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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 15/10/2026

The Regulators Roundtable covered the travel costs for two of Florida’s public utility commissioners to attend an event the industry-backed group hosted in West Palm Beach. Here’s what the Senate ethics chair had to say about it:

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 01/09/2026

Metadata showed that the comments, which were written from the point of view of the regulators, were actually filed by the Roundtable’s Elizabeth Gianini. GOPAC and the Roundtable’s involvement was not disclosed.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 01/09/2026

A copy of the memo obtained by EPI shows how it also called on the administration to “revitalize coal,” treat fossil gas as a “clean and strategic fuel,” and extend financial incentives to expand gas infrastructure. www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 01/09/2026

Documents show how Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kevin Thompson asked GOPAC staff to modify the memo to call for rolling back various EPA regulations: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 01/09/2026

Roundtable President Elizabeth Gianini drafted a memo to former White House economist Stephen Moore to convey a “PSC perspective” on policies intended to “move faster” to build new power generation. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

As EPI told the @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

At meetings with prospective investors, Roundtable staff told a regulator how they wanted utility executives to be “impressed”:

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

IRS records show how the Regulator Roundtable plans to scale up considerably in 2026 and 2027 years.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

Donors that contribute at least $5,000 to the Regulators Roundtable’s PAC or 501(c)(4) group will also enjoy access to an “election briefing” this fall “featuring the key Commissioners on the ballot.” www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

Those benefits included “Opportunities to submit to energyplatform.xn--news,-sw3b a supposedly “independent U.S. media organization” linked to GOPAC. Energy Platform mysteriously went offline within days of the @washingtonpost.com story on the Roundtable.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 27/08/2026

We obtained a prospectus for potential investors that lays things out in stark detail: Investors that drop $50,000 receive “2 years of benefits, including “A chance to shape policy.” www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 13/08/2026

Now some of the companies with the most at stake have been offered the chance to help fund private retreats with those regulators.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 03/08/2026

The prospect of NextEra's political influence machine entering the state has also raised concerns due to Florida Power & Light's reputation in the Sunshine State.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 15/07/2026

An investigation by @us.theguardian.com found that the Department of Energy under Trump has removed more than 1,600 webpages from its site, including tips for how to stay cool during the summer when energy bills spike.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 07/07/2026

"Before their utility regulators roll out the welcome mat, they should take a close look at how NextEra does business in its backyard," the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board warns VA regulators and politicians about NextEra's Dominion acquisition. bit.ly/4vweFWp

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/06/2026

LEAs subsidize new gas hookups by passing costs onto existing ratepayers. EPI found evidence that utilities ghostwrote and filed comments opposing their elimination under the bylines of a wide variety of officials and groups.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 26/06/2026

The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board came out swinging against NextEra's acquisition of Dominion saying, "If Florida is any guide, customers in Dominion-serviced states should expect the higher rates and unwelcome political influence that FPL customers face, but on steroids."

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 21/05/2026

NextEra CEO John Ketchum made $24,192,607 last year. Meanwhile, NextEra is looking to acquire another huge utility, Dominion, with the promise of delivering low bills to customers as demand for data centers skyrockets. energyandpolicy.org/nextera-dominio…

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 14/05/2026

Three Republican candidates fighting for two open District 1 and District 5 seats on the Louisiana PSC this year received substantial support from PSC-regulated entities or orgs, PACs or businesses with ties to those enterprises. bit.ly/4eHxaBB

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 07/05/2026

Pepco wants Maryland customers to pay 23% more for electric rates, even as profits rise and Exelon projects higher earnings and dividends. The case is now drawing scrutiny over ROE, affordability, and Pepco’s role in supportive testimony. energyandpolicy.org/pepco-maryla...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 23/04/2026

The Energy and Policy Institute analyzed utility CEO's 2025 compensation. While CEOs and the utilities they oversee got a windfall, customers have been faced with higher bills and have only one option for their energy provider. Read the report here: bit.ly/42iIJHR

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 22/04/2026

Read our new report on utility executive compensation released today: energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceo-...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 12/03/2026

The traffic to our new calculator tool that tells ratepayers how much of their monthly electric bill goes to utility profits is so high it just crashed our site. We're back online now, but love the enthusiasm!

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 12/03/2026

Some utilities reported profit margins far higher than average. The worst offenders averaged over *20%* profit share of customer bills.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 12/03/2026

Want to know how much of your hard earned cash goes to utility profits each month? We built a calculator that will tell you: energyandpolicy.org/utilityprofi.... Share your results and we’ll repost them!

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 12/03/2026

Our first of its kind analysis examined financial data for 110 investor-owned utilities operating in the U.S. between 2021 and 2024. During this period alone, those utilities reported $186B in profit, or around 13 percent of all the money they collected from customers.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 12/02/2026

However, in the midst of an energy affordability crisis, utility regulators have the ability to lower bills and stop approving rate hikes that include excessively high profits for monopoly utilities. Perhaps it’s best to skip the whiskey next time.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/01/2026

EPRI, a utility membership organization, finds that a utility's coal plant has no health impacts (despite scientists, the community, and utility directors disagreeing). grist.org/climate-energy/a-nebraska…

A photo of the North Omaha coal plant with the text over it that says, "We investigated ourselves and cleared ourselves of any wrongdoing."

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 24/11/2025

That's it. That's the post. (Report and graphics done by @tcfdotorg.bsky.social: tcf.org/content/comm...)

Graphic titled "Average Energy Utility Bills Nationwide Now Exceed $260/Month," showing the price of utilities in Q1 2023 averaging around $230 and going up to $265 in Q2 2025.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 25/09/2025

Records obtained by EPI show Southwest Gas President Justin Brown emailed NV Governor Joe Lombardo at the end of the 2025 legislative session requesting he veto SB 442, a bill that would have made utilities publicly disclose disconnections. energyandpolicy.org/southwest-ga...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 16/06/2025

Dominion's $250,000 contribution to Shannon Taylor, a Democratic candidate for Attorney General, is the largest direct contribution Dominion has ever made from its PAC.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 23/04/2025

Today, we released our analysis on utility executive pay, with Southern Company CEO Christopher Womack taking the top spot with earnings totaling $23,885,173 in 2024. This comes as utilities across the country are raising customer rates. energyandpolicy.org/utility-ceos...

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 21/03/2025

After 2030, Duke must increase its pace to reach its 2040 interim target of an 80% reduction from a 2005 baseline. Both of these goals only take into account Duke's owned emissions, while the 2050 target now includes purchased power emissions.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 20/03/2025

In 2024, FirstEnergy announced it abandoned its interim emissions goal to keep... *checks notes* coal plants online. Duke Energy said they would consider delaying coal plant closures in a Trump admin. These are just two examples of utilities backing off stated net-zero targets.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 14/03/2025

EPI's @mattkasper.bsky.social testified before the Maryland Economic Matters Committee yesterday in support of the Ratepayer Freedom Act (HB960).

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 04/03/2025

PURA's enforcement staff were so alarmed that they recommended its leadership "should not be permitted to engage with the electric supplier market or electric utility customers in any capacity in the future.” Still, he went on to open a new company in the electric supplier space.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/01/2025

Using this information, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute discovered that the compensation Ameren, Every, and Algonquin, Liberty's parent company, doled out to its top executives in 2023 is more than the debt currently owed by each utility's delinquent customers.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/01/2025

The rule also requires all utilities to publicly disclose the total number of delinquent residential accounts and the average arrearage amount.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/01/2025

Missouri’s largest investor-owned utilities, Evergy, Ameren, and Spire, performed over 57,000 electric and gas disconnections for non-payment from March to June 2024, according to an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 30/01/2025

Hahn, who is now the chair of the PSC, asked her former colleagues in Gov. Parson's office to help kill a rule that would have required utilities to report disconnections by zip code, just days before it went into effect.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 22/01/2025

The indictments also revealed new details about how Jones and Dowling tried to conceal evidence at FirstEnergy as the feds closed in.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 22/01/2025

In one text message exchange described in the indictments, Dowling texted to Jones about the “Effort $$” it took to get public officials in line with FirstEnergy’s priorities.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 22/01/2025

Prosecutors allege in the new indictments that Jones + Dowling exchanged bribes for a series of legislative and regulatory wins they described as winning the “National Championship” - wins that would cost FirstEnergy’s Ohio ratepayers millions.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 23/12/2024

The PSC, however, has repeatedly stated that Commissioner Pridemore does not use her private email addresses for PSC-related business. We had receipts:

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 21/11/2024

In 1991, South Carolina ratepayers were forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for Duke Power’s membership fees for the Edison Electric Institute. EEI was behind an infamous 1991 ad campaign to deny the threat posed by climate change.

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 21/11/2024

Also in 1980/90s, Duke was a leader & major funder of the U.S. Council for Energy Awareness, an industry group that advocated for nuclear plants that “don’t add to the greenhouse effect, potential global warming and its adverse effect on the environment and our quality of life.”

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 21/11/2024

During the early 1980s, Duke Power’s president William S. Lee served on a federal energy research advisory board that found climate change could prove to be a “show stopper” for fossil fuels.

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