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FirstEnergy wants to add $108 million to the rates paid by customers of its Ohio utilities so the company can avoid taking a loss for a corporate accounting foul-up flagged repeatedly in audits by state and federal utility regulators.  A 2022 audit by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found that FirstEnergy’s subsidiaries may have mischarged...

Duke Energy has quietly become one of the most powerful funders behind North Carolina’s Republican Party and politicians, at a time when state GOP leaders have pursued their latest congressional gerrymander.

Half of the funds raised to combat the ballot initiative trace back to the utility.

With no limits on corporate contributions, Dominion has already poured nearly $8.3 million into 2025 statewide and House races, money that helps shape who writes utility law and who oversees the monopoly’s rates.