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Records obtained by EPI show Southwest Gas President Justin Brown emailed NV Governor Joe Lombardo at the end of the 2025 legislative session requesting he veto SB 442, a bill that would have made utilities publicly disclose disconnections. energyandpolicy.org/southwest-ga...
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Records obtained by EPI show Southwest Gas President Justin Brown emailed NV Governor Joe Lombardo at the end of the 2025 legislative session requesting he veto SB 442, a bill that would have made utilities publicly disclose disconnections. energyandpolicy.org/southwest-ga...
Dominion's $250,000 contribution to Shannon Taylor, a Democratic candidate for Attorney General, is the largest direct contribution Dominion has ever made from its PAC.
June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dominion's $250,000 contribution to Shannon Taylor, a Democratic candidate for Attorney General, is the largest direct contribution Dominion has ever made from its PAC.
Today, we released our analysis on utility executive pay, with Southern Company CEO Christopher Womack taking the top spot with earnings totaling $23,885,173 in 2024. This comes as utilities across the country are raising customer rates. energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceos...
April 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today, we released our analysis on utility executive pay, with Southern Company CEO Christopher Womack taking the top spot with earnings totaling $23,885,173 in 2024. This comes as utilities across the country are raising customer rates. energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceos...
After 2030, Duke must increase its pace to reach its 2040 interim target of an 80% reduction from a 2005 baseline. Both of these goals only take into account Duke's owned emissions, while the 2050 target now includes purchased power emissions.
March 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
After 2030, Duke must increase its pace to reach its 2040 interim target of an 80% reduction from a 2005 baseline. Both of these goals only take into account Duke's owned emissions, while the 2050 target now includes purchased power emissions.
In 2024, FirstEnergy announced it abandoned its interim emissions goal to keep... *checks notes* coal plants online. Duke Energy said they would consider delaying coal plant closures in a Trump admin. These are just two examples of utilities backing off stated net-zero targets.
March 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In 2024, FirstEnergy announced it abandoned its interim emissions goal to keep... *checks notes* coal plants online. Duke Energy said they would consider delaying coal plant closures in a Trump admin. These are just two examples of utilities backing off stated net-zero targets.
EPI's @mattkasper.bsky.social testified before the Maryland Economic Matters Committee yesterday in support of the Ratepayer Freedom Act (HB960).
March 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
EPI's @mattkasper.bsky.social testified before the Maryland Economic Matters Committee yesterday in support of the Ratepayer Freedom Act (HB960).
PURA's enforcement staff were so alarmed that they recommended its leadership "should not be permitted to engage with the electric supplier market or electric utility customers in any capacity in the future.” Still, he went on to open a new company in the electric supplier space.
March 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
PURA's enforcement staff were so alarmed that they recommended its leadership "should not be permitted to engage with the electric supplier market or electric utility customers in any capacity in the future.” Still, he went on to open a new company in the electric supplier space.
Using this information, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute discovered that the compensation Ameren, Every, and Algonquin, Liberty's parent company, doled out to its top executives in 2023 is more than the debt currently owed by each utility's delinquent customers.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Using this information, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute discovered that the compensation Ameren, Every, and Algonquin, Liberty's parent company, doled out to its top executives in 2023 is more than the debt currently owed by each utility's delinquent customers.
The rule also requires all utilities to publicly disclose the total number of delinquent residential accounts and the average arrearage amount.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The rule also requires all utilities to publicly disclose the total number of delinquent residential accounts and the average arrearage amount.
Missouri’s largest investor-owned utilities, Evergy, Ameren, and Spire, performed over 57,000 electric and gas disconnections for non-payment from March to June 2024, according to an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Missouri’s largest investor-owned utilities, Evergy, Ameren, and Spire, performed over 57,000 electric and gas disconnections for non-payment from March to June 2024, according to an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute.
Parson's office complied.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Parson's office complied.
Hahn, who is now the chair of the PSC, asked her former colleagues in Gov. Parson's office to help kill a rule that would have required utilities to report disconnections by zip code, just days before it went into effect.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hahn, who is now the chair of the PSC, asked her former colleagues in Gov. Parson's office to help kill a rule that would have required utilities to report disconnections by zip code, just days before it went into effect.
The indictments also revealed new details about how Jones and Dowling tried to conceal evidence at FirstEnergy as the feds closed in.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The indictments also revealed new details about how Jones and Dowling tried to conceal evidence at FirstEnergy as the feds closed in.
In one text message exchange described in the indictments, Dowling texted to Jones about the “Effort $$” it took to get public officials in line with FirstEnergy’s priorities.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In one text message exchange described in the indictments, Dowling texted to Jones about the “Effort $$” it took to get public officials in line with FirstEnergy’s priorities.
Prosecutors allege in the new indictments that Jones + Dowling exchanged bribes for a series of legislative and regulatory wins they described as winning the “National Championship” - wins that would cost FirstEnergy’s Ohio ratepayers millions.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Prosecutors allege in the new indictments that Jones + Dowling exchanged bribes for a series of legislative and regulatory wins they described as winning the “National Championship” - wins that would cost FirstEnergy’s Ohio ratepayers millions.
The PSC, however, has repeatedly stated that Commissioner Pridemore does not use her private email addresses for PSC-related business. We had receipts:
December 23, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The PSC, however, has repeatedly stated that Commissioner Pridemore does not use her private email addresses for PSC-related business. We had receipts:
In 1991, South Carolina ratepayers were forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for Duke Power’s membership fees for the Edison Electric Institute. EEI was behind an infamous 1991 ad campaign to deny the threat posed by climate change.
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
In 1991, South Carolina ratepayers were forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for Duke Power’s membership fees for the Edison Electric Institute. EEI was behind an infamous 1991 ad campaign to deny the threat posed by climate change.
Also in 1980/90s, Duke was a leader & major funder of the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, an industry group that advocated for nuclear plants that “don’t add to the greenhouse effect, potential global warming and its adverse effect on the environment and our quality of life.”
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Also in 1980/90s, Duke was a leader & major funder of the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, an industry group that advocated for nuclear plants that “don’t add to the greenhouse effect, potential global warming and its adverse effect on the environment and our quality of life.”
During the early 1980s, Duke Power’s president William S. Lee served on a federal energy research advisory board that found climate change could prove to be a “show stopper” for fossil fuels.
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
During the early 1980s, Duke Power’s president William S. Lee served on a federal energy research advisory board that found climate change could prove to be a “show stopper” for fossil fuels.
Carolina Power & Light’s president of nuclear safety wrote in 1980, “there are numerous papers that predict dire environmental consequences if we continue our present reliance upon fossil fuels.”
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Carolina Power & Light’s president of nuclear safety wrote in 1980, “there are numerous papers that predict dire environmental consequences if we continue our present reliance upon fossil fuels.”
A lobbyist for CenterPoint Energy appears to have created and ghostwritten comments to Minnesota regulators to skew customer rebates towards gas furnaces rather than electric air source heat pumps. energyandpolicy.org/centerpoint-...
November 20, 2024 at 4:05 PM
A lobbyist for CenterPoint Energy appears to have created and ghostwritten comments to Minnesota regulators to skew customer rebates towards gas furnaces rather than electric air source heat pumps. energyandpolicy.org/centerpoint-...