Utilities

Coolidge Generating Station, a gas plant in Arizona, consumed 107.43 acre feet of groundwater last year, according to documents provided by Salt River Project (SRP), the utility that owns the plant and is planning to expand it.  Declining groundwater is a massive concern in Arizona. Despite the fact that the Coolidge plant’s groundwater consumption has...

Ameren Missouri is citing a new law that it backed to justify building a methane gas plant that could increase costs for residential customers.  The St. Louis–based monopoly utility invoked Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), the omnibus energy bill passed in April 2025, multiple times in testimony with the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC). The...

Georgia Public Service Commission incumbents Fitz Johnson and Tim Echols have each received most of their campaign funding, since January 2024, from individuals and companies associated with the monopoly utilities they regulate. In the District 3 race, incumbent Commissioner Fitz Johnson has received more than 87 percent of his campaign contributions from donors tied to...

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a utility-funded nonprofit, has proposed a new framework that could enable utilities to scale back climate targets – without disclosing its industry affiliation. In releasing a draft of its new SMARTargets methodology, EPRI touted its “commitment to scientific rigor and transparency.” However, the organization did not disclose that it...