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A recent Washington Post investigation brought new attention to the Regulators Roundtable, a little-known organization that connects Republican state utility commissioners with companies and trade associations that have interests before the regulators, and raises money from those companies and groups.  The Energy and Policy Institute provided records to the Post revealing how the organization solicited...

Arizona Corporation Commission Commissioner Kevin Thompson is using his personal email account to communicate with the Regulators Roundtable on Commission issues. The Regulators Roundtable is a utility-affiliated organization that offers corporate “investors” private access to state regulators and works to support the election of Republican regulators. EPI filed a public records request with the Corporation...

More than two-thirds of contributions of $500 or more that went to Fitz Johnson, the Republican candidate for Georgia Public Service Commission District 3, came from people and entities tied to the companies the Commission regulates, according to an Energy and Policy Institute review of campaign finance data.  Josh Tolbert, the Republican candidate in District...

Metadata suggest Central Hudson authored other utilities’ filings