Tag: Alabama Power
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over...
Hawthorn Group
The Hawthorn Group is a public affairs and corporate communications firm that has frequently worked with utilities and been central to a number of scandals involving the industry. Hawthorn describes...
Alabama Commission President Misleads Legislative Review Committee about Alabama Power’s High Rate of Profit
Alabama’s top utility regulator, Twinkle Cavanaugh, falsely implied to a state legislative review committee late last month that the Alabama Public Service Commission had more than halved the amount of...
Law firm with Matrix connections conducted Southern Company’s internal investigation
A law firm that conducted Southern Company’s internal investigation into reports that a political consulting firm used by a Southern subsidiary directed private surveillance of Southern’s CEO – possibly with...
Southern Company’s updated greenhouse gas bonus still pays executives as company invests in fossil fuels
Southern faces investor challenges on Scope 3 emissions
Tom Fanning Southern Company Matrix Scandal: What don’t we know?
A long-time consultant for Alabama Power hired a private investigator to surveil Tom Fanning, the CEO of its parent company, Southern Company, according to documents reported by AL.com yesterday. Matrix,...
John Oliver explains utility scandals
Last Week Tonight explains how utilities harm customers and the climate, with little accountability due to influence over regulators.
Alabama Power-funded PAC builds almost $4 million election warchest
Alabama Commissioner Jeremy Oden may have used his office for campaign purposes
Alabama Power contributed more than $176k to leaders of Alabama’s anti-LGTBQ+ bills
Alabama Power and its political action committee have contributed more than $176,000 since January 2021 to Alabama politicians who drove that state’s passage of anti-LGTBQ+ bills, including Alabama Governor Kay...
New records suggest Alabama Power paid millions to shadowy consulting groups involved in scandals throughout the Southeast
Payments went to monitor environmental groups