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Utility-linked donors back candidates for Louisiana’s utility seats

May 13, 2026

Contributors include utility PACs, their lobbyists, and former Entergy New Orleans CEO Charles Rice, who was tied to the company’s 2018 paid-actors scandal

Pepco rate hike faces scrutiny over profits, ROE, and alleged coordinated testimony

May 6, 2026

While Pepco seeks higher rates in Maryland, critics point to profits, higher projected earnings, and alleged efforts to coordinate supportive testimony

Nevada utilities back Lombardo in governor’s race

April 30, 2026

Utilities in Nevada are backing Republican Governor Joe Lombardo with their checkbooks in his reelection bid in the 2026 gubernatorial race. No other candidates in the race for Nevada’s next governor received utility contributions this cycle – including Democratic challenger and current Attorney General, Aaron Ford. Southwest Gas and NV Energy give $40,000 to Governor...

Becerra took over $150K from CA utilities as a candidate for Congress, AG

April 28, 2026

California’s three investor-owned utility monopolies have a lot riding on the outcome of the state’s first open race for governor since 2018, with their soaring electric bills taking center-stage in the race, and candidates offering different rhetoric and proposals for how to lower customers’ bills. The companies – Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), Southern...

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

Press

Utility CEOs made $626M in 2025 — while millions of customers fell behind on their bills

KBIA: CWIP stirs Republican energy funding debate

MoneyWise: Ohio, despite a low cost of living, has some of the highest electricity bills in the country — is all that money going to power company CEOs?