NEWS: Google, Tesla, others tackle energy affordability

Utilize, a new coalition of tech and energy giants, including Google, Tesla, and Carrier, wants to lower skyrocketing power bills. Their strategy? You guessed it: harnessing untapped grid capacity. Utilization upgrades could save US consumers up to $180 billion over the next decade, according to research the group will release soon. They already pushed a Virginia bill requiring utilities to disclose grid utilization rates, and they’re shopping the model to other states.