Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles
April 21, 2026
Utilities saw poor customer outcomes, lowered standards as they gave CEOs raises
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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.
FERC rejects reform, leaves customers paying for utility trade associations
April 17, 2026
FERC preserves status quo, leaving customers exposed to political cost recovery, even as states move to block these expenses and Congress considers legislation to require stronger protections.
Utility-linked PACs provide bulk of funding for two Alabama utility regulators
April 13, 2026
Incumbent Alabama PSC candidates Oden and Beeker rely heavily on three PACs funded by utility-related interests
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
Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses
December 11, 2024
Duke Energy Knew
November 21, 2024
Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built
August 5, 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
Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising
September 23, 2022
Southern Company Knew
June 8, 2022
Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses
May 18, 2022
Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies
May 2, 2022
AGA uses millions of dollars from utility customers to promote a fossil fuel agenda
February 17, 2022
List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities
January 6, 2022
Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen
January 6, 2022
Gas utilities push RNG and hydrogen to expand fossil fuel infrastructure
January 6, 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
Coal and water conflicts in the American West
July 15, 2020
ExxonMobil attacks wind power, carbon tax in Texas
July 6, 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
The Utility Industry’s Influence at Universities
January 20, 2016
Attacks on Renewable Energy Policies in 2015
July 27, 2015
Utilities’ Anti-Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked
March 19, 2015
Attacks on Renewable Energy Policy by Fossil Fuel Interests 2013-2014
May 21, 2014