Energy and Policy Institute

Maryland PSC delays key Future of Gas rule after utility-linked opposition campaign

Under utility pressure, Chair Kumar Barve’s Commission put off action ending line extension allowances - subsidies that shift ...
Energy and Policy Institute

New nationwide data reveals utility specific disconnection information

Newly released federal data offers the clearest look yet at which electric and gas utilities disconnect the most residential ...
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‘Man who killed offshore wind’ now pushing fossil fuels and nuclear for Koch-funded Mackinac Center in Michigan

David Stevenson, who led a national campaign against offshore wind power for the Delaware-based Caesar Rodney Institute, is now fighting land-based solar and wind farms and promoting fossil fuels and ...
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Utility regulator incumbents struggle in primary elections across the Southeast

Across the Southeast, primary elections held last week showed a trend of incumbent utility regulators losing seats or being forced into runoffs to opponents vowing to hold utilities accountable for ...
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NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion would bring history of political control, rate increases to Virginia, Carolinas

NextEra contends customers will benefit from the acquisition. Lawmakers and advocates caution NextEra’s long track record of rate increases and scandals. (Photo illustration. EPI file.) America’s ...
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Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills

Six of Ohio’s largest investor-owned electric and gas utilities contributed more than $2 million to the Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association since January of last year ...
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Utility-linked donors back candidates for Louisiana’s utility seats

Three Republican candidates fighting for two open District 1 and District 5 seats on the Louisiana Public Service Commission this year received substantial support from PSC-regulated entities or ...
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Nevada utilities back Lombardo in governor’s race

Utilities in Nevada are backing Republican Governor Joe Lombardo with their checkbooks in his reelection bid in the 2026 gubernatorial race. No other candidates in the race for Nevada’s next governor ...
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Utility CEO pay surges amid higher profits, customer struggles

Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $626 million in 2025, an Energy and Policy Institute analysis of annual corporate filings found. From 2017 to 2025, utilities paid their CEOs ...
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Federal data shows over 13 million electric shutoffs as industry posts record profits

A first-of-its-kind federal report shows utilities disconnected residential electric service 13.5 million times for unpaid bills in 2024, and residential gas service 1.6 million times — even as the ...
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FERC rejects reform, leaves customers paying for utility trade associations

Federal energy regulators voted yesterday to keep in place accounting rules that allow monopoly utilities to charge customers for trade association activities, including political advocacy. The ...