Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles
April 21, 2026
Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises
NextEra Energy
NextEra Energy is a holding company that owns Florida Power & Light, a regulated utility, and NextEra Energy Resources, an unregulated development arm that builds energy projects across the country. It is the largest utility in the United States.
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Federal data shows over 13 million electric shutoffs as industry posts record profits
April 20, 2026
First comprehensive national dataset shows millions of shutoffs, concentrated in states with limited protections, as rising energy costs and proposed cuts to LIHEAP increase risks for vulnerable households.
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
Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits
March 12, 2026
Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations
March 28, 2025
Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets
March 17, 2025
Duke Energy Knew
November 21, 2024
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills
January 26, 2023
Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising
September 23, 2022
Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses
May 18, 2022
Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan
December 1, 2020
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
September 23, 2020
Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
December 10, 2019
Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade
June 26, 2019
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