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Southwest Gas requesting another large rate increase in Arizona

Arizona customers will pay 11.5% more on their gas bill if the rate increase is approved

Keriann Conroy /July 7, 2022 DTE EnergyFeaturedUtilities

New Michigan front group with connections to DTE Energy launches ahead of the elections

Protect Our Values, a new dark money front group with connections to DTE Energy appears to be preparing to send messages to voters this election season. Protect Our Values was...

Matt Kasper /July 5, 2022 CenterPoint EnergyFeatured

CenterPoint, Atmos sponsor Texas Republican Party convention with exclusionary agenda despite corporate diversity pledges

Texas GOP platform declares “homosexuality is an abnormal lifestyle choice,” and urges the repeal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act

Karlee Weinmann /June 24, 2022 Arizona Public ServiceFeatured

Arizona regulator investigation unveils Arizona Public Service Company’s political spending

An inquiry by Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy has revealed new details about the political spending of the state’s largest electric utility, Arizona Public Service Company. Kennedy’s inquiry provides an...

Joe Smyth /June 14, 2022 CenterPoint EnergyXcel Energy

Minnesota gas utilities criticized for making Uri crisis worse on customers

Regulators will decide whether to shift costs to utilities or require customers to pick up the full tab

Karlee Weinmann /June 13, 2022 Political SpendingSouthwest GasUtilities

Southwest Gas connected to web of opposition targeting Nevada Assemblywoman

The gas utility and a front group look to unseat Assemblywoman who introduced climate legislation ahead of the June 14 primary

Keriann Conroy /June 6, 2022 Alabama Public Service Commission

Alabama Commissioner Chip Beeker’s Catfish Farm Loans $100k to Campaign After Receiving PPP Forgiveness

An Alabama utility regulator is funding his re-election campaign with a loan from his private farm, which has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal subsidies, despite the regulator’s...

Daniel Tait /May 18, 2022 Utilities

John Oliver explains utility scandals

Last Week Tonight explains how utilities harm customers and the climate, with little accountability due to influence over regulators.

David Pomerantz /May 16, 2022 Alabama PowerAlabama Public Service Commission

Alabama Power-funded PAC builds almost $4 million election warchest

Alabama Commissioner Jeremy Oden may have used his office for campaign purposes

Daniel Tait /May 12, 2022 Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy funding climate opposition in Minnesota

The utility's PAC has given $114,949 to Republican candidates, funds, and party units since 2017

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