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Utility-funded Republican and Democratic groups try to leverage rising utility bills in New Jersey’s race for governor
October 20, 2025
Investor-owned utilities and utility industry groups have made nearly $2 million in cash and in-kind contributions this year to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association, amid an election cycle where both groups have tried to make political hay out of rising electricity bills in New Jersey’s race for governor.  The Republican Governors Association...

Utilities and fossil fuel industry support proposed Trump administration air pollution rollbacks
September 23, 2025
Utilities, fossil fuel companies, and aligned groups filed public comments last month supporting a pair of Trump administration proposals to repeal EPA limits on harmful emissions of air pollution and greenhouse gases from power plants.   One of the Trump administration’s proposals would reverse a Biden-era EPA rule that strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS),...

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...
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