Tag: Edison Electric Institute
EEI used anti-clean energy campaigns as role models in political boot camp for utility execs
EEI's boot camp held up two companies as case studies - FirstEnergy and APS - despite both having become paragons of utility corruption.
Utilities that have and have not suspended disconnects amid COVID-19
EPI is tracking the states that have binding protections against electricity disconnections and when the protections expire.
How Eversource customers in New Hampshire unknowingly fund the Edison Electric Institute
Updated shortly after publication with additional comments from Eversource. Eversource customers in New Hampshire are on the hook for nearly $190,000 the utility paid last year to the Edison Electric...
Pinnacle West misleads investors that APS has “surpassed the Paris Agreement”
Arizona Public Service Company has not set a goal to decarbonize – or even to reduce total carbon emissions.
Wisconsin utility We Energies looks to recover $2 million in annual membership dues from its customers
Customers of We Energies are currently on the hook to pay nearly $2 million a year for the monopoly utility’s corporate membership in various trade associations and organizations that practice...
Duke Energy’s Allegiance to Gas Leads to Muddled Statements on Solar Emissions Impacts
Duke Energy peddles, then recants the myth that solar increases pollution. Gas investments may be driving its muddled stance.
Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade
Many of the nation's largest utilities are planning to slow down their efforts to decarbonize, according to the companies' own goals.
Michigan PSC rebuffs ALJ recommendation, allows DTE Energy to force customers to pay EEI dues
When the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $273.3 million rate increase for DTE Electric earlier this month, renewable energy and environmental advocates were moderately satisfied. The PSC approved an...
Global Climate Coalition documents reveal the electric utility industry’s role in notorious climate denial campaign
Electric utilities played a prominent role in the Global Climate Coalition, an industry group that worked for over a decade to sow doubt about climate change and block efforts to...
FCC filings detail additional link between MidAmerican and anti-solar REAL Coalition
Documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission may help solve the mystery of who is behind the REAL Coalition, a pro-utility front group which has opposed a solar-friendly policy in...