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Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
[…] to bail out coal and nuclear power plants. “The employees and corporate donations of the First Energy Nuclear Power Plant and the Bruce Mansfield Coal Generation Plant make up...
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
[…] last year was $1.2 million, an increase from $1 million in 2015, which was his first full year as CEO. Ameren’s 2019 annual short-term incentive plan consisted mainly of...
Growing number of elected Democrats in Arizona won’t take money from APS
[…] accept utility money serves as a clear sign to voters that the people’s interests come first. The refusals reflect a trend among Democrats to reject campaign contributions from investor-owned...
FirstEnergy floats $13.6 million refund in Pennsylvania in response to Ohio criminal investigation and audits of influence spending charged to customers
FirstEnergy is proposing to refund $13.6 million to Pennsylvania customers who the company mischarged for payments related to the utility’s bribery schemes in Ohio, as well as advertising, lobbying, […]
Coal Ash Still Considered Non-Hazardous by the EPA, Despite Evidence to the Contrary
After years of delay, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first federal regulations for the disposal of coal ash, a toxic byproduct of burning coal at power plants that...
American Gas Association Wants States To Submit Implementation Plans, Not Ignore Clean Power Plan
[…] states from cooperating with the EPA. Aliya Haq at the Natural Resources Defense Council writes, The first ALEC bill aims to effectively repeal a state’s authority to work with EPA...
Public Interest Groups Call on Executive Nominations Committee to Reject Michael Richard’s Appointment Over Communications between Michael Richard and Governor Hogan’s Office
The emails demonstrate that in just the first month of his appointment, Michael Richard, coordinated with his previous office on matters both confidential and restricted.
Southern Company Scandal: The Documents
[…] the Sierra Club about the Kemper project said that the $2.1 billion cost increase since the PSC first approved Kemper was “inevitable, foreseeable and, in fact, foreseen.” He said commissioners ignored the...
Arizona Regulators Blunt Solar Progress
[…] MW of solar, less than half the amount it had installed in 2012. For the first time ever, Arizona lost its overall 2nd place status to upstart North Carolina....
Florida utilities silent amidst controversy over anti-solar Amendment 1
[…] was obtained by the Center for Media & Democracy and Energy and Policy Institute, and first reported on by the Miami Herald. Deceptive Amendment 1 strategy defies utilities’ codes...