Tag: utility

Save yourself the hassle of cooking Sunday and help contribute to Iola’s Community Utility Relief Board (CURB) at the same time. Iola’s Pizza Hut will donate 20% of all purchases on Sunday, Sept. 21 to…

A hitch in the mail service has delayed delivery of utility bills for several Iolans this month. Iola City Council members were told the bills were apparently stuck in a postal facility in Kansas City…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Four of the five members on Evergy’s finance committee, tasked with recommending management and investment decisions to the board of directors, were selected by activist hedge funds that critics worry are…

Allen County’s courthouse will be closed to the public until Thursday morning as a response to the possibility of utility blackouts.  Commissioners voted to shutter the doors at Tuesday’s regular commission meeting. Offices will continue…

Iola’s new online portal for Iola’s utility customers has drawn significant interest in the first month since it was activated. More than 350 Iolans have signed up for the online service, which allows customers to…

Iolans may get a break on past-due utility bills, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City Council members  Monday spoke in favor of waiving fees associated with utility reconnections for as long as the city remains…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Outside Cecilia Ziwane’s house sits a neatly stacked woodpile next to a small solar panel — her two major sources of energy. “We cannot do without them,” said the mother of…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric is reporting substantial losses for the third quarter, driven by catastrophic wildfires that have been blamed on the utility’s outdated transmission lines. The company anticipates those costs…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, the utility said Monday, even though widespread blackouts were…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s largest utility cut power to 24,000 northern customers Monday evening as fall brings back dangerous weather conditions and the company tries to head off wildfires sparked by electrical equipment. The…