Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles
April 21, 2026
Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises
Eversource
Eversource is a gas and electric utility which serves approximately 4 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Under pressure to decarbonize in the New England states, Eversource left the American Gas Association, making it the largest utility to leave the industry’s main lobbying group.
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Customers saving millions in states that banned utility political costs
February 5, 2026
Accountability laws deliver savings for Connecticut, Colorado, and Maryland ratepayers
Utility lobbyists host private gathering in Red Sox suite for regulators ahead of NARUC meeting
January 8, 2026
The trade association representing for-profit electric utilities hosted utility regulators alongside industry lobbyists in a luxury Fenway Park suite for a Red Sox game on the sidelines of a regulators’ conference last July, according to public records obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the trade association for monopoly...
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Reports
Utility industry contributions to section 527 political organizations
May 15, 2026
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
Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen
January 6, 2022
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
September 23, 2020
Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations
May 9, 2017