Shortly after we moved into our Loudon, New Hampshire home last summer, Eversource (our local electricity provider) raised rates per kWh from $0.08 to $0.11 - leading to an increase in everyone's electricity bills of about 30%. A few months later, that same company increased that rate from $0.11 pe...

We, as a society, love subscriptions. For a consistent, simple rate, we can get access to certain services, products, food and even clothes on a regular basis. And, since most subscriptions are on a monthly basis, they seem very affordable, too. "$40 for the gym? No big deal." "$20 for that stre...

Yes, we timed the market perfectly (and got extremely lucky). And despite the upfront costs of installing solar panels for our home just this past spring, we're already realizing a cost savings every month on our electricity. Here's my experience so far owning solar panels for about 8 short months....