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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.
Utility Industry Set To Get Another Ally Inside The Trump Administration
[…] 2005 Energy Policy Act The DOE job, if Menezes is appointed, will not be his first lap through the revolving door between utilities and government. After several years of...
Utilities that support Inflation Reduction Act are members of trade groups attacking it
[…] was announced, and their executives have mostly told investors in recent earnings calls two things: first, that the IRA would be good for it and its customers, and second...
Special Interests Behind Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative Consumers for Smart Solar
[…] was paid nearly $400,000 to serve on the board of two major utility companies ( First Energy and Northwestern Utilities). Net Communications has been retained for public relations campaigns...
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Follow the money behind attacks on clean energy in Ohio
[…] Power (AEP) Dayton Power & Light Duke Energy Dynegy, Inc. Exelon Generation Company, LLC First Energy NRG Energy, Inc NextEra Energy Resources AEP and FirstEnergy have publicly backed...
APS will try to kill renewable energy ballot measure so that it can keep building gas plants
Expect APS to come out swinging against a new renewable energy ballot initiative.
Utilities sent $2.4 million to anti-abortion state officials who sponsored and signed trigger laws
[…] Missouri Electric Cooperatives contributed $35,789 to trigger law authors. Utilities buoy Indiana lawmakers who passed first post-Roe abortion ban Abortion access remains a hotly contested issue beyond states with...
Duke Energy “Carbon Plan” proceeding in North Carolina highlights the utility’s preference for monopolization over customer savings
North Carolina ratepayer advocate pushes regulators to delay compliance with the law, despite benefits of clean energy and legislative priorities
Xcel Energy is recruiting Minnesota cities to thwart governor’s clean energy agenda
[…] fossil fuel infrastructure. Burnsville officials ultimately agreed to join the coalition, passing a resolution whose first draft was written by Swanson. In an internal email to Burnsville City Manager...
Michigan Utility Executives and Employees Increasing Political Contributions
[…] and Policy Institute analysis of Michigan Secretary of State campaign data from 2007 through the first four months of 2018 identified at least $6.5 million in contributions from individual...