FirstEnergy’s West Virginia utilities have reached proposed settlement agreements with energy stakeholder groups the utilities say would increase the average residential monthly bill by more than $6.
While you re out to find Black Friday and holiday shopping deals today, many "Made in America" items may be on your preferred list. A new poll by Morning Consult in coordination with the Alliance for American Manufacturing reported 83% of American consumers prefer to buy American-made products. Awenate Cobbina, CEO of Shinola and Bedrock Manufacturing, said it is important to promote the nation s economy by boosting jobs and local businesses. .
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday, an opportunity for small businesses to market their products and services out of the shadows of "big-box" stores and franchises. The most recent figures from 2021 show Indiana is home to almost 530,000 small businesses statewide; companies with fewer than 20 workers. Small Business Saturday prompts shoppers to support these businesses as they continue to recover from the pandemic. .
Montana has upgraded its outdated online unemployment insurance system, which should allow the state to process unemployment claims more efficiently. The system had not been modernized in more than 20 years. The last time Montana updated its online unemployment insurance system, people were still using dial-up modems on their home landlines and Windows 95 software to access the internet. .
Major utilities in West Virginia, Mon Power and Potomac Edison, want to reduce the credit their solar customers get for producing power the utilities use. Critics countered the move would dampen the market for solar in the state. Net metering is a billing mechanism giving credits to residential and small business owners for excess energy produced by their solar panels, which flows back into the grid. .