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Detroit News: DTE Energy-linked nonprofit quietly gave $100,000 to House speaker fund amid outage anger, 12/17/2024
8 News Now: NV Energy, Southwest Gas criticized by national utility watchdog over improper charges, 12/13/2024
Sahan Journal: Settlement slashes membership dues CenterPoint can pass on to Minnesota customers, 12/13/2024
Heated: Tim Ryan is a paid fossil fuel mouthpiece, 12/12/2024
KTNV: Spa services, first class travel, golf among expenses Nevada utilities tried to pass on to customers, 12/11/2024
Floodlight: Massages and country clubs: Your electric bill may be funding lavish perks, 12/11/2024
Grist: Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing, 11/27/2024
Planet Detroit: Michigan regulators slash DTE Energy’s gas rate hike, 11/14/2024
Floodlight: A fossil fuel group is working with US tribes to boost LNG exports, 11/13/2024
Grist: These downballot elections may slow the shift to clean energy, 11/8/2024
Floodlight: Big utility PACs favor GOP in high-stakes 2024 races, 11/4/2024
Heated: Elon Musk’s PAC is powered by coal, 11/3/2024
WPLN: How Biden affected TVA, 11/1/2024
Planet Detroit: Will DTE face consequences for ghostwritten rate case comments?, 10/31/2024
News 5 Cleveland: Supporters of Ohio Issue 1 far outraise opponents, 10/28/2024
Heatmap News: 3 Small Elections With Big Consequences for Clean Energy, 10/23/2024
KBIA: Missouri’s utilities give more than $400,000 to Kehoe campaign, 10/22/2024
Planet Detroit: DTE Energy ghostwriting comments to push $456 million rate hike, 10/17/2024
Energy News Network: HB 6 Updates: Fact-finding limits could frustrate shareholder cases, 10/15/2024
Ohio Capital Journal: FirstEnergy gave heavily to Trump and Trump worked for a federal bailout, report says, 10/11/2024
MLive: Michigan utilities criticized for handing out executive bonuses while outages persisted, 10/9/2024
The Lever: Before Hurricane Helene, A Perfect Storm Of Climate Denialism, 10/2/2024
The Guardian: Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US, 9/26/2024
The Guardian: 93F and no electricity: why some US utilities can cut power despite heatwaves, 9/25/2024
Minnesota Reformer: Kathleen Fowke’s Minnesota Senate candidacy powered by utility companies, 9/18/2024
USA Today: Campaign money? Bribes? Lobbying? Your utility rates may include some, advocates say, 9/8/2024
Inside Climate News: Ratepayers Have Had Enough Of Rising Energy Bills, 9/8/2024
Grist: Why Mississippi coal is powering Georgia’s data centers, 8/27/2024
Gas Outlook: U.S. electricity price increases on gas price volatility, wildfires, 8/8/2024
Alabama Reflector: Tennessee Valley Authority faces a push to get greener and more transparent, 7/18/2024
CT Examiner: East Haven, East Hartford Letters Supporting Gas Rate Hikes Were Drafted by Company, 7/3/2024
Lagniappe: PLUGGED IN – Alabama Power spreads love and influence, especially at Auburn, 7/2/2024
Rolling Stone: Inside the Right-Wing Campaign to End Protections for Endangered Species, 6/27/2024
Energy News Network: HB 6 Updates: Ohio regulators continue piecemeal review, 6/27/2024
Canary Media: TVA’s local solar program is about to get its biggest project yet, 5/16/2024
Daily Kos: Earth Matters, 5/12/2024
NPR Marketplace: Why does my electric company need to advertise?, 5/3/2024
AP: Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm, 5/3/2024
9&10 News: ‘Local control’ ballot group draws criticism for nonprofit contributions, 5/1/2024
Cleveland.com: Did a gas lobbyist write an Ohio Senator’s speech about a pipeline resolution? 4/26/2024
Business Insider: Electric grids need upgrades thanks to data centers. Guess who helps pay for that. 4/18/2024
Grist: Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast? 4/17/2024
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Xcel CEO’s pay falls 24%, but offered hefty bonus if he stays, 4/15/2024
Channel 3 News (WFSB, CT): Natural gas utilities asking for illegal items in rate increase request, 4/2/2024
NY Focus: After Scolding by Regulator, National Fuel Renews Campaign Against Gas Transition, 4/1/2024
Tampa Bay Times: DeSantis’ office quietly backed Florida ban on wind energy, 3/28/2024
Bloomberg: Amazon Bets $150 Billion on Data Centers Required for AI Boom, 3/28/2024
Seeking Rents: Ron DeSantis lobbied for windmill ban, records show, 3/27/2024
Lagniappe: In the Matrix — Auburn University pays $1 million a year to controversial firm, 3/25/2024
Arkansas Times: Heads we win, tails you lose: How Entergy customers pay for the company’s mistakes, 3/20/2024
PV Magazine: Group challenges anti-renewables messaging of 50-state policy network, 3/12/2024
Energy News Network: “Holy mackerel!” Emails shine light on money-losing coal plants, 3/12/2024
RTO Insider: MISO Estimates 2023 Member Savings Near $5B, 3/11/2024
Tampa Bay Times: Why Florida doesn’t have wind energy, but lawmakers want to curb it anyway. 3/4/2024
Planet Detroit: The battle against Michigan power outages yields little accountability, 3/1/2024
WBHM and Birmingham Watch: 4 Factors Besides Cold Weather That Explain Expensive Winter Power Bills, 2/23/2024
Grist: 8 states move to ban utilities from using customer money for lobbying, 2/22/2024
Tampa Bay Times: Could Florida electric bills go up because of a fuel made from manure? 2/21/2024
Public News Service: FirstEnergy abandons interim clean energy goals to address climate change, 2/21/2024
Cleantechnica: The Battle Over Where To Put Renewable Energy Resources Comes To Rural Michigan, 2/15/2024
RTO Insider: Entergy States Debut Long-range Tx Cost Allocation Proposal, MISO Members Unconvinced, 2/14/2024
Bloomberg: FirstEnergy Scraps 2030 Climate Goal in Rare Embrace of Coal, 2/9/2024
Planet Detroit: Who’s behind a ballot initiative to repeal Michigan’s renewable energy siting laws?, 2/8/2024
Charleston-Gazette Mail: PSC misleads on FirstEnergy lobbying audit, 1/30/2024
Knox Pages: Open Source: Who is funding Knox Smart Development?, 1/18/2024
CT Mirror: New year, new chapter in long fight over CT’s utility regulator, 1/2/2024
The Guardian: Revealed: US utility firms offer builders cash and trips to fit new homes with gas appliances, 12/21/2023
Arkansas Times: Why did Arkansas accept a deal with Entergy 15 months after rejecting the very same offer?, 12/20/2023
E&E News: W.Va. governor’s efforts to save coal plant raise conflict-of-interest concerns, 12/20/2023
Energy News Network: Anonymously funded group stokes local opposition to Ohio solar project, 12/18/2023
Wall Street Journal: Environmentalists Face Off Against Environmentalists Over Offshore Wind Projects, 11/28/2023
Detroit Free Press: Democrats’ clean energy legislation sets up battle over local land use control, 11/22/2023
E&E News: Michigan’s big climate package angers environmental justice advocates, 11/17/2023
Grist: Michigan wants 100 percent of its electricity to be clean by 2040, 11/15/2023
New Republic: The Latest Culture War Starts With Dead Whales, 11/15/2023
Energy News Network: Coal company got big payback from HB 6, 11/13/2023
Washington Post: Democrats win big in Virginia and New Jersey despite fossil fuel ads, 11/9/2023
Inside Climate News: Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100 Percent Clean Electricity, 11/7/2023
NJ.com: N.J.’s major offshore wind plans just imploded. Why it matters, what happens next, 11/1/2023
E&E News: Is gas ‘clean’? States rebrand energy to meet electricity targets, 10/27/2023
Insider NJ: LD-11 Flashpoint: Oil Money, Hot Air, Fast Ships, and Dead Whales, 10/25/2023
Daily Kos: Republican Anti-Offshore Wind Group Received Huge Fossil Fuel Industry Funding In First Half Of 2023, 10/25/2023:
CREW: FEC investigation spurred by CREW complaint reveals Ohio dark money secrets, 10/17/2023
Ohio Capital Journal: Big investors continue to accuse FirstEnergy of hiding behind its lawyers, 10/11/2023
Vox: The propane industry’s weird obsession with school buses, explained, 10/5/2023
Energy News Network: HB6 updates: A new bill and fuzzy math, 9/26/2023
Energy News Network: ‘Falsified’ public comments loom over Ohio state parks drilling decisions, 9/18/2023
Commonwealth Magazine: Utilities need to stop building natural gas infrastructure, 9/13/2023
KTVN-Reno 2News: NV Energy Customer Complaints Exposed By Watchdog Group, 9/8/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC chooses firm to audit Mon Power and Potomac Edison lobbying expenses, 9/4/2023
Hartford Courant: Lawmakers: What’s the hullabaloo on electric rates and what does it mean for you?, 9/1/2023
Planet Detroit: New settlement agreement aims to put spotlight on DTE-linked dark money, 8/28/2023
CT Post: UI’s weird hard sell for a $131M rate hike, 8/28/2023
CT Insider: Utility union in crossfire as UI electric rate battle reaches climax, 8/24/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC staff recommends firm to audit FirstEnergy utilities’ lobbying expenses, 8/17/2023
AL.com: Power company’s proposed land grab dares offend our rights, 8/13/2023
Inforum: Potential for rural electric co-ops to tap millions for renewables projects, 8/9/2023
Energywire: Colorado gas rule ignites debate over pace of electrification, 8/8/2023
Colorado Public Radio: Xcel Energy’s latest climate plan sparks a heated fight over heat pumps, 8/2/2023
The Boston Globe: Massachusetts is phasing out natural gas. Why is it expanding in Douglas?, 7/26/2023
NY Focus: New Bill Would Block Utilities From Lobbying at Customers’ Expense, 7/24/2023
Maine Public: New law creates more transparency on utilities’ political spending, 7/7/2023
Energy News Network: Hydrogen, nuclear among winners in last-minute changes to Ohio budget bill, 7/6/2023
QuadReport: Larry Householder’s New House, 7/3/2023
Capital & Main: New Mexico Energy Transition Proposal Would Violate Ban on ‘Fossil Fuel Development’, 6/30/2023
New York Times: A $60 Million Bribe. A $1.3 Billion Bailout. A 20-Year Prison Sentence., 6/29/2023
Politico: DeSantis signs bill that critics say could lead to higher water rates, 6/26/2023
Washington Post: Three states just barred utilities from charging customers for lobbying, 6/21/2023
WPLN: TVA proposes another methane gas plant, this time just outside Nashville, 6/16/2023
The Progressive Magazine: Renewable Energy Threatens Utility Profiteers, 6/15/2023
The American Prospect: Sempra Pushes to Expand Pacific Pipelines for Gas Export, 6/2/2023
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: How Randazzo spent millions from FirstEnergy, 5/17/2023
NY Focus: Are Your Gas Bills Paying For the Campaign Against Banning Gas?, 5/17/2023
Cleveland.com: Super PAC ratchets up pressure on fight to make constitutional amendments harder, 4/28/2023
E&E News, EnergyWire: Solar to gas stoves: What to know about DeSantis and energy, 4/27/2023
Bloomberg: An Oregon City Banned Natural Gas. The Gas Company Fought Back, 4/25/2023
Energy News Network: Eye on Utilities: Delay, delay and more delay, 4/17/2023
Semafor: Ron DeSantis’s climate contradictions, 4/7/2023
Detroit News: DTE faces looming storm on its political spending amid outage outrage, 4/2/2023
The Guardian: Harvard professor’s fossil fuel links under scrutiny over climate grant, 4/1/2023
Planet Detroit: DTE, Consumers aim to spend taxpayers’ ‘low carbon’ money on gas, 3/30/2023
Charleston Gazette-Mail: PSC orders audit of Mon Power, Potomac Edison lobbying expenses, 3/28/2023
NJ Spotlight News: JCP&L to pay back customers after audit, 3/23/2023
High Country News: The natural gas pushback, 3/21/2023
Vox: The gas stove wars are far from over, 3/21/2023
Gas Outlook: Are hydrogen blending and RNG climate solutions?, 3/21/2023
WPLN: Is natural gas ‘clean energy’? Tennessee lawmakers want you to think so, 3/15/2023
Grist: Ohio politicians found guilty in $60 million utilities bribery scandal, 3/10/2023
Vox: Meet the gas stove influencer sponsored by the propane industry, 3/10/2023
NY Focus: Fossil Fuel Companies Enlist Customers to Fight New York’s Climate Law, 3/7/2023
Jacobin: Ron DeSantis Is Helping Utility Companies Keep Floridians in the Dark, 3/6/2023
Deutsche Welle (DW): US: Anti-renewable groups target whale deaths, 3/6/2023
WXYZ Detroit (ABC): Will DTE’s campaign cash impact how lawmakers respond to power outages?, 3/1/2023
Reuters: Incoming Florida utility chief’s priority: no more scandals, 2/28/2023
Washington Post: Maryland governor taps gas industry official to help regulate gas industry, 2/27/2023
Charlestown Gazette-Mail: Utility lobbying supporting WV lawmaker meals and costly energy status quo, 2/25/2023
Detroit Free Press: 700K power outages in Michigan likely restored by Sunday — barring weather, 2/24/2023
Capital B: Utility Bills and Shutoffs Are Rising. Here Are a Few Tips to Protect Yourself, 2/23/2023
Salem News: Ryan’s new position brings controversy, 2/21/2023
MLive: Utilities should report money spent on lobbying, Michigan attorney general says, 2/21/2023
Maine Public Radio: Maine’s cold snap didn’t knock out heat pumps, 2/14/2023
The Lever: The Corporate Campaign To Greenwash Natural Gas, 2/14/2023
Distilled/Heated: Meet the Man Fueling Clean Energy Opposition in the Midwest, 2/9/2023
Washington Post: Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry pushback, 2/7/2023
Illinois Public Media: What’s behind the big number of utility shutoffs in Illinois?, 2/6/2023
Charleston-Gazette Mail: WV fails to investigate FirstEnergy while other states dig, 2/4/2023
Washington Post: The gas industry is under fire. It’s hiring Democratic politicians to help, 2/2/2023
WKYC: Explaining the FirstEnergy bribery scandal as the Larry Householder trial continues, 2/2/2023
AZ Mirror: Southwest Gas recruited elected officials to back its rate increase, records show, 1/31/2023
CBS News: Utilities are cutting off power to millions of Americans amid rising energy costs, 1/31/2023
Chicago Sun-Times: Utility shutoffs for nonpayment soar across Illinois and the Chicago area, 1/30/2023
Detroit Metro Times: DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022, 1/30/2023
The Guardian: US utilities shut off power to millions amid record corporate profits – report, 1/30/2023
Bloomberg: US Utility Shutoffs Climbed Last Year on Higher Energy Costs, 1/30/2023
Charleston-Gazette Mail: WV links to FirstEnergy bribery scandal in Ohio surface in other probes, 1/28/2023
Miami New Times: Florida Power & Light CEO Eric Silagy Retires in Wake of Matrix Consultant Scandal, 1/25/2023
ABC6: We asked five people what they will be watching for in the Householder trial, 1/19/2023
Washington Post: How dark money groups led Ohio to redefine gas as ‘green energy’, 1/17/2023
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota DFLers push bills for carbon-free electricity by 2040, 1/12/2023
Energy News Network: Massachusetts climate advocates say the fight over renewable gas isn’t over yet, 1/12/2023
New York Times: The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars, 1/11/2023
The Guardian: Group aiming to sabotage Whitmer’s Covid policies funded by dark money, 1/10/2023
Dakota Free Press: Lewandowski Lied About Working as Lobbyist for Coal-Power Company, 1/9/2023
Planet Detroit: Study finds biogas is no silver bullet in Michigan’s climate woes, 1/5/2023
Energy News Network: Cleveland pilot project provides rooftop solar for low-income residents, 1/3/2023
Richland Source: DeWine announces nominee to lead Ohio EPA, 12/28/2022
NPR/Floodlight: She was an ABC News producer. She also was a corporate operative, 12/21/2022
NPR/Floodlight: In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics., 12/19/222
Huffington Post: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Idaho Officials Copy-Pasted A Fossil Fuel Industry Letter, 12/15/2022
Grist: In Louisiana, an electoral upset could mean a breakthrough for renewables, 12/13/2022
Energy News Network: Ohio ‘green’ natural gas bill motivated by ESG investing concerns, lawmaker says, 12/12/2022
Planet Detroit: Public frustration with DTE is growing. So are its charitable and political spending, 12/8/2022
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Eye on Utilities: Householder trial set to begin next month, 12/7/2022
NPR: The U.S. wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants. Natural gas is in the way, 12/5/2022
Winston-Salem Journal: ‘Such a paradox’: Walmart, as a customer, says Duke’s carbon plan falls short, 12/4/2022
Cleveland.com: Natural gas-linked super PAC drops $1 million backing Republicans, 11/02/2022
Energy News Network: Eye on Utilities: Will HB 6 impact the 2022 election?, 10/25/2022
What are public utility commissions? A beginner’s guide, 10/12/2022
The Guardian: How fossil fuel firms use Black leaders to ‘deceive’ their communities, 10/10/2022
Eye on Ohio: Eye on Ohio’s utilities: All hush, hush, 9/20/2022
Cleveland Business Journal: FirstEnergy CEO Steven Strah abruptly retires, interim leader named, 9/15/2022
The Atlantic: It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate Denial, 9/7/2022
WPLN: Memphis may leave TVA to reduce costs and carbon. That could raise bills in Nashville, 8/30/2022
NPR: Renewable energy is maligned by misinformation. It’s a distraction, experts say, 8/26/2022
Washington Examiner: Water risks for fossil fuel plants from Colorado River shortage, 8/26/2022
NPR: Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West, 8/26/2022
Grist: Will the Inflation Reduction Act jumpstart carbon capture?, 8/22/2022
Ohio Capitol Journal: Texts, calendars, emails link DeWine to FirstEnergy’s bribery scandal, 8/15/2022
The American Prospect: Corn Ethanol Investors Poised to Profit From Inflation Reduction Act, 8/11/2022
WPLN: The first U.S. climate bill will make renewable energy easier, and cheaper, for TVA, 8/8/2022
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia official lobbied for gas project his agency will consider, 8/5/2022
Energy News Network: Giving back? Charities laud Columbia Gas in $212 rate increase case, 8/1/2022
AP: Climate disinformation leaves lasting mark as world heats, 7/28/2022
Public News Service: Watchdogs: Natural Gas Customers in MN Not Getting Fair Shake, 7/11/2022
Gizmodo: Utility-Backed Republicans May Have Gerrymandered Against One Democrat, 7/6/2022
Public News Service: Power Politics: Incumbent Triumphs Despite Opposition from Utility, 6/16/2022
S&P Global: Southern knew of climate risks before funding pro-fossil fuel campaigns – report, 6/9/2022
The Guardian: Warned of ‘massive’ climate-led extinction, a US energy firm funded crisis denial ads, 6/8/22
WEMU: The search for more accountability in America’s utility industry, 6/3/22
The New York Times: How a Florida Power Project Flew Under the Regulatory Radar. 5/31/22
WPLN: Nashville and Memphis rank near the bottom for solar capacity. Here’s why. 5/12/22
Huffington Post: Gas Giants Have Been Ghostwriting Letters Of Support From Elected Officials, 5/2/2022
Houston Chronicle: CenterPoint shareholders rebuke CEO David Lesar’s $38 million compensation, 4/22/22
WEHT: CenterPoint Energy CEO salary at the forefront of discussion for customers, 4/19/22
Houston Chronicle: As rates rise for customers, CenterPoint CEO David Lesar’s compensation triples, 4/19/22
Grist: Is your electric utility blocking climate action?, 4/14/2022
Business Green: Joe Manchin: Meet the man who could single-handedlly torpedo US climate efforts, 3/24/22
Orlando Sentinel: The future of solar in Florida will get much darker unless DeSantis vetoes bill, 3/22/22
Inside Climate News: In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke, 3/18/22
Nevada Independent: Southwest Gas is looking to raise rates. What should customers pay for?, 2/17/22
Ohio Capital Journal: DeWine re-appoints former utility lawyer as utility regulator, 2/11/22
Grist: How a $60 million bribery scandal helped Ohio pass the ‘worst energy policy in the country’, 1/26/22
Nashville Public Radio: TVA faces federal scrutiny over climate goals, electricity rates, 1/18/22
Energywire: CCS ‘red flag?’ World’s sole coal project hits snag, 1/10/22
Energy News Network: Ohio regulators dismiss pleas to investigate utility power shutoffs, 1/7/22
Engineering News-Record: FERC Pulls Burns & McDonnell Gas Project Contract, Cites Conflict, 1/6/22
S&P Global: Path to net-zero: Progress by US utilities ‘too slow’, 12/16/21
NY Focus: New York Utilities Polarize Over Push to Ban Natural Gas, 12/1/21
Politico: A coal plant fights to stay open. It could enrich Manchin, 11/20/21
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Ohio utilities FirstEnergy and AEP still spending big on lobbying, 11/9/21
The American Prospect: Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal, 11/8/21
Bismarck Tribune: Project Tundra carbon capture effort comes before state decisionmakers, 10/30/21
Tampa Bay Times: Clearwater Gas paid millions for sponsorships, far outspending its peers, 10/28/21
North Carolina Strikes a Climate Deal That Eludes Washington, 10/20/21
S&P Global: Financing, engineering setbacks plague North Dakota’s $1B carbon capture project, 10/13/21
Vox: How Republicans blocked cities from advancing climate solutions, 9/29/21
NBC News: Hurricane Ida power grid failure forces a reckoning over Entergy’s monopoly in the South, 9/24/21
NPR and ProPublica: Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans’ Power Grid. Residents Paid The Price, 9/22/21
ILSR: Colorado Law Creates Transparency at Rural Electric Co-ops
NPR: Climate Change Is Killing Trees And Causing Power Outages, 9/21/21
Capital & Main: New Mexico’s School of Energy Works to Continue Fossil Fuel Production, 9/13/21
E&E News: Emails, docs show TVA’s ties to fight against federal regs, 9/13/21
Bloomberg: New Orleans Power Crisis: Fix 2,500 Broken Poles in a Swamp, 9/1/21
Gizmodo: Utility That Blacked Out New Orleans Was Too Busy Fighting Climate Regulations, 8/31/21
Ohio Capital Journal: After scandal broke, FirstEnergy lobbyist pushed DeWine on “covid response”, 8/16/2021
OilPrice.com: U.S. Utilities Could Face Slew Of Climate Lawsuits, 8/16/2021
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/entergy-touts-hydrogen-as-tool-to-meet-industrial-customers-green-goals/604560/Utility Dive: Entergy touts hydrogen as tool to meet industrial customers’ green goals, 8/6/21
Indiana Environmental Reporter: Misinformation thwarts Indiana’s clean energy initiatives, 8/2/2021
Gizmodo: Ohio Utility Agrees to Pay $230 Million for Role in Massive Bribery Scandal, 7/23/21
WSYX: Major changes, but no trial one year into Larry Householder scandal, 7/21/21
NY Focus: The Council Implementing New York’s Climate Law Is Stacked With Industry Executives, 7/6/21
How misinformation propped up Ohio lawmakers’ latest attack on renewables, 7/7/21
Manchin Profits From Coal Sales to Utility Lobbying Group Members, 7/1/21
NBC News: More demand, less supply: Drought and heat test U.S. power grid 6/30/21
Gizmodo: Ron Desantis Signs a Bill That Mandates Cities Keep Using Fossil Fuels, 6/26/21
Heated: Manchin says climate goals too “aggressive”, 6/21/21
Forbes: FirstEnergy Scandal Could Do Irreparable Harm To Nuclear Power, 6/18/21
Gizmodo: A Bizarre Coal Industry Propaganda Program Is Infiltrating K-12 Classrooms 6/11/21
US Energy News: Duke Energy-linked political group reenters North Carolina utility debate, 6/1/21
E&E News: Emails: Utilities drafted talking points against gas bans, 6/1/21
Virginia Public Media: Dominion Energy-Linked Group Launches $300K Ad Blitz After Texas Storm, 5/17/21
NM Political Report: Some energy transition funding project proposals include fossil fuels, 5/12/21
Grist: How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress, 5/6/21
UtilityDive: WEC Energy Group expands carbon reduction goals, targeting net zero by 2050, 5/4/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan lawmakers propose $250 million fund to subsidize natural gas, 4/30/21
Fremont News Messenger: John Damschroder: Ohio corruption spreads across state lines, 4/27/2021
The Guardian: New Mexico Fights to Escape Powerful Grip of Big Oil and Gas, 4/23/21
Midwest Energy News: Utility grant poses potential conflict for Michigan ratepayer board appointee, 4/20/21
Energy News Network: Utility and fossil fuel interests still ahead in Ohio under House Bill 6, 4/19/21
Energy News Network: In Ohio, utility and fossil fuel influence reaches beyond bailout bill, 4/19/21
Energy News Network: FirstEnergy’s transparency pledge clashes with ongoing actions, 4/19/21
E&E News: Transmission Road Map Could Help Unlock Renewables, 4/16/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan solar supporters make new push to eliminate rooftop solar caps, 4/12/21
Group Alleges Improper Entergy-Mississippi PSC Collaboration, 4/11/21
Gizmodo: Utility That Funded a Racist Ad Campaign Tweets How It Remains ‘Committed’ to Antiracism, 4/3/21
Ohio Capital Journal: After financing xenophobic campaign, FirstEnergy deplores anti-Asian bigotry, 4/1/21
Gizmodo: What In Tarnation Are Texas Power Companies Hiding?, 3/29/21
Grist: Corporate climate pledges earn failing grades from investors, 3/22/21
Audubon: Why Electric Utilities Are Resorting to Dark Money and Bribes to Resist Renewables, 3/16/21
FITSNEWS: Duke, Southern Blasted For ‘Misleading’ Environmental Advocacy, 3/16/21
AP: Timing key in consulting deal between FirstEnergy, regulator, 3/14/21
Gizmodo: Why Your Boring Utility Bill Is Much More Important Than You Think, 3/11/21
Inside Climate News: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover, 3/4/21
PV Magazine: TVA allows power companies to charge anti-solar fixed fees, 2/3/21
RTO Insider: Report: ‘Rein in’ Mass. Utilities’ Influence on Climate Policy, 1/29/21
The Berkshire Eagle: Inside the divide between Legislature, Baker on climate plan, 1/28/21
NM Political Report: Guv quietly looks to expand export markets for natural gas, 1/12/21
Midwest Energy News: Michigan utilities funded candidates during key caucus leadership races, 12/18/20
Texas Observer: Solar Energy is Hitting a Growth Spurt. So Is The Disinformation Around It, 12/7/20
Bloomberg: America’s Greenest Energy Giant Isn’t Trying to Save the Planet, 12/3/20
S&P Global: AEP-funded nonprofit provided $900K to ‘dark money’ groups, reports show, 12/3/20
Energy News Network: Top regulator’s exit raises questions about utility and fossil fuel influence, 12/2/20
Quartz: How wind and solar toppled Exxon from its place as America’s top energy company, 11/30/20
Los Angeles Times: The fossil fuel industry wants you to believe it’s good for people of color, 11/23/20
Energy News Network: FirstEnergy statements could support broad scope for PUCO-ordered audit, 11/17/20
WBUR: Utility Regulators Ignored Conflict Of Interest Concerns For National Grid Audit, 11/12/20
Mother Jones: These Obscure Races May Decide the Future of Climate Change, 11/2/20
NPR: Wyoming is using dark money to help keep coal plants in other states open, 10/28/20
The New Republic: Car Companies Have Been Knowingly Screwing the Planet for Half a Century, 10/28/20
Grist: Ford and GM knew about climate change — and covered it up for decades, 10/27/20
Energywire: DOE: Major CCS project ‘not financially attractive’ 10/26/2020
Forbes: U.S. utility companies rush to declare net-zero targets, 10/15/20
Palm Beach Post: Solar farms dot red Florida. Will it bolster action on climate change? 10/10/20
Wyoming Public Media/Wyofile: Wyoming’s ‘dark money’ coal campaign, 10/2/20
Nate Monroe: Dear FP&L, it’s not really charity if you get something out of it, 10/1/20
AL.com: Alabama town’s new excuse for hiding public records: We don’t have to look for them, 9/16/20
Wyofile: Gov, EPA outline plans to boost carbon capture, delay plant closures, 9/8/20
NPR: Ohio Bribery Scandal Raises Questions About Clean Energy Availability In State, 8/15/20
Quartz: The business model for carbon capture is broken, 8/13/20
E&E News: Bribery and blackouts: Inside an Ohio utility’s troubled past, 8/11/20
Allegheny Front: Ohio energy scandal ‘vindicates’ renewables advocates, 8/7/20
Reuters: Problems plagued U.S. CO2 capture project before shutdown: DOE document, 8/6/20
Drilled News: The Ohio Utility Scandal, Explained, 8/5/20
Lobbyists for Citizens: H.B. 6 local supporters…duped?, 8/3/20
Southerly: Southerners who can’t afford bills could have power disconnected in the heat of summer, 7/31/20
Los Angeles Times: How far will utilities go to protect their fossil fuel investments?, 7/30/20
Mother Jones: They spent millions to protect polluters. Then they got busted by the FBI, 7/25/20
The Star-Ledger/NJ.com: Ignore the charlatans who say clean energy is too expensive, 7/23/20
Vox: An FBI investigation shows Ohio’s abysmal energy law was fueled by corruption, 7/23/20
E&E News: Dark money and bribery: FBI says utility funded $60M scheme 7/22/20
E&E News: Bribes, planes, power. Inside a scheme to keep coal alive 7/22/20
New York Times: Powerful Ohio Republican Is Arrested in $60 Million Corruption Scheme, 7/21/20
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Who could have seen it coming? Everyone 7/21/20
Heavy: Larry Householder: Ohio Republican Charged in Alleged $60 Million Scheme 7/21/20
Energywire: Report warns 30 coal plants threatened by water scarcity, 7/21/20
NHPR: FERC Rejects Conservative N.H. Group’s Petition Against Net Energy Metering, 7/16/20
Yale360: How Overreach by Trump Administration Derailed Big Pipeline Projects, 7/15/20
Huffington Post: How Utility Companies Use Charitable Giving To Influence Policy, 7/6/20
The Guardian: Revealed: legislators’ pro-pipeline letters ghostwritten by fossil fuel company, 7/2/20
Energy News Network: Murray Energy bankruptcy still casts shadow on coal’s economic viability, 6/15/20
RTO Insider: Thousands oppose bid to undo net metering, 6/16/20
Energy News Network: What will Duke Energy’s climate report mean for North Carolina?, 6/15/20
Desert Sun: Solar experts: Proposal could ‘devastate’ industry 6/12/20
Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Utilities, gas industry coordinate to oppose Ohio village’s clean energy goal, 5/6/2020
LA Times: States are reopening from coronavirus shutdowns. What happens to frozen utility payments?, 5/22/20
Carolina Public Press: Anti-Duke Energy coalition of advocacy groups calls for range of reforms, 5/18/20
RTO Insider: FERC Extends Deadline in Net Metering Dispute, 5/6/20
Wall Street Journal: Utilities Investors Need to Watch Unpaid Bills, 5/4/20
PV Mag: Investor-owned utilities pay top executives millions — are they worth it?, 5/4/20
Greentech Media: 5 Key Threats for US Utilities as Earnings Season Kicks Off, 4/28/20
Michigan Radio: Utilities prepare for surge in customers unable to pay, 4/27/20
Rapid City Journal: McLaughin mayor says town had no choice but to disconnect family’s utilities, 4/11/20
RTO Insider: MISO Deepens Insights into Pandemic Impact, 4/3/20
HuffPost: She Begged For Mercy. The Utility Cut Her Elderly Parents’ Power Anyway, 3/31/20
UtilityDive: Wisconsin regulators launch investigation into COVID-19 related costs for utilities, 3/31/20
Sinclair Broadcast Group: Rent, credit cards, auto loans: Here’s who is offering relief, 3/27/20
Tucson.com: Tucson-area utilities halt shutoffs during coronavirus crisis, 3/25/20
HuffPost: A Utility Vowed To Stop Shutoffs. Advocates Say Hundreds May Still Lack Electricity, 3/24/20
Energy News Network: Ohio utilities commission order might stretch limits of emergency power, 3/20/20
Phoenix New Times: APS, SRP, and Phoenix Water Services Suspend Customer Shutoffs Over Coronavirus, 3/13/20
HuffPost: Utilities Face Pressure To Stop Shutting Off Services Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, 3/13/20
Energy News Network: How a longtime critic of clean energy became Ohio’s top utility regulator, 3/9/20
Columbus Dispatch: Ohio nuclear plants’ owner paid $1.9 million to help save $1 billion bailout, 3/6/20
Adapting To Fire: How Cities Can Enhance Resilience With Distributed Energy, 3/5/20
Energy News Network: Dark money dominated Ohio’s nuclear subsidy saga, 3/5/20
Eye on Ohio: Campaign contributions pay off for Ohio utilities and coal interests, 3/5/20
Palm Beach Post: Charities Take FPL money, back FPL rate hikes, 3/5/20
New York Times: A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research, 3/2/20
Arizona Mirror: An appointed Corporation Commission would be more corruptible than an elected one, 2/27/20
Inside Climate News: A Michigan Utility Just Raised the Bar on Emissions-Cutting Plans, 2/27/20
Grist: Cities are starting to ban gas in buildings. Arizona’s not having it, 2/2 7/20
Virginia Mercury: Senator Pulls Bill to Give Carbon Allowances to Charles City Plants, 2/27/20
Phoenix New Times: Arizona House Passes Industry-Backed Pre-Emption Bill to Keep Natural Gas Flowing, 2/12/20
Arizona Republic: As cities in other states ban natural gas, Arizona lawmakers move to protect it, 2/12/20
Florida Phoenix: PAC report: Business lobby shares its wealth with Florida Cabinet members, 2/11/20
Energy News Network: Coal industry group revives reliability argument to Ohio lawmakers 2/5/20
Wyofile: Governor’s office previewed controversial PSC letter, 2/4/20
Charlotte Business Journal: Why there’s a big fight brewing over Duke Energy’s power monopoly, 1/16/20
Deadline Detroit: Beware Of So-Called Detroit Activists Pocketing DTE Energy Donations, 1/14/20
New York Times: N.A.A.C.P. Tells Local Chapters: Don’t Let Energy Industry Manipulate You, 1/5/20
Salon: Fossil fuel knocks the wind out of renewable energy movement in Ohio, 1/5/20
The Intercept: Coal giant provided secret financing to group challenging climate lawsuits, 12/17/19
Lexington County Chronicle: Utility Watchdog: Rate Money Buys Political Favors, 12/11/19
Phoenix New Times: APS Used Backdoor Charitable Donations to Sway Regulators, Report Warns, 12/10/19
Energy News Network: Report links utilities’ charitable giving to organizations’ political support, 12/10/19
WIS News 10: Watchdog Report: Link between utilities charitable giving and political influence, 12/10/19
Greenwire: Industry clings to trade group as utilities abandon ship, 12/5/2019
Inside Climate News: Clean Economy Weekly 12/5/2019
S&P Global: US utilities race to slash emissions as ESG reporting takes off, 12/4/2019
Detroit News: Nonprofit boosting Consumers Energy’s candidates spent $12.9M, 12/2/2019
E&E News: Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group, 12/2/2019
Sludge: DLCC set up one-on-one meetings for lobbyists and lawmakers at summer conference, 11/27/2019
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pa. legislators to fight Wolf’s carbon cap proposal with bills and a lawsuit, 11/19/2019
Albany Times-Union: National grid pushed officials to write letters for pipeline, 11/13/2019
Energy News Network: For Ohio farmers, wind turbine revenue helps take the sting out of a ‘bad’ year, 10/31/2019
Nonprofit Quarterly: Can Public Ownership of Utilities Help Address Climate Change? 10/29/2019
Teen Vogue: Publicly Owned Utilities Could Help Fight the Climate Crisis, 10/25/2019
Los Angeles Times: California ditched coal. The gas company is worried it’s next, 10/22/2019
WFPL (Louisville): Ky. Utility Regulators Weigh In On Trump Energy Plan At Behest Of Coal Lobby, 10/22/2019
UtilityDive: Duke VP likens gas plant buildout strategy to 15-year home mortgage on path to zero carbon, 10/18/2019
WyoFile: Wyoming utility regulator copied, sent coal lobby letter 10/15/2019
InsideClimate News: Utilities Are Promising Net Zero Carbon Emissions, But Don’t Expect Big Changes Soon, 10/15/2019
The Miami Student: Petitioners supporting nuclear bailout target Miami students, 10/15/2019
Utility Dive: Coal group pressed state regulators to ask FERC for resilience action 10/14/2019
Bowling Green Daily News: TVA potentially cutting renewable program, 10/14/2019
Bloomberg News: Coal Industry Pushed State Regulators to Lobby for Power Rescue 10/12/2019
Mother Jones: PG&E Was Once Part of the Climate-Denial Machine That Helped Fuel California’s Blackout Crisis, 10/11/2019
Mother Jones: Dark Money Is Pouring in to Protect the “Worst Energy Policy in the Country”, 10/10/2019
E&E News: Meet the ‘NIMBY people’ trying to kill solar 10/03/2019
Dayton Daily News: Ohio AG investigates new allegations in fight over energy-bill referendum 10/03/2019
Bowling Green Daily News: WRECC still “reviewing” TVA 20-year contract, 9/28/2019
Montgomery Advertiser: Climate and change: How to decarbonize Alabama, 9/27/2019
Energy News Network: Who’s behind the Chinese conspiracy ads against Ohio’s nuclear referendum? 9/23/2019
New Republic: How Energy Companies Corrupt State Politics, 9/19/2019
Fast Company: It’s now cheaper to build new renewables than it is to build natural gas plants, 9/11/2019
Southeast Energy News: Controversial Louisiana proposal would change net metering program, 9/10/2019
Utility Dive: Arizona’s chief utility regulator pressures APS to cut political spending, 9/9/2019
Columbus Fee Press: Update on Ohio House Bill 6, the bailout of FirstEnergy’s Nuclear and Coal, 9/7/2019
RTO Insider: Ohio Nuke Ballot Petition Approved, 9/2/2019
12 News (Phoenix): Arizona regulators won’t release 3rd-party audit of APS, 8/21/2019
Co-op News: US electric co-op giant Tri-State promises a switch to renewables, 8/9/2019
Fremont News Messenger: Community’s future brightens after legislature saves Davis-Besse, 8/6/2019
Associated Press: Nuke plants’ rescue jolts conservatives, environmentalists, 8/2/2019
Columbus Dispatch: Editorial: The more you learn, the worse House Bill 6 looks, 8/2/2019
Think Progress: Trump’s big coal backers paid for a new tax to prop up outdated energy in Ohio, 8/1/2019
Climate Crocks: Picker losers: Ohio energy bill is a dumpster fire, 7/28/2019
Columbus Dispatch: FirstEnergy handed out $1 million in campaign cash before bailout vote, 7/28/2019
Vox: Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century, 7/27/2019
The Economist: Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?, 7/27/2019
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Capitol Letter, 7/26/2019
Toledo Blade: Think tank: Nuclear plants’ bankrupt owner spent heavily for bailout, 7/24/2019
Climatewire: In Colorado, a coal-heavy co-op offers a climate plan — and suspicions rise, 7/19/19
Greentech Media: Georgia Power Boosts Plan for Renewables and Storage After Local Stakeholder Push, 7/16/19
New York Times: Florida’s Utilities Keep Homeowners From Making the Most of Solar Power, 7/7/19
Energy News Network: Ohio wind setback lawsuit spurred bill to block similar legal challenges, 6/28/19
New York Times: As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground, 6/26/2019
Gizmodo: Another Top EPA Official Is Out Amid Ethics Scandal, 6/26/19
ecoRI News: Dirty Front Groups Endanger Planet’s Present and Future Health, 6/22/19
Columbia Law Review: Climate (Non)Disclosure, 6/22/19
Energy News Network: As state negotiations falter, Line 5 backers ramp up public campaigns, 6/19/19
Inside Sources: Proposed Nuclear Bailouts in OH, PA Get Mixed Reactions From Industry, 5/24/2019
Plain Dealer: Nuclear bailout bill shows how big money can be put to work in the Ohio Statehouse, 5/23/19
PV Magazine: California prevents utility from paying EEI dues with ratepayer funds, 5/21/19
Columbus Dispatch: Capitol Insider, 5/19/19
Louisville Public Media: LG&E/KU Customers Stuck Paying For Disbanded Trade Group, 5/15/2019
The Nation: The Energy Industry’s Secret Campaign to Get Us to Build More Power Plants, 5/14/19
Inside EPA: UARG’s Demise Shifts Focus To Utility Waste, Water Groups’ EPA Influence, 5/13/19
POWER Magazine: Utility Group Under Congressional Investigation Will Disband, 5/13/19
E&E News: TVA defends its role in trade group, 5/7/19
Columbus Dispatch: Consumers’ office says FirstEnergy amendment will lead to ‘price gouging,’ 5/7/2019
Louisville Public Media: Did Louisville Ratepayers Help Fund Anti-Solar Lobbying?, 5/1/2019
Daily Kos: Republican Ohio Rep: Starve The Poor So We Can Fund Nuclear Industry, 4/30/2019
Michigan NPR: Report warns Enbridge, DTE, part of pipeline “bubble” that could burst, 4/29/2019
ClimateWire: Free-market think tank fuels war against EVs, 4/29/2019
Arizona Daily Star: Tucson Electric Power draws scrutiny over ties to pro-coal advocacy group, 4/26/2019
DeSmog: Wined and Dined by Energy Industry Consultant, State Utility Regulators Met With Its Client, 4/24/2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Why are Ohioans footing the bill for FirstEnergy? 4/21/2019
Politico Pro: Democrats look at utility dues to UARG, 4/17/2019
Columbus Dispatch: FirstEnergy Solutions bailout debate kicks off at Statehouse, 4/16/2019
Clean Cooperative: Tri-State executive involved with anti-Clean Air Act group since 2005, 4/13/2019
Tampa Bay Times: Florida could soon bury more power lines. Customers might pick up the cost, 4/11/2019
Aberdeen News: Trump wrong about wind energy, 4/9/2019
Phoenix New Times: APS Documents Revealing Millions in Spending Leave Many Questions Unanswered, 4/4/2019
Washington Post: Trump’s $100 trillion price tag for the Green New Deal may have come from a tweet, 3/21/2019
Mountain Journal: What’s up with the Green New Deal and what does it mean for the west?, 3/13/2019
DeSmog: Trump Budget for Renewables Slashed 70% Under Former Koch Insider’s Leadership, 3/13/2019
Arizona Republic: Price for public officials who break the law to do APS’s bidding? $225, 3/6/2019
AZ Capitol Times: Local elected officials face fines for opposition of Prop. 127, 3/5/2019
PV Magazine: Fossils go hard after solar in Spotsylvania, 3/4/2019
Santa Fe New Mexican: Lawmakers question carbon tech proposed in plan to keep San Juan plant running, 3/2/2019
Sandusky Register: Wind turbine syndrome full of hot air? 2/28/2019
PV Magazine: Milwaukee pushes back against We Energies’ monopoly, 2/18/2019
Energy News Network: Ohio clean energy groups will seek recusals from PUCO nominee, 2/13/2019
Utility Dive: Ohio governor taps wind critic Randazzo as utility commission chair, 2/6/2019
Michigan NPR: Consumers Energy agrees to stop dark money donations for two years, 1/29/2019
Energy News Network: Michigan regulators clamp down on utility’s political spending, 1/28/2019
E&E News: A Texas group that rejects warming is favored by Trump, 1/7/2019
TiffinOhio.net: New watchdog report exposes Seneca Anti-Wind Union’s ties to Big Coal, 12/13/2018
New Orleans Times Picayune: Entergy’s sponsorship of Cyndi Nguyen’s holiday parade raises questions, 12/11/2018
RTO Insider: McNamee advances to Senate floor, 11/27/2018
PowerMarketsToday: Anti-renewables video muddies McNamee’s prospects, 11/26/2018
UtilityDive: Senate Dems seek to postpone McNamee FERC vote over video, 11/26/2018
UtilityDive: FERC nominee McNamee slams green groups, renewables in Feb. video, 11/21/2018
UtilityDive: Vogtle in sight as money pours into Georgia regulator race, 11/2/2018
WABE: In The Races For Ga. Public Service Commission, More Attention — And Money, 10/23/2018
UtilityDive: Utility spending on major Republican groups outpaces Democrats over 2:1, EPI finds, 10/18/2018
Inside EPA: Wehrum met at former firm with former clients despite ethics pledge, 9/21/2018
The Guam Daily Post: Solar provider seeks answers ahead of net metering changes, 9/16/2018
RTO Insider: Democrats Call Out ‘Partisan’ Remarks by FERC Chief, 8/23/2018
Washington Examiner: Trump readies ‘military plan’ to save coal, 8/22/2018
Media Matters for America: Fox’s Tucker Carlson pushes misinformation about wind power, 8/20/2018
Think Progress: Trump reveals how little he knows about his coal and nuclear bailout plan, 8/20/2018
Think Progress: Murray Energy backs opposition to offshore Ohio wind farm, 8/6/2018
Energy News Network: Complaint: utility-backed group in Michigan violates tax, campaign laws, 8/3/2018
UtilityDive: APS spends $11 million to keep 50% renewables measure off ballot, 7/18/2018
AL.com: Small electric systems challenge Alabama Power’s profits, request refunds, 6/28/18
Arkansas Business: Following the fueling opposition to Wind Catcher, 6/18/18
PV Magazine: Arizona’s dirty energy politics, 6/14/18
Think Progress: Kochs invest in company set to benefit from coal and nuclear bailout, 6/12/2018
Beaver County (PA) Times: Report: Energy lobbyist paid $1 million in bailout campaign, 6/6/2018
Greentech Media: The lobbying bills attached to FirstEnergy’s coal and nuclear emergency action, 6/5/2018
RTO Insider: More questions than answers for FERC, RTOs, 6/5/2018
Midwest Energy News: Michigan law gives activists new venue for holding utilities to pledges, 5/30/2018
DeSmog Blog: Koch-Backed and Anti-Renewable Energy Groups Wooing Interior Department Official, 5/23/2018
Miami New Times: Florida’s Energy Companies Are Spending More Money Than Ever on Lobbying, 5/17/2018
KAUF: Wind Catcher opposition may have fossil fuel ties, 5/17/2018
NOLA Times-Picayune: Entergy opponents: ‘New Orleans residents were deprived of their rights’, 5/15/2018
Think Progress: New Orleans electric utility confirms people were paid to support its power plant, 5/11/2018
Utility Dive: Entergy says it had no knowledge of paid support for New Orleans gas plant, 5/11/2018
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgia PSC election war chests helped by Georgia Power, affiliates, 5/9/2018
PV Magazine: New Orleans: Actors paid to oppose solar and wind, push for power plant, 5/7/2018
Chattanooga Times Free Press: TVA audit: Jet purchase not ‘cost effective’, 3/30/2018
Utility Dive: Indiana governor taps Republican lawmaker for Utility Regulatory Commission, 3/27/2018
Midwest Energy News: Ohio lawmaker circulates study on theoretical turbine accidents, 3/23/2018
PV Magazine: Murray Energy’s war on clean energy in Ohio, 3/10/2018
Associated Press: Company Spends $2M Lobbying for Atlantic Pipeline, 3/8/2018
WABE Atlanta: Watchdog Group: Ga. Public Service Commissioner Too ‘Cozy’ With Ga. Power, 3/6/2018
Utility Dive: New Arizona renewable ballot initiative could spark utility opposition, 2/15/2018
The State: Dominion hires former SC Gov. Hodges as lobbyist as SCANA buyout heats up, 1/5/2018
Utility Dive: Demand charges or ‘efficiency rates’? EEI wants a word change, 12/20/2017
Esquire: The Power Companies Are Ripping You Off, 12/15/2017
Vox: A moment of truth arrives for Rick Perry’s widely hated coal bailout, 12/11/2017
Bloomberg: Koch-Backed Business Group Splinters in Climate-Change Dispute, 12/8/2017
ThinkProgress: Koch-funded network targets New Hampshire’s renewable energy policies, 12/4/2017
Midwest Energy News: Secrecy surrounds pro-coal group eyeing Ohio wind cases, 12/4/2017
Hartford Courant: Critics Fault Eversource for proposing business fees be charged to ratepayers, 11/30//2017
Bloomberg: Koch-Funded Group Prods Trump’s EPA to Say Climate Change Not a Risk, 11/15/2017
ThinkProgress: Environmentalists just gained a new enemy in the fight against natural gas pipelines, 11/6/2017
Vox: Rick Perry’s plan to subsidize coal and nuclear plants is bonkers, 10/4/2017
Miami New Times: Why Didn’t FPL Do More to Prepare for Irma?, 9/14/2017
Inside Climate News: Perry’s Grid Study Calls for Easing Pollution Rules on Power Plants, 8/24/2017
ThinkProgress: Top utilities are spending a lot of money to elect Republican governors, 8/10/2017
The Guardian: Utilities companies won’t let you sell your own solar power. Why not?, 8/1/2017
Scientific American: Watchdog Group: U.S. Electric Industry Knew of Climate Threat Decades Ago
InsideClimate News: Like Exxon, Utilities Knew about Climate Change Risks Decades Ago
New York Times: Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists
Midwest Energy News: Analysis: Ratepayers foot the bill for utilities’ push against rooftop solar
ThinkProgress: This is how the Kochs’ anti-renewable agenda becomes White House policy
New York Times: The Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
UtilityDive: Report: Power customers’ ‘forced’ to fund EEI political activities
Texas Monthly: What Will Rick Perry’s Delayed Energy Grid Study Say?
Miami Herald: FPL drafted portions of bill that puts tough requirements on rooftop solar companies
Washington Post: The Trump administration has a new energy buzzword
New York Times: Trump got nearly $1 million in energy-efficiency subsidies
ClimateWire: Staff wary but ready to work with Pruitt amid new email dump
Huffington Post: Scott Pruitt goes after critics, EPA in his first speech to the agency
Climate Crocks: Chamber of Commerce – “Hell to pay” if U.S. backtracks on climate
Santa Fe New Mexican: Reader View: A deceptive attack on rooftop solar
ClimateWire: Clean energy left out of new White House energy plan
PV-Magazine: Solar disappears down the memory hole on White House website
ClimateWire: Exxon lobbied against a $10 carbon tax in Mass.
TechCrunch: Trump’s manufacturing council includes Elon Musk, Michael Dell and Mark Fields
Gizmodo: A Brief Chat With Elon Musk About Climate Change, Rex Tillerson, and Donald Trump
Buzzfeed: Trump’s SEC Nominee Told Firms To Admit Climate Change Risks
MarketWatch: Trump’s SEC pick pushed clients to say more about climate-change risks
Climate Crocks: Trump appointee warned of climate impacts
Inside Climate News: Rex Tillerson’s record on climate change – Reality vs rhetoric
Vox: Ohio clean energy standards are toast unless Gov. John Kasich steps in to save them
Grist: 5 lessons activists can learn from Florida’s successful ballot fight to defend solar
UtilityDive: Florida’s Amendment 1 defeat shows why solar won’t be stopped, Trump or no Trump
Tampa Bay Times: Power surge: Utilities dump another $3.5 million into Amedment 1
Tampa Bay Times: After leaked recording, solar amendment campaign scrubs its web pages
Miami Herald: Insider reveals deceptive strategy behind Florida’s solar amendment
Fox 4 Fort Myers, FL: Experts say solar amendment is misleading, not pro-solar
ABC 7 Sarasota, FL: Solar Amendment Summary
Grist: Why is this liberal congresswoman spreading anti-solar arguments?
Washington Post: Vote delayed on Hogan nominee accused of feeding information to governor’s staff
The Baltimore Sun: Gov. Hogan’s nominee to utility regulator faces Senate grilling over emails
NUVO: The fight over Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act
The Guardian: Nevada’s solar workers and customers reel as new rules ‘shut down’ industry
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting: Big Energy Pours $1.9 Million Into Anti-Solar Group
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FOIA documents reveal that industry demands were directly reflected in bogus DOE coal bailout plans
Florida PSC Nominating Council Set to Interview and Vote on Finalists
UtilitySecrets.org, a new site from EPI and Center for Media and Democracy
Florida Utilities Pour $3.5 Million More Into Anti-Solar Amendment 1
Utility-funded PAC caught attempting more “political jiu-jitsu”
Special Interests Behind Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative Consumers for Smart Solar
Clean Power Plan Published – Here Is The Utility Industry’s Strategy To Overturn It
Ohio Energy Study Committee Relied Upon Flawed Testimony
Fossil Fuel-Funded ALEC Behind Attack Colorado Renewable Energy Standard
Beacon Hill Institute EPA Attack Funded Through Richard Berman Front Group
