Utility campaign giving nears $500K as Michigan lawmakers weigh energy bills
DTE Energy and Consumers Energy PAC spending this year favors Democrats, who have a trifecta and have pledged to pass clean energy bills.
Michigan legislators took $176K from DTE since pledging new era of utility accountability after outage backlash
DTE Energy's contributions to campaign and party funds come as Democrats attempt to pass climate and consumer protection bills.
Xcel-funded group urges Minnesota regulators to increase profits for Xcel
Minnesota Utility Investors, a shareholder advocacy group, joins Xcel in pushing for PUC to reconsider rate case decision
DTE Energy shareholders reject transparency proposal
Efforts to force utilities to disclose political spending information continue at the Michigan Legislature and PSC
Xcel pushing measure that has raised gas bills in Minnesota, scrapped in other states
Xcel Energy is fighting the scheduled sunset of a Minnesota law that enables utilities to charge customers hundreds of millions of dollars for fossil gas infrastructure upgrades without standard regulatory...
North Dakota has spent millions on a coal industry campaign targeting 100% clean energy legislation in Minnesota
A North Dakota coal industry front group, the Lignite Energy Council, has jumped state lines to wage a campaign to weaken a bill in Minnesota that would require the state’s...
Xcel Energy is recruiting Minnesota cities to thwart governor’s clean energy agenda
The Carbon-Free Future MN Coalition is part of Xcel’s lobbying campaign against carbon-free electricity by 2040
Amid controversies, DTE Energy continues to spend big in Michigan and nearly every lawmaker accepts
93% of legislators have taken DTE Energy money during their careers
Utilities sent $2.4 million to anti-abortion state officials who sponsored and signed trigger laws
Oncor, Atmos, AEP, and CenterPoint are among biggest donors