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Los Angeles City Council candidate holds extensive ties to SoCalGas

May 26, 2026

Raul Claros, a candidate for Los Angeles City Council, is the founder of several local organizations that collectively have received more than $150,000 in contributions and sponsorships from Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) over the past decade. Claros, a longtime nonprofit executive and former Executive Director at the Los Angeles chapter of the American Red Cross,...

Side by side official portraits of NC Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page

Duke Energy’s dark money backed Phil Berger’s losing primary

May 21, 2026

The utility company routed funds from its Duke Energy Carolinas subsidiary into a political nonprofit where it’s the sole donor. Then that group gave $200,000 to a super PAC launched this year to help the longtime North Carolina Senate president pro tem, who fell short by 23 votes.

NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion would bring history of political control, rate increases to Virginia, Carolinas

May 20, 2026

Potential NextEra customers can expect higher bills, regulatory capture, and deals with data centers.

Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills

May 18, 2026

Six of Ohio’s largest investor-owned electric and gas utilities contributed more than $2 million to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association since January of last year, in an election cycle where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have both campaigned on lowering energy bills for Ohioans if elected as governor. The six...

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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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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?

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Featured Articles

Los Angeles City Council candidate holds extensive ties to SoCalGas

Duke Energy’s dark money backed Phil Berger’s losing primary

NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion would bring history of political control, rate increases to Virginia, Carolinas

Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills

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