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FirstEnergy dark money payments included over $550,000 for ‘consumers’ group’s campaign against Cleveland Public Power
This post is part one of a two-part blog series. Part one reveals FirstEnergy’s secret role in funding Consumers Against Deceptive Fees, based on subpoenaed bank records. Part two looks...
As Rate Case Approached, Avangrid’s CEO Tried to Improperly Influence CT’s Utility Regulator, Documents Allege
[…] General Counsel and now a Connecticut Supreme Court Justice. The existence of the letter was first reported earlier this month by the CT Mirror, which obtained it through an...
Dominion Energy nearly quadruples Virginia political contributions from 2018 to 2020
[…] recipients of Dominion money; the utility continued to contribute heavily to those legislators through the first three quarters of 2020. Dominion continues pattern of giving through Q4 2020, latest...
Virginia budget amendments may allow Dominion Energy to pass COVID debt forgiveness costs on to ratepayers later
[…] often within a short period of time or even on the same day – was first exposed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 2017. The leadership of both chambers’ Appropriations...
Southern Company Scandal: The Documents
[…] the Sierra Club about the Kemper project said that the $2.1 billion cost increase since the PSC first approved Kemper was “inevitable, foreseeable and, in fact, foreseen.” He said commissioners ignored the...
Our Prediction for 2015 on Utility Dive
[…] elimination of the law. The governor will sign it into law — making Ohio the first state to officially repeal a RES. The action will leave many wondering if...
Public Interest Groups Call on Executive Nominations Committee to Reject Michael Richard’s Appointment Over Communications between Michael Richard and Governor Hogan’s Office
The emails demonstrate that in just the first month of his appointment, Michael Richard, coordinated with his previous office on matters both confidential and restricted.
Gas utilities evaded federal stove regulations with Big Tobacco tactics
[…] Center. NPR published a story featuring the report, including exclusive interviews with some of the first scientists to identify the health risks of gas stove emissions as early as...
Todd Wynn, operative for electric utilities and climate denier, the latest industry hire at Department of the Interior
[…] Todd Wynn as its Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs. DeSmog Blog first reported the hire. Wynn had most recently been employed by the Edison Electric...
California’s newest legislators have first chance to cozy up to Big Oil on Sunday night
[…] no such pledge on behalf of its candidates. All the newly elected freshmen have a first initial opportunity to prove that their loyalties do not lie with Big Oil by skipping...