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Ameren shareholders reject anti-greenwashing proposal
The provision would have required independent verification of the utility’s climate goals
Donald van der Vaart: North Carolina Utilities Commission nominee has history of controversy, potential conflicts
North Carolina lawmakers this week will begin considering the nomination to the North Carolina Utilities Commission of Donald van der Vaart, whose wife’s work would present potential conflicts of interest...
Evergy leans into fossil fuels as it backtracks on climate commitments
Kansas City-based Evergy this month signaled plans to delay the retirement of its coal plants, increase planned methane gas generation, and reduce and delay new renewable energy generation, raising questions...
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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...