Tag: Commonwealth Edison
In the race to replace Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Illinois utilities pull out their checkbooks and hedge their bets
Illinois’ major electrical and gas utility companies have donated thousands of dollars to candidates running to replace Lisa Madigan as the state’s attorney general. The utility companies – Exelon and its...
New Utility PR Playbook Seeks to Mislead Customers on Demand Charges
The nation’s investor-owned electric utilities will attempt to deceive their customers into accepting new electric rate designs that would reduce people’s ability to save money by conserving energy or installing...
Illinois Renewable Energy Attacked
In the early weeks of Illinois’ 2015 legislative session, environmental and business groups came together to form the “Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition” to push for a new renewable energy and...
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...
The Exelon-Pepco Merger & Exelon’s History of Anti-Clean Energy Lobbying
The Exelon-Pepco merger would empower the company to continue its anti-renewable campaign in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, negatively impact ratepayers, and hinder the growth of the renewable energy industry.