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DTE Energy employees directed the transfer of money from one dark money nonprofit to another tied to a Michigan official, recent criminal court filings show, contradicting years of the utility denying or downplaying its involvement in secretive political giving. The filings represent the most definitive evidence yet suggesting DTE employees have controlled the activities of...

After five years of aggressive legal maneuvering, Georgia Power has lost its battle to stop Nestlé Purina from choosing a different Georgia utility that could deliver better renewable energy options to its factory. In doing so, Georgia Power not only lost a major customer, it handed Walton EMC a victory that may open a new...

A Department of Energy memorandum identified significant logistical challenges facing the Trump administration’s last-minute order to prevent the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued the order on May 23, just eight days before the plant was scheduled to shut down on May 31st. Wright’s order...

A new Maine bill, LD 1949, would place limits on the costs utilities can charge their customers for the legal and consulting fees they pay to advocate for rate increases. The bill, introduced by Senator Anne Carney, recently advanced out of the Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Technology and now awaits a floor vote...