Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A utility company in El Paso, Texas, now offers a program that pays homeowners to install backup battery ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, ...

Sonam Velani hooks up a battery from Every Electric to power an air conditioner as part of a pilot program with the city's energy company Con Edison to reduce pressure on the electrical grid Monday, ...