Eighteen percent of all electricity in the United States was produced by renewable sources in 2017, including solar, wind, and hydroelectric dams. That’s up from 15% in 2016, with the shift driven by new solar and wind projects, the end of droughts in the West, and a dip in the share of natural gas generation.

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Case Study: Complicated Water Line Repair Completed With Care

“The meter reader said that I had something going on,” Michael M. of Jefferson, Oregon, said. “He said, ‘There’s a lot of water passing through the meter, the reading is high.’" Michael knew that he had an emergency home repair plan to protect his water service line,...

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