American Electric Power (AEP) is an investor-owned monopoly utility company that serves 5.6 million customers in 11 states through its subsidiaries AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power, Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company. In 2025, AEP agreed to pay a $19 million penalty to settle an SEC investigation that found AEP violated securities laws by failing to inform investors of its funding and control of a dark money group involved in a utility corruption scandal in Ohio.

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Utility and fossil fuel money lurks behind Maine Question 1 attack on absentee voting

October 22, 2025

The Republican State Leadership Committee, the top donor behind the Question 1 ballot referendum that would make it harder for Maine voters to cast absentee ballots, has raked in money this year from the utility and fossil fuel industries. Voter ID for Maine is the ballot committee backing Question 1 on Maine’s ballot. Roadside signs...

Utility-funded Republican and Democratic groups try to leverage rising utility bills in New Jersey’s race for governor

October 20, 2025

Updated on October 30, 2025, with additional utility funding for the Democratic Governors Association Investor-owned utilities and utility industry groups have made over $2.6 million in cash and in-kind contributions this year to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association, amid an election cycle where both groups have tried to make political hay out...

Ohio’s big utilities fight repeal of scandal-tainted bill riders that cost customers billions of dollars

March 24, 2025

Ohio’s largest utilities are opposing state legislation that could help rein in scandal-tainted electric bill riders that have cost their customers billions of dollars. Executives from AEP, AES, Duke Energy, and FirstEnergy’s Ohio utilities all provided testimony opposing the legislation, House Bill 15 and Senate Bill 2, multiple times in recent weeks to the energy...

Utility members silent on Ohio Chamber’s opposition to Issue 1, but their money speaks volumes

November 1, 2024

Utility members of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce are silent on the industry group’s opposition to Issue 1, which aims to depoliticize how voting districts are drawn in Ohio. The Yes on Issue 1 campaign, also known as Citizens Not Politicians, aims to end partisan gerrymandering in Ohio, where Republican-drawn voting districts have for years...

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Utility and fossil fuel money lurks behind Maine Question 1 attack on absentee voting

Utility-funded Republican and Democratic groups try to leverage rising utility bills in New Jersey’s race for governor

Ohio’s big utilities fight repeal of scandal-tainted bill riders that cost customers billions of dollars

Utility members silent on Ohio Chamber’s opposition to Issue 1, but their money speaks volumes

Reports

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

Duke Energy Knew

Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

ExxonMobil attacks wind power, carbon tax in Texas

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

Press

Business Insider: Electric grids need upgrades thanks to data centers. Guess who helps pay for that.

Mother Jones and Floodlight: Utility Fraud and Corruption Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition

Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Eye on Utilities: Householder trial set to begin next month

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Utility and fossil fuel money lurks behind Maine Question 1 attack on absentee voting

Utility-funded Republican and Democratic groups try to leverage rising utility bills in New Jersey’s race for governor

Ohio’s big utilities fight repeal of scandal-tainted bill riders that cost customers billions of dollars

Utility members silent on Ohio Chamber’s opposition to Issue 1, but their money speaks volumes

Reports

Electric utilities falling behind on emission reduction targets

Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses

Duke Energy Knew

Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built

Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series

Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

ExxonMobil attacks wind power, carbon tax in Texas

Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017

Press

Business Insider: Electric grids need upgrades thanks to data centers. Guess who helps pay for that.

Mother Jones and Floodlight: Utility Fraud and Corruption Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition

Energy News Network/Eye on Ohio: Eye on Utilities: Householder trial set to begin next month

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