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What The Public Learned From The Utility Industry In 2018
[…] able to intimidate other lawmakers by pointing to what they did in my race.” 6. FirstEnergy and Exelon lobby for higher electricity bills Image from DocumentCloud, Robert Galbraith of...
TVA attempts to chain local power companies to longer contracts in effort to prevent defection risk
New TVA contract could prevent municipal utilities, co-ops from pursuing local renewable energy, storage
FirstEnergy charged Pennsylvania customers $2.4 million for ‘inappropriate costs’ related to Ohio investigation
[…] period. The agreement noted the title sponsorship “has significant advertising and good will value to First Energy .” “Institutional and promotional advertising does not provide a direct primary benefit...
NextEra Energy
[…] explain its reasoning behind the quick approval of FPL’s rate increase. Image (credit Good Jobs First Violation Tracker) Additional examples of ongoing investigations, complaints, and lawsuits around the country ...
Utility Industry Contributing Millions to National Political Party Groups
[…] at the Trump National Doral Golf Resort in Florida in May 2017. One of the first agenda items was “Corporate Opening Plenary Session 1: Energy.” Attendees were able to...
Utilities back anti-protest bills in Ohio and other states
[…] the full Ohio House. More than 160 people testified against the bill since it was first introduced last February, while testimony in support of the bill came from nine...
13 FirstEnergy utilities paid $144 million for external affairs to service company involved in Ohio bribery scandal
FirstEnergy utilities in five states paid $144 million over three years for external affairs support from the central service company that’s alleged to be the source of tens of […]
FirstEnergy attributed Ohio utility regulator’s actions to $4.3 million payment
A state utility regulator in Ohio acted “at the request or for the benefit” of FirstEnergy “as a consequence of receiving” a $4.3 million payment from the utility company shortly...
Southwest Gas and NV Energy-funded groups advocate in favor of gas in Nevada’s “future of gas” docket
[…] is a common utility-industry tactic to influence lawmakers and regulators alike. For example, in a first-of-its-kind analysis in 2019, the Energy and Policy Institute examined the philanthropic contributions of...
Utility-funded Harvard group has given tens of thousands of dollars in airfare, luxury hotels and meals to Arizona utility commissioners
[…] the adverse effects, which is why industry groups fund these policy forum junkets in the first place,” Rabago said. Ashley Brown, the man behind HEPG Ashley Brown, who runs...