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Texas utilities spent tens of millions on ‘legislative matters’ as electric bills rise

CenterPoint Energy, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Entergy Texas spent a combined $58.06 million on “legislative matters,” including lobbying and regulatory advocacy, from 2021 through 2025, ...
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Entergy Texas

CenterPoint Energy, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC and Entergy Texas spent a combined $58.06 million on “legislative matters,” including lobbying and regulatory advocacy, from 2021 through 2025, ...
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Alabama Power promises data center protections, but its proposed rate structure redacts them

Alabama Power says its data center contracts protect customers. The key terms are redacted, and its proposed rate plan ...
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Minnesota regulators approve higher Xcel profits at customers’ expense

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) formally approved an estimated $211 million rate increase for Xcel Energy electric customers last week, including higher profits for utility ...
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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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Pepco rate hike faces scrutiny over profits, ROE, and alleged coordinated testimony

Pepco’s latest rate hike in Maryland is drawing scrutiny from regulators and consumer advocates – not only over the size of the increase, but over the company’s profits, its parent company’s projected ...
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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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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 ...
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Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits

Households and businesses served by investor-owned utilities pay billions of dollars in profits to utility investors each year. Until now, no one has put a precise number on how much of an electric ...