Matt Kasper 
Dave Anderson 
Keriann Conroy 
Jonathan Kim 
PURPA under attack by utilities and their front groups
Electric utilities are backing a proposal to gut the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), a federal law that supports the growth of renewable energy and competition in electricity markets,...
Georgia Power Inaction on Renewables May Lead to Loss of Large Industrial Customer
As large electricity customers around the country are increasingly requesting renewable energy from their utilities, one utility’s failure to meet that demand has led it into a bitter legal dispute...
National Grid Objected to Heat Pump Company’s Party Status in New Gas Pipeline Project
National Grid attempted to block a company promoting alternative fuel sources to gas from receiving party status during deliberations on its pipeline project in upstate New York. In filings with...
An “Electric Cooperative Governance Task Force Report” urging co-op transparency was kept secret until now
The national trade association for electric cooperatives commissioned a report urging its members to embrace transparency reforms, but the association has kept its findings a secret for the past two...
Report details utilities’ use of charitable giving to influence politics
Utilities' charitable giving a massive part of their political operations, used to manipulate support from low-income communities and communities of color.
Entergy Threatens New Orleans City Council in Push Against “Resilient Renewables”
A policy requiring New Orleans’ electricity to come from sources that are both renewable and resilient to the impacts of climate change faces opposition from the utility Entergy, which threatened...
Pennsylvania House Speaker Says He Will Rely on Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers in Lawsuits to Oppose Joining RGGI
Pennsylvania’s Republican House Speaker Mike Turzai recently revealed he will rely on private attorneys who represent the fossil fuel industry to thwart Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order for Pennsylvania to...
How Market Power Gives Electric Utilities Political Power
John Farrell from the Institute for Local Self Reliance (ILSR) explains how utilities use political power to block the transition to renewable energy in this guest post.
Utilities don’t want Peabody Energy’s “clean coal” awards anymore
In the latest sign of the U.S. coal industry’s declining ability to compete in the power sector, Peabody Energy is now struggling to find electric utility companies who are willing...
While Wisconsin residents object to the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas plant, their public officials submit supportive comments ghostwritten by industry
As the public comment period for a new natural gas power plant drew to a close last month, several state lawmakers filed comments urging the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to...