CenterPoint Energy

Newly released federal data offers the clearest look yet at which electric and gas utilities disconnect the most residential customers for falling behind on their electric bills. The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest dataset follows an April report that showed that utilities disconnected customers’ residential electric service 13.5 million times for unpaid bills in 2024,...

CenterPoint’s two political action committees (PACs) contributed $2 million to Texas PACs and politicians between 2021 and 2026, with Republican candidates and PACs associated with Republican priorities receiving the lion’s share of funds, according to a review of political contribution filings by the Energy and Policy Institute. The bulk of the political donations, totaling $1.35...

Six of Ohio’s largest investor-owned electric and gas utilities contributed more than $2 million to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association since January of last year, in an election cycle where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have both campaigned on lowering energy bills for Ohioans if elected as governor.  The six...

Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises