You can buy your peak flow meter over the counter at a pharmacy, medical supply store, or online. Always use the same brand and model peak flow meter every time to avoid meter-to-meter variations.

Peak flow meters are inexpensive (the average price is around $15 to $20), handheld, and easy to use. You simply blow as hard as you can into the device and it will measure your air flow rate in ...

If you pay an electric bill, SWEPCO may have installed a smart meter at your home. And you might have noticed that your bill ...

The use of smart meters to enforce water restrictions could encourage widespread conservation — but not without local backlash, a new study has found. Amid California’s ongoing drought ...

Polson's water ordinance, effective June 10 to Sept. 30 each year, restricts residential watering to every other day with three hours maximum. Although the city isn't facing a water shortage, the ...

A natural gas meter is seen on the campus of St. Nicholas Parish, in Evanston, Illinois. The parish was part of efforts to benchmark energy use in the Chicago Archdiocese to better analyze power ...

Local homeowners in Parks Bell Ranch in Odessa noticed higher than usual water bills for the month of July and city leaders ...

The 500,000 advanced meters that Rhode Island Energy, the state's main energy utility, plans to install will use a radio signal to send usage data in near-real time to the company, enabling it to ...

A reader who saw their bills increase by 50% got in touch with the Money blog team in this week's Money Problem. Send yours ...

The Independent Water Commission called for compulsory smart water meters to reduce household consumption. But do they save ...