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  Alabama Power
  
  Alliant Energy
  
  Ameren
  
  American Electric Power
  
  American Gas Association
  
  Arizona Public Service
  
  Atmos
  
  Avangrid
  
  Baltimore Gas and Electric
  
  Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  
  CenterPoint Energy
  
  Consumers Energy
  
  Dominion Energy
  
  DTE Energy
  
  Duke Energy
  
  Edison Electric Institute
  
  Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition
  
  El Paso Electric
  
  Energy Solutions Center
  
  Entergy
  
  Evergy
  
  Eversource
  
  Exelon
  
  ExxonMobil
  
  FirstEnergy
  
  Florida Municipal Power Agency
  
  Florida Power & Light
  
  Georgia Power
  
  Gulf Power
  
  Hawthorn Group
  
  Koch Industries
  
  Matrix LLC
  
  MidAmerican Energy
  
  Mississippi Power
  
  Murray Energy
  
  National Fuel
  
  National Grid
  
  National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  
  NextEra Energy
  
  NV Energy
  
  Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
  
  Peabody Energy
  
  PG&E Corporation
  
  Propane Education and Research Council (PERC)
  
  Salt River Project
  
  Sempra
  
  Southern California Gas Company
  
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  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  
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  Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG)
  
  WEC Energy Group/We Energies
  
  Xcel Energy
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  Affordable Energy Coalition
  
  Affordable Energy for New Jersey
  
  Alliance For Michigan Power
  
  American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
  
  American Legislative Exchange Council
  
  Arizona Free Enterprise Club
  
  Buckeye Institute
  
  Caesar Rodney Institute
  
  California Carbon Capture Coalition
  
  Californians for Balance Energy Solutions (C4BES)
  
  Cascade Policy Institute
  
  Center of the American Experiment
  
  Citizens for Energizing Michigan’s Economy
  
  Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy
  
  Coloradans for Energy Access
  
  Consumer Energy Alliance
  
  Electric Markets Research Foundation
  
  Energy and Environment Legal Institute
  
  Energy Fairness
  
  Harvard Electricity Policy Group
  
  Heartland Institute
  
  Institute for Energy Research / American Energy Alliance
  
  Jobkeeper Alliance
  
  John Locke Foundation
  
  Mackinac Center for Public Policy
  
  Michigan Energy First
  
  Michigan Energy Promise
  
  National Black Chamber of Commerce
  
  Natural Allies for Clean Energy Future
  
  Natural Gas for the Next Generation
  
  New England Ratepayers Association
  
  New Yorkers for Affordable Energy
  
  Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy
  
  Partnership for Energy Progress
  
  Power for Tomorrow
  
  Save Our Stoves
  
  SC Clean Energy for All
  
  Seniors Across America
  
  Smarter NY Energy
  
  State Policy Network
  
  Stewards of Texas
  
  Strata Policy
  
  Texas Public Policy Foundation
  
  The Empowerment Alliance
  
  The Energy Poverty Awareness Center (EnPAC)
  
  Virginia Energy Consumer Trust
  
  Voices for Cooperative Power
  
  We Stand For Energy
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  April 23, 2025
  
  Utility CEOs get raises as companies roll back diversity, environmental pay incentives and rates increase
  
  December 6, 2024
  
  Gas Utility National Fuel Used Its Customers’ Money for Lobbying
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