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“Code of Ethics” has not increased trust in Arizona Corporation Commission, as APS seems poised to continue spending on races
[…] its dealings.” Two factors have led to the Code of Ethics’ failure to rebuild trust: first and foremost, the Code of Ethics did nothing to dissuade regulated companies from...
Money trail in FirstEnergy corruption scandal leads outside Ohio
FirstEnergy improperly used money collected from customers in five states to pay for expenses connected to the ongoing corruption scandal in Ohio, the company has confirmed. The money was […]
Minnesota Net Metering Attacked
In 2014, Minnesota became the first state to approve a “value-of-solar” tariff, but utilities have chosen to continue with net metering as the preferred compensation method for distributed generation. While...
Mike DeWine met with Larry Householder early on in racketeering conspiracy
[…] Larry Householder listed on Mike DeWine’s calendar raises new questions about when the Ohio governor first knew about Householder’s secret financial relationship with FirstEnergy, which is now at the...
FirstEnergy secretly ‘engaged’ Corey Lewandowski to lobby Trump for a public bailout, subpoenaed records confirm after years of denials
FirstEnergy secretly ‘engaged’ Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to lobby President Trump to deliver a public bailout for the utility company’s coal and nuclear power plants in […]
Connecticut passes bill prohibiting utilities from charging ratepayers for political activities
[…] against climate action. Connecticut’s largest investor-owned utility, Eversource, spent over $305,000 on lobbying in the first quarter of 2023, making it the third-largest spender on lobbying in the state...
Alabama Commission President Misleads Legislative Review Committee about Alabama Power’s High Rate of Profit
[…] capital has remained relatively flat since 2013″ and that the utility’s return was “in the first quartile” of similar utilities. The filing in docket 18117 was made more than...
Edison Electric Institute Caught Secretly Working To Influence FTC Solar Workshop
[…] going solar. All of this presents an existential threat to the utility industry, something EEI first recognized at private meetings in 2012 when it warned that the booming distributed solar economy...
Press Release: Utility-funded PAC caught attempting more “political jiu-jitsu”
[…] Nuzzo in fact has deep ties to the State Policy Network. “This wasn’t Sal Nuzzo’s first time at SPN and this was no mere slip of the tongue,” said...
“Consumers for Smart Solar” behind Florida’s Amendment 1 collected only $10 from actual consumers
[…] All four work for CSS directly. All those donations happened within a week of CSS first opening its doors, and likely aimed to convince anyone checking the financial disclosure...