Category: Utilities
NextEra spent $20 million to “ban” clean energy transmission project in Maine
Voters in Maine approved “Question 1” on the November ballot, in an effort to ban a 145 mile transmission line needed to carry hydropower from Quebec to help meet Massachusetts’...
Do major investors support American Electric Power’s lobbying against President Biden’s clean energy plan?
Despite publicly pledging to support efforts to limit global warming emissions, asset managers are silent while utilities lobby against climate legislation
Salt River Project board narrowly approves nearly $1 billion gas plant expansion
This post was updated on September 13 to reflect the results of the Salt River Project board vote The board of directors of the Salt River Project, the third largest...
Florida Power & Light $1.53 billion rate hike settlement includes new fossil gas investments
Ratepayers to fund $20 million in dues for political trade associations
Washington DC PSC Rejects FOIA requests for records of Willie Phillips’ participation in industry-funded events
The Washington DC Public Service Commission has rejected a Freedom of Information Act request regarding Chairman Willie Phillips’ participation in invitation-only events funded in part by utilities, including a utility...
DeWine raked in campaign money from AEP after the utility revealed a subpoena from the SEC
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine received $25,500 in campaign contributions from American Electric Power’s PAC and some of the electric utility’s top executives one month after AEP revealed it received a...
NRECA runs misleading pro-coal ads to sway Illinois lawmakers
As negotiations continue over a climate and energy bill in Illinois, misleading online advertisements from a group called “Voices for Cooperative Power” have appeared. The ads running in Illinois political...
Duke Energy given preferential treatment to shape study of HB 951 by North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff, records show
Duke Energy received preferential treatment and exclusive access from the North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff when that agency analyzed the impacts on customers’ bills of a sweeping energy bill...
Four major Ohio utilities shut off customers’ electricity 200,000 times during COVID-19 pandemic
AEP, FirstEnergy, Duke Energy, and DP&L disconnected Ohio customers who couldn't pay their bills during the Covid-19 pandemic.
North Carolina HB 951 could mean windfall for Duke, large rate increases for customers
Duke Energy is attempting to win major concessions from North Carolina lawmakers on an energy bill that would fundamentally change the state’s regulatory landscape, setting up a potential veto showdown...