Category: Utilities
Dominion buys pipeline support at Supreme Court through GOP Attorneys General
With a key Atlantic Coast Pipeline appeal before the Supreme Court, US Attorney General Barr and Republican state Attorneys General have intervened in Dominion's favor - while sharing close financial...
FirstEnergy Solutions lobbyists behind campaign to remove names from House Bill 6 petition
Last updated on October 3 with some additional information about Protect Ohio Clean Energy Jobs, a new political action committee that recently designated a lobbyist for FirstEnergy Solutions as its...
DTE Energy sets net-zero emissions goal by 2050 for electric subsidiary, but gas investments raise doubts about seriousness
“If you don’t have a good pathway to get there you either fail at the goal or do stupid things along the way,” a DTE executive said about utilities' net-zero...
Southern Company and American Electric Power pledge to reduce emissions, but still support coal lobby group
Investors are calling on major companies to align their climate lobbying efforts with the Paris Agreement
TVA attempts to chain local power companies to longer contracts in effort to prevent defection risk
New TVA contract could prevent municipal utilities, co-ops from pursuing local renewable energy, storage
How Eversource customers in New Hampshire unknowingly fund the Edison Electric Institute
Updated shortly after publication with additional comments from Eversource. Eversource customers in New Hampshire are on the hook for nearly $190,000 the utility paid last year to the Edison Electric...
Duke Energy’s zero-carbon goal undermined by massive gas rush
Duke's proposed gas plants, pipeline call climate goal integrity into question
Pinnacle West misleads investors that APS has “surpassed the Paris Agreement”
Arizona Public Service Company has not set a goal to decarbonize – or even to reduce total carbon emissions.
DTE executive tells lawmakers battery storage is not suitable for Michigan as advocates slam its resource plan
Updated on September 10 with a response from DTE Energy DTE Energy has been sharply criticized in recent weeks over its integrated resource plan filing, in which the company proposed...
APS political spending soared under Don Brandt. Will that change with a new CEO?
APS reported spending over $182 million between 2013 and 2018 on lobbying, marketing, grants, and political campaigns - $152 per customer.