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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending
September 16, 2025
State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs. Assembly Bill 1167, the California Ratepayer Protection Act, authored by Assembly Member Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), passed both chambers of the legislature and now awaits action by Governor...

Southwest Gas privately asks for veto of utility disconnections reporting bill
September 12, 2025
Southwest Gas’s (SWG) president sent a letter to Governor Joe Lombardo on the final day of Nevada’s 2025 legislative session, urging the Governor to veto a bill requiring utilities to publicly report disconnection data, despite SWG taking a neutral stance in public at every legislative meeting on the bill. Governor Lombardo signed Senate Bill 442...

Trump administration nixed funding for California offshore wind terminal after request from a climate denial group
September 4, 2025
The Committee for Constructive Tomorrow signed onto a letter in June that urged President Trump’s Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to rescind nearly $427 million in federal funding for a Humboldt Bay marine terminal that would serve as a hub for offshore wind development in California.  A Department of Transportation press release touted Duffy’s cancellation...
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