Customers saving millions in states that banned utility political costs
February 5, 2026
Accountability laws deliver savings for Connecticut, Colorado, and Maryland ratepayers
Avangrid
Avangrid is a gas and electric utility serving customers in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. The company is a subsidiary of Spanish energy giant Iberdrola. It serves about 3.1 million customers in the United States.
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After Gillett’s departure, Connecticut regulators changed rate case decisions to increase utility profits, customers’ bills
November 26, 2025
Revenue requirements and ROE increased with just two commissioners
Utility and fossil fuel money lurks behind Maine Question 1 attack on absentee voting
October 22, 2025
The Republican State Leadership Committee, the top donor behind the Question 1 ballot referendum that would make it harder for Maine voters to cast absentee ballots, has raked in money this year from the utility and fossil fuel industries. Voter ID for Maine is the ballot committee backing Question 1 on Maine’s ballot. Roadside signs...
Utility-funded Republican and Democratic groups try to leverage rising utility bills in New Jersey’s race for governor
October 20, 2025
Updated on October 30, 2025, with additional utility funding for the Democratic Governors Association Investor-owned utilities and utility industry groups have made over $2.6 million in cash and in-kind contributions this year to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association, amid an election cycle where both groups have tried to make political hay out...
Reports
Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations
March 28, 2025
Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses
December 11, 2024
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
January 26, 2023
Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations
May 9, 2017