The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has clarified that not all electricity meters currently being installed across the country are free, as it sought to address growing confusion over the ...

Budweiser left nothing to chance in taking home its record 10th first-place finish in USA TODAY’s Ad Meter contest. In "American Icons," Budweiser emptied the tank to mark its 150th anniversary while ...

Presented by State Farm, Ad Meter provides the opportunity to rate Super Bowl LX commercials “USA TODAY’s Ad Meter has been the go-to barometer for Super Bowl ads for 38 years, serving as a gauge for ...

Badger Meter grew sales and free cash flow by 11% and 19% in 2025. Its fourth-quarter figures were a bit lighter, however, and the market was worried about its slowing sales growth. After Badger ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday the city will not try to buy back Chicago’s parking meters after all, following days of speculation over whether he would attempt to find a way out of an infamous ...

Parking downtown at a meter spot costs $7 an hour, up from $3 an hour when the city owned the parking meters 17 years ago. In what has been called a disastrous, lopsided 75-year deal, then-Mayor ...

Nearly two decades after a $1.15 billion deal privatized Chicago’s parking meters, a window has opened to seize the valuable asset back from private investors. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration ...

National Grid is starting to install new smart meters to customers in the Buffalo-area. The upgrade is part of the company’s push to modernize the grid. To date, National Grid has installed more than ...

Octavio Carrizalez carefully removed an old water meter, setting it aside before turning his attention to its replacement: a new electronic meter to serve the industrial building behind him. Standing ...

Born and raised on Chicago’s Northwest Side, Steve Starobrat traded city life for the suburbs, buying a Prairie-style home in Elgin’s historic district. He’s lived in the house, originally built in ...

The basic promise from network-as-a-service (NaaS) providers is to make networking easier. It’s a need that is becoming increasingly relevant as modern networks pivot to AI and network engineers are a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — If your natural gas meter is inside your home, crews might move it outside of your home soon, if you’re an RG&E or NYSEG customer. The utility companies are continuing their meter ...