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Consumers Energy has dumped $15,000 into a campaign opposing a Michigan ballot initiative that would limit utility political giving, much of which has gone toward paying legal fees to the same attorney who helps run Consumers' dark money nonprofit www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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A group of state lawmakers is urging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to deny BlackRock's controversial bid to take over Minnesota Power, saying among other things that "the risks and harms would outweigh the minimal, short-term benefits" efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

Proponents of BlackRock's takeover of Minnesota Power like to note the state Dept of Commerce supports the deal. But AG Ellison's office and others say many of the provisions that got Commerce on board are either already required or provide no benefit efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

Xcel actually argues that it is better for struggling customers to have their electricity shut off if they can't afford their bills. Electricity, which is essential to living life in the year 2025. This is mindbogglingly paternalistic and callous. www.startribune.com/xcel-is-cutt...

While CenterPoint remains a huge barrier to Minneapolis' clean energy transition, Mayor Frey delivered a proclamation earlier this year to honor a retiring CenterPoint lobbyist that noted his "impressive career" and "winning smile" www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

It's been over 10 years since Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy signed agreements to help advance the City of Minneapolis' clean energy goals yet a new report shows they're still way behind on every metric except the ones the city most fully controls mplscleanenergypartnership.org/documents/20...

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission staff on BlackRock's proposal to buy Minnesota Power: "the private equity model is a poor choice for regulated utilities in general" efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

In a filing submitted yesterday, Xcel Energy continued to imply that only a small minority of its customers have a problem with paying more for its top executives' compensation www.edockets.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

Legislators who represent Minnesota Power's hometown of Duluth urged state regulators to reject a private equity proposal to buy the utility, saying the deal "poses significant risks to Minnesota Power ratepayers, employees, and the public at large" efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

It appears that a lawyer for the private equity group trying to buy Minnesota Power rewrote labor unions' comments to strengthen their support for the controversial deal. This lawyer is also a former Minnesota utility regulator. As noted by @curemn.org: www.edockets.state.mn.us/submissions/...

Michigan AG Dana Nessel questioned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's appointment of political ally Shaquila Myers as the state's newest utility regulator after Myers used her influence as a legislative staffer to benefit DTE Energy and Consumers Energy www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

In urging state regulators to reject a private equity takeover of Minnesota Power, a judge questioned whether the controversial deal's proponents "felt obligated to support Minnesota Power due to the financial support they are provided by the company" efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

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Minnesota regulators approved CenterPoint's plan to inflate customer-funded rebates for gas furnaces over the objections of climate and consumer advocates. The decision cites supportive comments from appliance installers and others, including those apparently ghostwritten by a CenterPoint lobbyist.