Alabama Commissioner Chip Beeker’s Catfish Farm Loans $100k to Campaign After Receiving PPP Forgiveness
An Alabama utility regulator is funding his re-election campaign with a loan from his private farm, which has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal subsidies, despite the regulator’s...
Alabama Power-funded PAC builds almost $4 million election warchest
Alabama Commissioner Jeremy Oden may have used his office for campaign purposes
Alabama Power contributed more than $176k to leaders of Alabama’s anti-LGTBQ+ bills
Alabama Power and its political action committee have contributed more than $176,000 since January 2021 to Alabama politicians who drove that state’s passage of anti-LGTBQ+ bills, including Alabama Governor Kay...
New records suggest Alabama Power paid millions to shadowy consulting groups involved in scandals throughout the Southeast
Payments went to monitor environmental groups
Duke Energy given preferential treatment to shape study of HB 951 by North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff, records show
Duke Energy received preferential treatment and exclusive access from the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff when that agency analyzed the impacts on customers’ bills of a sweeping energy bill...
North Carolina HB 951 could mean windfall for Duke, large rate increases for customers
Duke Energy is attempting to win major concessions from North Carolina lawmakers on an energy bill that would fundamentally change the state’s regulatory landscape, setting up a potential veto showdown...
TVA net zero emissions target undercut by new gas
Goal falls short of Biden’s call to decarbonize electricity by 2035
Records reveal Entergy’s role in stalling MISO transmission planning
Texas freeze of 2021 highlights need for robust transmission system to protect consumers, increase renewable energy
Duke, Southern disclose misleading descriptions of climate policy advocacy to ESG investors
Facing pressure from investors, the top two carbon polluting utilities in the country are making gestures to disclose more information about their advocacy with regard to climate policy, but the...
South Carolina public advocate hires Dominion Energy attorney
The South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, whose stated mission is to represent South Carolinians in utility matters before the Public Service Commission, has hired a lawyer who had previously...