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Utilities fund Republican campaigns in pivotal Arizona legislature races
Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, and Southwest Gas have contributed mainly to Republican candidates in several key state legislature races that could decide which party controls the legislative branch,...
Utility Industry PACs Benefit GOP This Election Cycle
Some Support At-Risk Senate Democrats
Utility members silent on Ohio Chamber’s opposition to Issue 1, but their money speaks volumes
Utility members of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce are silent on the industry group’s opposition to Issue 1, which aims to depoliticize how voting districts are drawn in Ohio. The...
Issue 1 opponent Ohio Works’ funders include utility and gas industry-backed groups
Major funders of Issue 1 opponent Ohio Works include the American Jobs and Growth Fund, a dark-money organization with financial ties to the utility and methane gas industries, and the...
Southwest Gas incessant in requesting back-to-back rate increases
Southwest Gas, one of the country’s largest gas utilities, requested an 11.88% – $125.6 million – rate increase with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) earlier this year. If approved, the...
Ohio Oil and Gas Association opposes Issue 1: Members have benefited from one-party rule in Columbus
The Ohio Oil and Gas Association has come out in opposition to Issue 1, the ballot initiative that aims to depoliticize how voting districts are drawn in Ohio and end...
Missouri utilities pump more than $400,000 into Kehoe gubernatorial bid
Led by Ameren, utilities have funneled nearly $600,000 to the Republican throughout his political career.
Duke Energy funded climate science-denying John Locke Foundation
Duke Energy contributed $25,000 to the John Locke Foundation (JLF), a leading voice of climate science denial and renewable energy rejectionism in North Carolina. The contribution, which occurred in 2021...
Subpoenaed records detail FirstEnergy’s secret political spending to influence then-President Donald Trump
How FirstEnergy, one of America’s most corrupt utilities, secretly spent millions of dollars as it pursued a multi-billion-dollar federal bailout for its coal and nuclear plants during Donald Trump’s presidency,...
WEC Energy’s We Energies Foundation contributed $2 million to Republican National Convention
The utility previously declined to reveal its contribution