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APS funds fossil fuel front group advertising in Arizona

July 24, 2026

Social media advertisements released this week by fossil fuel advocacy front group Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) are boosting Arizona Public Service’s (APS) recently announced proposal to convert two units at its retired Cholla Power Plant from coal to methane gas. According to a CEA internal budget document obtained by EPI via public records request, APS...

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.

New nationwide data reveals utility specific disconnection information

June 22, 2026

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,...

Side-by-side portraits of NC Chief Justice Paul Newby and Justice Phil Berger Jr.

Amid financial conflicts and recusal concerns, NC Supreme Court upholds Duke Energy rate hike

June 16, 2026

In 2023, a reorganized North Carolina Utilities Commission allowed a higher profit rate for Duke Energy Carolinas than for Duke Energy Progress, despite similar facts. A high court where some members have conflicts of interest upheld the decision.

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Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations

May 9, 2017

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Featured Articles

APS funds fossil fuel front group advertising in Arizona

Maryland PSC delays key Future of Gas rule after utility-linked opposition campaign

New nationwide data reveals utility specific disconnection information

Amid financial conflicts and recusal concerns, NC Supreme Court upholds Duke Energy rate hike

Reports

Utility industry contributions to section 527 political organizations

Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

Duke Energy Knew

Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising

Southern Company Knew

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses

Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies

AGA uses millions of dollars from utility customers to promote a fossil fuel agenda

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen

Gas utilities push RNG and hydrogen to expand fossil fuel infrastructure

Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan

Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities

Coal and water conflicts in the American West

ExxonMobil attacks wind power, carbon tax in Texas

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

Paying for Utility Politics: How ratepayers are forced to fund the Edison Electric Institute and other political organizations

The Utility Industry’s Influence at Universities

Attacks on Renewable Energy Policies in 2015

Utilities’ Anti-Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked

Attacks on Renewable Energy Policy by Fossil Fuel Interests 2013-2014

Press

MLive: As energy costs rise, Michigan lawmakers take aim at utility profits

Bucks County Courier Times: PPL electric bills to rise in July despite new data center tariffs

Watchdog calls for investigation after PURA commissioner-utility communications revealed in rate case

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