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Follow the money: Pinnacle West-funded groups undermining renewable energy efforts in Arizona
According to Arizona campaign finance quarterly reports that were filed last month, Arizona Public Service’s parent company, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, contributed $1.18 million to Arizonans for Affordable Electricity, a political action...
Big-Dollar Contributors with Ties to Georgia Power and Southern Company Bet on Pridemore, Eaton for Georgia PSC
Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) incumbents Tricia Pridemore and Chuck Eaton each received approximately two-thirds of their campaign contributions from people or companies associated with regulated entities such as Georgia...
Lawmakers behind legislation to help Arizona Public Service have now filed a complaint against the renewable energy ballot campaign
Two state legislators that have sponsored and introduced bills to help Arizona’s largest utility, Arizona Public Service, recently filed a complaint against the committee working to increase the state’s renewable...
Michigan Utility Executives and Employees Increasing Political Contributions
An Energy and Policy Institute analysis of Michigan Secretary of State campaign data from 2007 through the first four months of 2018 identified at least $6.5 million in contributions from...
Emails shed light on discussions lobbyists for grid operator PJM Interconnection had with federal and state policymakers
The grid operator that coordinates the wholesale electricity markets in the U.S. Midwest has been lobbying for and against varying efforts to prop up uneconomic coal and nuclear plants in...
Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy Boost Political Spending in Florida, Bet Heavily on Republicans
Florida Power & Light (FPL) and Duke Energy are getting an early jump on 2018 political spending compared to the last midterm election, according to records from the Florida Department...
AZ legislator who slammed renewable energy initiative collects income from multiple organizations tied to APS
AZ state senator Robert Meza says he based his opposition on a study paid for by APS.
Alabama Cooperative Customers Unknowingly Funding Political Candidates
Rural electric cooperative members in Alabama are unknowingly contributing to political candidates’ campaigns through their monthly utility bills, according to a new analysis from the Energy and Policy Institute. The...
Soaring Pipeline Profits May Be Driving DTE Energy’s Proposed New Gas Plant; Creates Conflict of Interest
Flawed models suggest the company is prioritizing its gas subsidiary over the public interest
Indiana lawmaker with history of receiving gifts from utilities, sponsoring utility-friendly legislation, now to join commission that regulates them
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced last week that he selected State Representative Dave Ober (R-Albion), chair of the House Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications and frequent recipient of utility...