Energy and Policy Institute

Utility regulator incumbents struggle in primary elections across the Southeast

Southern voters ousted or forced utility regulatory incumbents into runoffs during primary elections due to rising bills and ...
Energy and Policy Institute

CenterPoint’s PACs have contributed millions to influential right-wing PACs in Texas

CenterPoint’s two political action committees (PACs) contributed $2 million to Texas PACs and politicians between 2021 and ...
Energy and Policy Institute

Los Angeles City Council candidate holds extensive ties to SoCalGas

Raul Claros, a candidate for LA City Council, founded several groups that collectively have received more than $150,000 from ...
Energy and Policy Institute

Duke Energy’s dark money backed Phil Berger’s losing primary

The utility company routed funds from its Duke Energy Carolinas subsidiary into a political nonprofit where it’s the sole ...
Energy and Policy Institute

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 ...
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EPI Research

Six Ohio utilities contributed $2 million to DGA and RGA as Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy campaigned on lowering energy bills ...
energyandpolicy

Grist: The fossil fuel industry is trying to keep buildings hooked on gas. Here’s how.

Duke Energy’s dark money backed Phil Berger’s losing primary PREV Southern Company extends life of coal plants to power data centers, appears to abandon net zero goal ...
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Property Values Not Hurt by Wind Farms

Ten major studies in three countries of 1.3 million property transactions over 18 years of data have found no connection between wind farms and property values. Yet the fear of property value loss ...