Have you ever wondered who regulates the natural gas and liquid propane industry? The best answer is “Lots of Entities and Jurisdictions.” Anything relating to drilling, processing, refining, and transporting oil and gas, is regulated by federal, state, county, and...
What is Blue Stake?
Arizona Blue Stake performs excavation information and education for public safety to prevent underground equipment damage. Following all state requirements. Blue Stake works with homeowners, professional excavators, facility owners, operators, designers, and...
Building Innovative Broadband Networks in Rural Areas
The demand for higher-speed internet connections is steadily rising in today's broadband-centric world. Streaming video, television services, and content providers have seen increasing amounts of usage. Due to its intensive nature, these services take a large toll on...
The Truth About Cell Towers
Have you ever wondered why we need cell towers? For starters, cell phones have a low-wattage transmitter requiring a signal repeater within range of the device. The repeaters keep moving the signal from tower to tower until it reaches the cell phone. To complete the...
Electricity To Your Light Bulb
How many times a day do you flip a light switch on or off? We all know the answer to that… many, many times. Have you ever wondered what happens between point A and point B to get the electricity from its source to the light bulb? First, an Electrical Generating Plant...
RP Companies Electrical Division – Your Turnkey Electrical Contractor
RP Companies is Arizona’s number one choice for all your electrical needs. As a complete turnkey electrical contractor, we have the support and team to address your electrical goals and vision. Our electrical division consists of experts in electrical construction...
RP Companies Rolls Out a New 401(k) Plan
RP Companies, Inc. is proud to announce the rollout of a new 401(k) plan for full-time employees. Under the new plan, retirement savings contributions are provided and deducted from the employee’s paycheck before taxation. This means all contributions are tax-deferred...
Google Fiber will soon be coming to Arizona
Google Fiber is Google’s “fiber-to-the premises” service, providing broadband Internet and television to a growing number of locations. Google Fiber will provide an Internet connection speed of one gigabit per second for both download and upload speeds which is...
Why is fiber optic cable the express highway of communication?
Data has been sent via non-electronic means since the advent of communication using light, sound and movement. The first digital transmissions began with telegram in 1809, thus transmitting long distance communications of text or symbols, as opposed to verbal or audio...
2012 Reforms and Changes required by the USF/ICC Transformation Order
High Cost Program 2012 implementing reforms and changes required by the USF/ICC Transformation Order, which overhauled universal service policies for rural and hard-to-serve areas. USAC successfully developed and deployed system functionality to address program...