BGE’s prepaid FlexPay plan would waive disconnection protections – most backers have utility ties
November 2, 2026
Lawmakers and nonprofits tied to BGE wrote most letters supporting its prepaid FlexPay program
Exelon
Exelon Corporation is a holding company that is engaged in the transmission and distribution of energy through its seven subsidiaries: ComEd, PECO, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco, Delmarva Power & Light Company, and Atlantic City Electric Company. Exelon completed the spin-off of its generation business (Exelon Generation) in 2022 into a new, independent publicly-traded company named Constellation Energy.
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Maryland PSC delays key Future of Gas rule after utility-linked opposition campaign
June 30, 2026
Under utility pressure, new Chair Kumar Barve’s Commission put off action ending line extension allowances - subsidies that shift the cost of new gas hookups onto existing customers.
‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan
June 10, 2026
David Stevenson, who led a national campaign against offshore wind power for the Delaware-based Caesar Rodney Institute, is now fighting land-based solar and wind farms and promoting fossil fuels and nuclear power with the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a group funded by the donor network of petrochemical billionaires Charles and Chase Koch. The...
Pepco rate hike faces scrutiny over profits, ROE, and alleged coordinated testimony
May 6, 2026
While Pepco seeks higher rates in Maryland, critics point to profits, higher projected earnings, and alleged efforts to coordinate supportive testimony
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
Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series
January 30, 2023
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
January 26, 2023
Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses
May 18, 2022
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
Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017
July 25, 2017
Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations
May 9, 2017