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Utilities Quietly Walk Back Commitments to Diverse Hiring, Social Justice

After spending the past half-decade scaling up efforts to diversify their workforces and suppliers as well as making and touting donations to social justice organizations, corporate utilities across the U.S....

/ April 30, 2025

Several Utilities Donate to Trump Inauguration Committee 

Monopoly utilities NextEra Energy, Sempra, Southern Company, and Washington Gas were among the donors to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration.  The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Inc., received large checks from...

/ April 25, 2025
Pile of money

Utility CEOs get raises as companies roll back diversity, environmental pay incentives and rates increase

In 2024, investor-owned utilities paid their chief executive officers a total of over $530 million, according to an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute based on the latest proxy...

/ April 23, 2025
Kehoe bill signing with PSC Chair Hahn, Sen. Cierpiot, Rep. Hurlbert and Sen. O'Laughlin

Kehoe signs law likely to increase utilities’ profits, Missourians’ utility bills

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed off on his first major energy package earlier this month, a suite of policies likely to increase Missourians' utility bills and corporate utilities' profits, reflecting...

/ April 22, 2025

Southern Company Retreats on Clean Energy Ambition as Emissions Cuts Stall

Southern Company has quietly weakened the key greenhouse gas reduction metric used in its executive compensation program — a move that makes it easier for top executives to receive performance...

/ April 21, 2025

HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’ spotlights FirstEnergy’s corruption as Trump revives federal coal plant bailout the utility once lobbied for 

The premiere of HBO’s new documentary “The Dark Money Game” shines a spotlight on FirstEnergy’s bribes-for-bailouts scheme in Ohio just days after President Trump revived a failed push to use...

/ April 16, 2025

Ohio’s big utilities fight repeal of scandal-tainted bill riders that cost customers billions of dollars

Ohio’s largest utilities are opposing state legislation that could help rein in scandal-tainted electric bill riders that have cost their customers billions of dollars.  Executives from AEP, AES, Duke Energy,...

/ March 24, 2025

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