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Wisconsin utilities file for rate, profit hikes after Republicans ousted Huebner from PSC
A trio of Wisconsin utilities owned by WEC Energy Group is pushing to raise rates after Republican lawmakers ousted state utility regulator Tyler Huebner.
WEC Energy Files Application For LNG Peaking Facilities; Emails Show Company Discussed Project With PSC Before Filing
[…] it expects to invest $15 billion. “We have identified three key areas for increased investment. First, we plan to expand our regulated natural gas infrastructure to meet growing customer...
DTE Energy aims to continue its gas buildout as it proposes to leave coal by 2040
[…] reasons why DTE plans to deploy a fraction of the solar compared to Consumers Energy. First, the “utility is expecting success in its efforts to make both the Public...
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Utilities Quietly Walk Back Commitments to Diverse Hiring, Social Justice
[…] top successes when he was at the helm of Georgia Power. Womack, who became the first Black person to lead Southern in 2023, doubled down on that commitment in...
Duke Energy spends big on Republicans, “soft money” groups in 2020 election
[…] group seeking to boost fundraising for Democratic challengers to flip the state legislature, and as first reported by the Energy News Network. Under North Carolina law, corporations cannot contribute...
Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission position themselves in favor of utility rate increase, against clean energy standards
[…] (Walden, who currently sits on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board, gained notoriety when America First Legal, sued Mesa Public Schools and its Superintendent on Walden’s behalf over school...
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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...
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...
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...
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...