David Pomerantz Tag: Xcel Energy
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.
Analysis: How Electric Utilities and Their Executives Contributed in Nine Governor Races
Utilities Bet on Republicans in Some Close Races, Hedge in Others
Campaign Finance Reports Reveal Utility Industry Again Spending Big This Election Cycle
The nation’s largest electric utilities are pouring money into political action committees and tax-exempt political organizations that work to elect governors, attorney generals and state legislators at an unprecedented rate...
Utility Industry Contributing Millions to National Political Party Groups
Over $3 million in contributions to certain IRS 527 political organizations in 2017. More than $36 million over the past decade.
Utility Companies Quick To Fund Republican Governors and Attorneys General in 2017
The nation’s investor-owned utilities have been quick to help Republican governors and attorneys general maintain and expand their control of state capitals, according to a review of mid-year campaign finance...
Utility Industry Set To Get Another Ally Inside The Trump Administration
Mark Menezes has spent decades working in the electric utility industry, mostly alongside corporate lobbying teams.
Global Investors Warn Utilities to Change Business Strategy and Prepare for Climate Change
Now that countries have signed the Paris Agreement, global investors are warning utility companies that they must now act.
University of Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
The Public Utility Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (WPUI) is another member-supported organization that is partially funded by “Sustaining Members,” which include the largest investor-owned utility companies operating in...
Harvard University Electricity Policy Group
The Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) is run by Ashley Brown, a former commissioner on the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, who has publicly criticized distributed renewable energy repeatedly for months...
Harvard Electricity Policy Group
The Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) is a utility-funded university institute that comments and provides research on the electricity sector. Ashley Brown is the Executive Director and previously served as...