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...
CenterPoint lobbyist ghostwrote comments to support gas appliance rebates
Comments filed by appliance companies and a pro-gas group came after consumer and climate advocates disputed CenterPoint’s rebate program.
WEC Energy’s We Energies Foundation contributed $2 million to Republican National Convention
The utility previously declined to reveal its contribution
Wisconsin utilities file for rate, profit hikes after Republicans ousted Huebner from PSC
A trio of Wisconsin utilities owned by WEC Energy Group is pushing to raise rates after Republican lawmakers ousted state utility regulator Tyler Huebner.
Utility campaign giving nears $500K as Michigan lawmakers weigh energy bills
DTE Energy and Consumers Energy PAC spending this year favors Democrats, who have a trifecta and have pledged to pass clean energy bills.
Michigan legislators took $176K from DTE since pledging new era of utility accountability after outage backlash
DTE Energy's contributions to campaign and party funds come as Democrats attempt to pass climate and consumer protection bills.
Xcel-funded group urges Minnesota regulators to increase profits for Xcel
Minnesota Utility Investors, a shareholder advocacy group, joins Xcel in pushing for PUC to reconsider rate case decision
DTE Energy shareholders reject transparency proposal
Efforts to force utilities to disclose political spending information continue at the Michigan Legislature and PSC
Xcel pushing measure that has raised gas bills in Minnesota, scrapped in other states
Xcel Energy is fighting the scheduled sunset of a Minnesota law that enables utilities to charge customers hundreds of millions of dollars for fossil gas infrastructure upgrades without standard regulatory...
North Dakota has spent millions on a coal industry campaign targeting 100% clean energy legislation in Minnesota
A North Dakota coal industry front group, the Lignite Energy Council, has jumped state lines to wage a campaign to weaken a bill in Minnesota that would require the state’s...