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Dominion Energy spending in Virginia elections nears all-time high

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Utility-funded groups try to leverage rising bills in NJ gov race

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October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Mass. bill to curb utilities’ political spending would save Liberty customers hundreds of thousands of dollars

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Utilities and fossil fuel industry support proposed Trump administration air pollution rollbacks

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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

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Key decisions loom in Florida Power and Light's historic bid to raise rates by $10 billion

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Southwest Gas privately asks for veto of utility disconnections reporting bill

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Trump axed funds for CA offshore wind project after denial group’s plea

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August 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM

Power plant water use data is hard to come by in drought-stricken Arizona

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August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Ameren justifies new gas plant with law that it lobbied for

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August 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Georgia PSC incumbents take majority of campaign money from utility interests

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Utility-backed climate framework could weaken emissions targets

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July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Oncor tries to resurrect dead bill to justify interim rate increase in Texas

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Industry front group backs NC bill that raises Duke Energy costs for residential customers

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‘Financial support’ from Minnesota Power may have influenced backers of utility acquisition, judge says

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July 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM

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June 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM

DTE dark money ties revealed in criminal court filings

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Georgia Power loses legal battle over Nestlé’s clean energy demand

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Maine bill proposes cap on rate case charges to utility customers

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May 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM

Bill to shield North Carolinians from paying for utility political costs fails to advance

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May 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM

Ameren shareholders reject anti-greenwashing proposal

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May 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM

Donald van der Vaart: North Carolina Utilities Commission nominee has history of controversy, potential conflicts

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May 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM

Evergy leans into fossil fuels as it backtracks on climate commitments

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Utilities Quietly Walk Back Commitments to Diverse Hiring, Social Justice

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Several Utilities Donate to Trump Inauguration Committee 

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April 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM

Utility CEOs get raises as companies roll back diversity, environmental pay incentives and rates increase

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Kehoe signs law likely to increase utilities’ profits, Missourians’ utility bills

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Southern Company Retreats on Clean Energy Ambition as Emissions Cuts Stall

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HBO’s ‘The Dark Money Game’ spotlights FirstEnergy’s corruption as Trump revives federal coal plant bailout the utility once lobbied for 

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Who is Stewards of Texas, the group pushing anti-renewable energy bill SB 819?

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April 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM

Proposed Nevada legislation poses risk to Southwest Gas customers

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CenterPoint’s deceptive billing practices put customers at risk of disconnection

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March 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM

CT Lawmaker Eyeing PURA Seat Owes Struggling Ratepayers Over $1 Million

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March 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM

New Laws Curbing Utility Political Spending Saving Ratepayers Millions of Dollars

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February 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM

Southern Company extends life of coal plants to power data centers, appears to abandon net zero goal

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Xcel legal fight could force customers to pay more for exec pay

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Ameren Missouri seeks rate hike amid mounting disconnections

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Gas Utility National Fuel Used Its Customers’ Money for Lobbying

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November 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM

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