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WEC Energy’s We Energies Foundation contributed $2 million to Republican National Convention

The utility previously declined to reveal its contribution

/ September 18, 2024

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...

/ August 14, 2024

Missouri utility regulator urged Governor Parson to prevent detailed disconnection reporting

Commissioner Kayla Hahn, Chair of the Missouri PSC, asked her former boss, Governor Mike Parson, to deny a proposed rule four years in the making because it required utilities to...

/ August 13, 2024

As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year

While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over...

/ July 18, 2024
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Utilities, once represented by UARG, now part of the ‘Electric Generators for a Sensible Transition’ in their suit against the EPA

A new ad hoc coalition of electric utilities has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its newly proposed rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and new...

/ June 11, 2024

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.

/ June 7, 2024

FirstEnergy floats $13.6 million refund in Pennsylvania in response to Ohio criminal investigation and audits of influence spending charged to customers 

FirstEnergy is proposing to refund $13.6 million to Pennsylvania customers who the company mischarged for payments related to the utility’s bribery schemes in Ohio, as well as advertising, lobbying, sports...

/ April 4, 2024

Charities and groups funded or connected to APS filed comments in support of its $460 million rate hike request

Over 2,000 people submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) throughout Arizona Public Services’ (APS) rate case application, with many expressing frustration and anger with the utility’s proposed $460...

/ April 1, 2024

Southeastern Utilities Block Transmission Necessary for Decarbonization

Decarbonizing the economy will require a significant expansion of interstate and interregional transmission, but investor-owned utilities in the South, such as Southern Company and Entergy, have spent years undermining efforts...

/ February 7, 2024