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Texas utilities spent tens of millions on ‘legislative matters’ as electric bills rise

CenterPoint Energy, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Entergy Texas spent a combined $58.06 million on “legislative matters,” including lobbying and regulatory advocacy, from 2021 through 2025, according to annual reports filed to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).  CenterPoint Energy led with the most spending on “legislative matters” from 2021 through 2025 at...

Salt River Project customers pay to support political work

Employees fund PAC’s direct contributions, but ratepayers are paying twice as much to ‘administer’ fund Salt River Project (SRP) ratepayers are paying at least $500,000 annually to support the administration of SRP’s political action committee, which works to support and oppose political candidates in Arizona and nationally. The political action committee (PAC) is called SRP’s...

Regulators Roundtable: Documents reveal GOPAC’s secretive influence network for utility commissioners

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...

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