of research, but when it comes to utilities there are questions no one thinks to ask—but definitely should.

It’s getting so hard for people in California to pay their utility bills that cities are turning to a blunt instrument: tax roll billing, otherwise known as, “Pay, or the county will sell your ...

Columbia Utilities is set to present the results of a service study next week at the City Council's pre-council meeting. The study dealt with the topic of how much revenue the water utility needed ...