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Portraits of NC state Rep. Carla Cunningham, Nasif Majeed, and Shelly Willingham

North Carolina voters rejected Duke Energy-funded Democrats who cast decisive votes for controversial utility bill

March 24, 2026

Three North Carolina Democratic state House members who crossed the aisle to cast key votes to override Gov. Josh Stein's veto of a controversial Duke Energy-backed utility bill were rejected by voters in their own party's primaries this month — after receiving the maximum $10,000 campaign contributions from the utility.

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

March 12, 2026

As consumers face persistently high and rising energy costs and financial stress, a substantial share of what they pay for electricity is flowing to investors as profit.

Southwest Gas’ Integrated Resource Plan lacks support and details, advocates assert

February 19, 2026

Nevada gas utility Southwest Gas (SWG) has not provided sufficient information or analysis in its inaugural long-term resource plan to ensure the utility is proposing the most cost-effective options for its customers, Nevada advocates and state officials are saying. Intervenors who are critical of the resource plan include Nevada’s Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) and...

Peoples Gas settles discrimination lawsuit amidst rate hike

February 18, 2026

Peoples Gas, the Chicago-based gas utility, has settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging that it engaged in systemic race discrimination against Black employees and customers through fostering a hostile work environment, discriminatory job and territory assignment, discriminatory overtime and pay, discriminatory performance and discipline practices, and retaliation. Eleven former and current employees of the gas utility...

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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

North Carolina voters rejected Duke Energy-funded Democrats who cast decisive votes for controversial utility bill

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

Southwest Gas’ Integrated Resource Plan lacks support and details, advocates assert

Peoples Gas settles discrimination lawsuit amidst rate hike

Reports

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

Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations

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

Planet Detroit: How much do DTE, Consumers customers pay in utility profits?

CPR News: Report suggests energy utilities like Xcel are increasing profits even as customer bills surge

Hazelton Standard Speaker: PPL profit is tops for utilities in Northeast

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