Results for: first energy

Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations

[…] contributed over $25,000 in 2018 and have access to the briefing room are Centerpoint Energy, FirstEnergy, and Vistra Energy. CBS News also investigated RAGA and reported on their April...

/ February 26, 2018

Southeastern Utilities Block Transmission Necessary for Decarbonization

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/ February 7, 2024

Virginia Energy Consumer Trust

[…] the Consumer Energy Alliance, a national front group promoting fracked gas. Virginia Energy Consumer Trust first appeared publicly in May 2021. According to its website, VECT “was established to...

/ February 15, 2022

Corporate utilities largely silent on Trump layoffs of staff who manage LIHEAP

[…] bill discount rate) are funded through PSE rates and are not impacted. They are the first step in applying for aid so we want customers to continue to reach...

/ April 4, 2025

Michigan legislators took $176K from DTE since pledging new era of utility accountability after outage backlash

DTE Energy's contributions to campaign and party funds come as Democrats attempt to pass climate and consumer protection bills.

/ October 18, 2023

Pope Francis’ Encyclical: Clean Energy and The Moral Case for Climate Solutions

[…] On the Care of Our Common Home”, calling on “every person living on this planet” to urgently address climate change, reduce the use of fossil fuels, and transition to...

/ June 18, 2015

The Exelon-Pepco Merger & Exelon’s History of Anti-Clean Energy Lobbying

The Exelon-Pepco merger would empower the company to continue its anti-renewable campaign in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, negatively impact ratepayers, and hinder the growth of the renewable energy industry.

/ April 29, 2015
A PG&E smart meter. Utilities are unevenly applying late fees and reconnecting customers who had been disconnected before pandemic crisis

Caught in patchwork of policies and pledges, some utility customers may still be awaiting electricity restoration or racking up fees

[…] April 15 to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) that it disconnected 610 customers during the first part of March before it announced a suspension of disconnections on March 18....

/ April 14, 2020
A picture of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building.

Energy companies in U.S. Chamber silent as Chamber opposed use of Defense Production Act to produce medical supplies for COVID-19

But some energy companies in the Chamber have lobbied for using the DPA to bail out struggling coal plants instead

/ March 27, 2020

DTE Energy shareholders reject transparency proposal

[…] 501(c)(4) nonprofits linked to DTE that have pushed the utility’s political agenda, including Michigan Energy First and the Clean and Sustainable Energy Fund. It noted that DTE “critically fails...

/ May 15, 2023