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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...
Gas Utility National Fuel Used Its Customers’ Money for Lobbying
New evidence shows National Fuel again used ratepayer money for its grassroots lobbying efforts in New York. The large methane gas utility serving 750,000 customers in New York and Pennsylvania...
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.
TVA Documents Reveal New Details About How America’s Major Utilities Fight Clean Air Regulations
Over the last two years, an obscure group of utilities called the Power Generators Air Coalition (PGen) has quietly opposed numerous environmental protections proposed by the Biden administration, including rules...
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
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...
WEC Energy’s We Energies Foundation contributed $2 million to Republican National Convention
The utility previously declined to reveal its contribution
Donald Trump and J.D. Vance PACs raked in millions from gas industry megadonors Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin
Ariel Corporation chairman and her spouse have also opposed new solar farms in Ohio Gas industry megadonor couple Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin together contributed at least $2.4 million...