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An “Electric Cooperative Governance Task Force Report” urging co-op transparency was kept secret until now

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Report details utilities’ use of charitable giving to influence politics

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Dominion Energy spent record-breaking sum in Virginia election to bolster embattled Republicans and legislative allies

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