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Xcel Energy is recruiting Minnesota cities to thwart governor’s clean energy agenda

The Carbon-Free Future MN Coalition is part of Xcel’s lobbying campaign against carbon-free electricity by 2040

/ November 17, 2022

Georgia Power’s “Smart Usage” Rate Leads to Higher Bills for 61% of Customers, Analysis Shows

90% of low-use customers on Smart Usage rate experienced higher bills

/ December 8, 2022

Feds reveal more secret pass-throughs for FirstEnergy money in Larry Householder racketeering case

New information made public by federal prosecutors in the racketeering case against ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder revealed that $400,000 secretly paid by FirstEnergy passed through two dark money groups,...

/ January 10, 2023

Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations

Over 70 investor-owned utility holding companies and their subsidiaries have contributed more than $70 million from 2008 through 2022 to the Republican Governors Association, Republican Attorneys General Association, Republican State Leadership Committee,...

/ February 26, 2018

Xcel-funded group urges Minnesota regulators to increase profits for Xcel

Minnesota Utility Investors, a shareholder advocacy group, joins Xcel in pushing for PUC to reconsider rate case decision

/ July 9, 2023

AZ regulators reject APS plans for gas investment, as APS tries to avoid potential renewable energy obligations

APS is the top campaign donor to the legislator behind a maneuver that would protect it and other utilities from an RPS increase measure on the ballot this November

/ March 14, 2018
Utility Corruption

Connecticut passes bill prohibiting utilities from charging ratepayers for political activities

Connecticut could become the second state to pass utility accountability legislation in 2023.

/ May 26, 2023

Documents show TC Energy’s contractors did not report conflicts of interest to FERC

Two conflicted third-party contractors slipped through a federal vetting process last year for the review of two separate TC Energy gas pipeline projects. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hired...

/ October 6, 2022

Florida Supreme Court orders Florida Public Service Commission to do its job

Opinion from the court instructs the Commission to provide further explanation of its support of FPL’s 2021 rate increase settlement

/ October 3, 2023