Category: Utilities

Duke Energy doubles down on gas in updated NC Carbon Plan, despite unreliability during Winter Storm Elliott

Duke Energy plans to deepen its reliance on methane gas, the volatile fuel responsible for consumers’ skyrocketing bills, according to the utility’s mid-August proposal to comply with North Carolina’s new...

/ October 24, 2023

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.

/ October 18, 2023

Alabama Commission President Misleads Legislative Review Committee about Alabama Power’s High Rate of Profit

Alabama’s top utility regulator, Twinkle Cavanaugh, falsely implied to a state legislative review committee late last month that the Alabama Public Service Commission had more than halved the amount of...

/ October 16, 2023

Maryland utilities lobbying against adoption of local electrification policies

Maryland utilities Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) and Washington Gas wielded their influence over county officials in recent months in an attempt to halt the implementation of  local electrification policies,...

/ September 18, 2023

Complaints to the PUCN highlight frustrations with NV Energy’s lack of consumer protections

Complaints to the PUCN highlight frustrations with NV Energy’s lack of consumer protections The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has received over one hundred complaints during the first seven...

/ August 29, 2023
Utility Corruption

Avangrid Behind Political Campaign Against CT Utility Regulator

Connecticut utility United Illuminating, a subsidiary of Avangrid, is behind a political campaign targeting a draft decision by state regulators rejecting its requested rate hike. UI has mobilized its own...

/ August 23, 2023

Eversource becomes first utility to exit from gas industry’s largest trade association, citing decarbonization efforts in unprecedented move

STATEMENT: Eversource becomes first utility to exit from gas industry’s largest trade association, citing decarbonization efforts in unprecedented move. The decision comes amid the American Gas Association’s ongoing campaign against...

/ August 8, 2023

Legislation introduced by Rep. Kathy Castor instructs FERC to ban utilities from using ratepayer dollars for political activities

The “Ethics in Energy Act” also aims to increase transparency and add penalties for noncompliance

/ August 2, 2023

Emails Reveal Eversource’s Work Behind the Scenes to Push Gas Pipeline 

In an exposé based on documents obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute through a public records request, the Boston Globe revealed how gas utility Eversource worked behind the scenes...

/ August 1, 2023

Law firm with Matrix connections conducted Southern Company’s internal investigation

A law firm that conducted Southern Company’s internal investigation into reports that a political consulting firm used by a Southern subsidiary directed private surveillance of Southern’s CEO – possibly with...

/ July 12, 2023