Category: Utilities

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Download full report NextEra Energy NextEra Energy is an international utility company based in Florida. It serves approximately 4.9 million customer accounts in Florida via its retail utility, Florida Power...

/ December 10, 2019

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Download full report DTE Energy DTE Energy is a utility holding company with natural gas, electric, and pipeline business segments. The company serves 2.2 million electric customers and 1.3 million...

/ December 10, 2019

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Download full report Entergy Entergy is a utility company that serves 2.9 million electric customers across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Basic Facts: EPI estimate of Entergy’s total charitable giving...

/ December 10, 2019

Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits

Download full report Ameren Ameren is a utility company that serves 2.4 million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers across Illinois and Missouri.  Basic Facts: EPI estimate...

/ December 10, 2019

Entergy Threatens New Orleans City Council in Push Against “Resilient Renewables”

A policy requiring New Orleans’ electricity to come from sources that are both renewable and resilient to the impacts of climate change faces opposition from the utility Entergy, which threatened...

/ December 6, 2019

While Wisconsin residents object to the $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas plant, their public officials submit supportive comments ghostwritten by industry

As the public comment period for a new natural gas power plant drew to a close last month, several state lawmakers filed comments urging the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to...

/ November 20, 2019
Virginia Capitol

Dominion Energy spent record-breaking sum in Virginia election to bolster embattled Republicans and legislative allies

Utility and its executives supported allies in both parties, but spent on Republicans in key battleground races

/ November 12, 2019
United Power Mavericks Solar Farm

United Power and La Plata Electric ask Colorado Public Utilities Commission to determine Tri-State exit fee

The electric cooperatives’ filings emphasize a critical flaw in Tri-State’s governance system

/ November 7, 2019

Loopholes Set to Provide Millions in Benefits to Entergy in New Orleans Rate Case

The New Orleans City Council is set to vote on a resolution tomorrow which would give hundreds of millions of dollars in extra profits to Entergy New Orleans. The resolution,...

/ November 6, 2019