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...
Arizona Blue Stake performs excavation information and education for public safety to prevent underground equipment damage by following all state requirements. Blue Stake works with homeowners, professional excavators, facility owners, operators, designers, and...
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...
Have you ever wondered why we need cell phone towers? Cell phones being a low-watt transmitter/receiver requires a signal repeater within range of the cell phone. The repeaters keeps moving the signal from tower to tower until it reaches the destination cell phone....
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 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...
Congratulations to RP Companies on rolling out their new 401(k) plan for it’s employees! Under the new plan, retirement savings contributions are provided by RP Companies and deducted from the employee’s paycheck before taxation. Meaning all contributions are tax...
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...
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...
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...
