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New Front Group, Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy, Emerges to Fight for Monopoly Utilities
A new front group, Floridians for Affordable Reliable Energy (FARE), launched a campaign on February 26, 2019, to block a Constitutional amendment aimed at breaking up Florida’s investor-owned utilities, such...
Acme Equities wants to add expensive carbon capture to distressed coal plant
Acme Equities wants to install expensive carbon capture technology on the already too costly San Juan Generating Station.
Acme Equities: who is the hedge fund trying to buy a teetering New Mexico coal plant?
Acme Equities, a mysterious hedge fund with no experience in the power sector, is vying to buy a New Mexico coal plant slated for closure.
City of Milwaukee invests in its own solar, rejects We Energies’ offer for now as councilors express ire with utility’s efforts to stifle market
Milwaukee’s Public Works Committee advanced a resolution yesterday to construct up to .21 megawatts of solar systems on three of the city’s libraries, rebuffing efforts by the monopoly utility company...
Utilities Made A Final Push To Aid Republican and Democratic Governors Associations Leading Up To The Election
Campaign finance forms filed earlier this month with the IRS detail how several large investor-owned utility companies made substantial contributions to both the Republican and Democratic Governors Associations, as well...
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Again Appoints Ellen Nowak To PSC
With just a few weeks remaining as governor, Republican Scott Walker appointed his top aid Ellen Nowak to the Public Service Commission (PSC). Earlier this year, Nowak was chosen by...
What The Public Learned From The Utility Industry In 2018
Deceit, money in politics, astroturfing: 12 revelations from the electric utility industry
The Trump Administration continues to aid the coal industry in the U.S. and abroad as climate talks continue in Poland
As world leaders gather to draft the rulebook for the Paris Climate Agreement, the Trump Administration will promote coal
Entergy Leaves Questions Unanswered in Paid Actor Scandal
Entergy continues to receive significant scrutiny due to its use of paid actors to feign public support in New Orleans City Council hearings for a proposed natural gas plant, which...
Analysis: How Electric Utilities and Their Executives Contributed in Nine Governor Races
Utilities Bet on Republicans in Some Close Races, Hedge in Others