CenterPoint’s deceptive billing practices put customers at risk of disconnection

The utility redirects customer payments for gas service to its for-profit appliance business

/ March 21, 2025

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Major utilities will need to increase their pace to hit net-zero goals

/ March 17, 2025
Utility Corruption

CT Lawmaker Eyeing PURA Seat Owes Struggling Ratepayers Over $1 Million

Current businesses would pose conflict of interest 

/ March 4, 2025
Utility Corruption

New Laws Curbing Utility Political Spending Saving Ratepayers Millions of Dollars

Gas and electric customers in Connecticut have been spared from footing the bill for up to $10 million of their utilities’ political spending on lobbying, advocacy, and advertising activities since...

/ February 28, 2025

Southern Company extends life of coal plants to power data centers, appears to abandon net zero goal

New filings in Mississippi and Georgia show Southern Company’s utility subsidiaries in those states are seeking to extend the life of three coal-fired power plants, jeopardizing the company’s ability to...

/ February 20, 2025

Xcel legal fight could force customers to pay more for exec pay

The utility balked after Minnesota regulators removed executive compensation costs from customers' bills

/ January 30, 2025
Ameren truck

Ameren Missouri seeks rate hike amid mounting disconnections

With 90,000 disconnections in 2024, Ameren seeks to raise bills 15%.

/ January 15, 2025

Chris Wright: Trump’s pick for Energy Secretary is a longtime member of Charles Koch’s political donor network

Chris Wright, the founder and CEO of the fracking services company Liberty Energy and Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy, co-authored a 2014 op-ed with his wife, Elizabeth, in...

/ January 14, 2025

Tucson Electric Power filings show millions of dollars to trade and chamber groups possibly borne by customers

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) spent $2.1 million, which it intends to collect from customers, on memberships in political trade associations, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, and other groups during...

/ January 10, 2025
Utility Corruption

Report: Utilities charge customers for lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

As state lawmakers prepare to convene for their 2025 legislative sessions, they have a clear opportunity to rein in a common practice by monopoly utilities to charge their customers for...

/ December 11, 2024