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FERC issues Notice of Inquiry to understand how it can protect customers from subsidizing trade association political activities
Federal energy regulators issued questions to the public last week as part of a process they may use to make it more difficult for the nation’s electric and gas utilities...
Records Show Senior Florida Power & Light Execs Closely Connected to Election Scandals
In the midst of Florida Power & Light’s push to dismantle a key rooftop solar policy in the state, new documents reveal that senior executives at the utility are closely...
Major investors warn utilities against carbon capture and offsets
Utilities should “focus primarily on minimising the use of fossil fuels and particularly coal”
Alabama Power to buy Calhoun plant despite rising gas prices
Purchase risks bill increases for customers, comes in spite of parent company's climate goal
NextEra spent $20 million to “ban” clean energy transmission project in Maine
Voters in Maine approved “Question 1” on the November ballot, in an effort to ban a 145 mile transmission line needed to carry hydropower from Quebec to help meet Massachusetts’...
Project Tundra coal carbon project faces delays, higher costs, and departing contractor
A proposal to build a carbon capture project at a coal plant in North Dakota faces delays, higher than expected costs, and a key contractor who said it won’t construct...
Do major investors support American Electric Power’s lobbying against President Biden’s clean energy plan?
Despite publicly pledging to support efforts to limit global warming emissions, asset managers are silent while utilities lobby against climate legislation
Salt River Project board narrowly approves nearly $1 billion gas plant expansion
This post was updated on September 13 to reflect the results of the Salt River Project board vote The board of directors of the Salt River Project, the third largest...
Enchant Energy spent more on lobbying than planning its coal carbon capture project
– The Department of Energy increased its share of the costs to study a carbon capture proposal at the San Juan Generating Station in the final week of the Trump...
Florida Power & Light $1.53 billion rate hike settlement includes new fossil gas investments
Ratepayers to fund $20 million in dues for political trade associations