Tag: Southwest Gas

Utilities fund Republican campaigns in pivotal Arizona legislature races

Arizona Public Service, Salt River Project, and Southwest Gas have contributed mainly to Republican candidates in several key state legislature races that could decide which party controls the legislative branch,...

/ November 4, 2024

Southwest Gas incessant in requesting back-to-back rate increases

Southwest Gas, one of the country’s largest gas utilities, requested an 11.88% – $125.6 million – rate increase with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) earlier this year. If approved, the...

/ October 22, 2024

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...

/ July 18, 2024

Utility CEOs received $3.2 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2022

Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $3.2 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 57 companies...

/ July 5, 2023

Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy

Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy is a Nevada-based front group that includes Southwest Gas as a “partner” along with many of the gas utility’s allies....

/ March 31, 2023
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Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

How policymakers can protect customers from being forced to fund utilities’ political machines

/ January 26, 2023

Utility CEOs received $2.7 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2021

Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $2.7 billion between 2017 and 2021, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 58 companies...

/ January 8, 2023

Southwest Gas increases its political contributions in Nevada ahead of the 2022 election

Southwest Gas ramped up its political giving in Nevada this election cycle, surpassing contribution levels for prior cycles in recent years. According to the most recent campaign finance reports, the...

/ November 4, 2022

Latest campaign reports show Arizona utilities funding GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake

The political action committees for Southwest Gas and Pinnacle West, Arizona Public Service’s parent company, have maxed out their contribution limits to Kari Lake, Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, according to...

/ October 31, 2022