Results for: first energy
Pollution Payday: analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
[…] to right: Chris Crane, Exelon; Pedro Pizarro, Edison International). Source: EEI Twitter, September 10, 2020 First, governments have granted monopoly status to investor-owned electric and gas utilities, which means...
Backers of Prop 127 call for independent investigation of Brnovich over edits to renewable energy ballot language
Backers of Prop 127, the ballot initiative that would increase Arizona’s use of renewable energy, are calling for an independent investigation of the conduct of Attorney General Mark Brnovich and...
Affordable Energy Coalition
Affordable Energy Coalition Affordable Energy Coalition is a small front group created in March 2021 to attack building electrification policy in the Seattle region. The front group lists the Seattle...
FirstEnergy CEO Steven Strah emailed about “under the radar” House Bill 6 provision that cost Ohio ratepayers millions of dollars
FirstEnergy CEO Steven Strah, who rose through the ranks to replace the company’s previous CEO amid the fallout from federal corruption charges related to FirstEnergy’s efforts to pass a […]
Georgia Power’s “Smart Usage” Rate Leads to Higher Bills for 61% of Customers, Analysis Shows
[…] customers are not happy with their experience. One of those customers was Zoe Eisenberg. Eisenberg first joined the Smart Usage rate in June 2022 when she signed up for...
AGA uses millions of dollars from utility customers to promote a fossil fuel agenda
[…] work that the trade association engages in. In fact, in a filing in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) docket specifically about trade association dues, AGA itself explained, “While...
Xcel pushing measure that has raised gas bills in Minnesota, scrapped in other states
Xcel Energy is fighting the scheduled sunset of a Minnesota law that enables utilities to charge customers hundreds of millions of dollars for fossil gas infrastructure upgrades without standard regulatory...
Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy
Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy is a Nevada-based front group that includes Southwest Gas as a “partner” along with many of the gas utility’s allies....
Property Values Not Hurt by Wind Farms
[…] Research (Cebr) in the UK. They were commissioned by RenewableUK, the industry body for wind and marine energy generation, which in many minds will reduce the merit of the study, however,...
How to Secure the Grid and Save Ratepayers Money
[…] Knowing of how the electrical system works is critical to understanding why and how solar energy benefits the power grid. The U.S. electric grid consists of large high-power voltage...