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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 9h

Choosing between groceries and your electric bill shouldn't be a monthly survival game. Washington needs to wake up and treat utility affordability like the crisis it is.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fact: Electric bills have outpaced inflation for years. Fact: 1 in 3 US households are struggling to pay for energy bills. Fact: Utility companies are making record profits off your electric bill. Your crisis is their bottom line.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨NC regulators blocked Duke Energy's gas plant meant to cover surging AI data center demand because Duke couldn't prove customers wouldn't end up on the hook for the bill. Utilities think they can keep using the AI boom to pickpocket you. Nice try.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

About 70% of Americans have zero choice in who provides their electricity. You can’t shop around for a better deal or switch providers when rates go up. You’re simply captive to a for-profit monopoly that makes more money the more expensive their infrastructure gets.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you overspend your budget, you go broke. If a monopoly utility overspends their budget, they ask the state for a rate hike and get a bonus. Must be nice.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Your reminder that monopoly utilities are using the AI data center surge as an excuse to build massive, costly new power plants, and sticking YOU with the tab. They’re quietly raising rates on working families just to lock in guaranteed profits and subsidize Big Tech. bit.ly/47ktbFX

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The Monopoly That’s Really Driving Up Your Electric Bill

Your electricity bill has gone up, and you've probably seen the headlines explaining why: data centers, AI, servers humming around the clock to power chatbots and cloud computing. That explanation isn

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Average utility costs jumped 5.3% year over year, outpacing standard energy inflation, and a new BofA report says not to expect that trend to reverse anytime soon.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Utilities spend millions convincing you that rate hikes are inevitable and your voice doesn't matter. Both of those are lies. Neither would be worth spending millions on if they were true.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

$186,000,000,000. That's the combined profit 110 investor-owned electric utilities posted from 2021 to 2024. That's enough money to give every household in America more than $1,300 to help cover essentials like groceries, rent, & gas at the pump.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Trump is out here promising Americans a $5,000 check if the GOP keeps control of Congress. Here's a better idea: do your job and bring down energy costs so we don't need a handout to survive our bills.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Quick reminder: ➡️ Utilities disconnected residential electric service 13.5 million times for unpaid bills in 2024. ➡️ That same year, the industry posted record profits. Nobody should have to accept that as normal.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

DTE Energy is asking customers for another $474 million just months after a nearly $250 million rate increase took effect, and about $100 million of it is just to boost shareholder returns. Enough is enough.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A utility company that actually works for its customers would keep bills affordable, spend on reliability instead of lobbyists, and stop raising rates while posting record profits. How many are doing that?

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NIPSCO overbilled 4,000+ customers using meters that have been broken since the 1970s. Imagine finding out your utility has been overcharging you since the Nixon Administration.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

👉 FACT: U.S. electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as overall inflation. 👉 ALSO FACT: Investor-owned utilities pocketed nearly $186 billion in profits between 2021 and 2024. The math isn't mathing.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you to the Virginia state legislators who stood up for VA customers during the Dominion merger review and worked to keep bills low.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Minnesota watchdog group has worked on utility rate cases for a decade and says they have never seen public response like this. When people finally understand what's happening to their bills, they show up.

Headline from the Minnesota Star Tribune reads, "Ellison challenges Xcel rate increase as customer frustration surges." It discusses a 5.8% estimated rise in electricity costs compared to 2024, with over 8,600 public comments involved. The article is by Kristoffer Tigue. The image features the logos of the Minnesota Star Tribune and Utility Action Alliance.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

AES Indiana customers shouldn't have to pay for risky utility investments or corporate deals. As regulators take a second look at AES Indiana's rate hike, they must put affordability first. Ratepayers deserve reliable power—not higher bills to support speculative demand & corporate deals.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Utility greed, by the numbers: 📈 $9.2 B: the record amount utilities requested in rate hikes last quarter. 💰 $626 million: what utility CEOs took home in 2025. ✊ 76%: the share of Americans who say it's time for real oversight. How much more are we going to take?

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wild that this needs to be said out loud, but here we are: Utility profits should never come at the expense of people’s basic needs, like keeping the lights on and their homes warm.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Utilities power our homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses. They touch every part of our lives. That's exactly why they need to operate with real transparency and accountability to the communities they serve.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"It really feels like the end times." That's how one Gary resident described nearly 2 weeks without power after storms left more than 370,000 Hoosiers in the dark. Now the state is investigating whether NIPSCO actually spent its maintenance money the way it promised regulators.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

No family should have to choose between their utility bill and groceries. Full stop.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Michigan regulators just told lawmakers what it would really take to fix the system: change how DTE Energy and Consumers Energy make their profits. Legislative action could do more to lower household energy bills than anything regulators can accomplish on their own.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With under 70 days until Election Day, every candidate should have to answer one simple question: What will you do to take on utility greed and lower costs for working families?

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

3 things utilities don’t want you to know: 🏛️ Your energy bills can fund lobbying against policies that could lower costs. 🤥 They spend big to make endless rate hikes seem normal. 💰 Those higher rates help boost profits for Wall Street shareholders. Sounds fair.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BGE posted a record $578 million in profits last year. Now, the utility is asking Maryland regulators for permission to charge customers $156 million more. When is enough actually enough?

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Gov. Mike Braun after the Indiana power outages.

A graphic with two Spider‑Man characters pointing at each other. One is labeled "Filing complaints and launching investigations into what caused the power outages," and the other is labeled "Supporting policies and signing bills that caused the power outages." The background shows an NYPD building.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Politicians won’t just wake up one day and decide to take on utility greed. They’ll act when voters make it impossible to ignore.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Your reminder that utilities requested a record $31 billion in rate increases in 2025, more than double what they asked for in 2024. And it’s only going to get worse unless we act.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Investor-owned utilities want you to believe corporate greed has nothing to do with your rising electric bill. Think again.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A new poll out of Maryland found utility costs now rank alongside the economy and taxes as a top concern for voters. Families nationwide are getting squeezed by rising energy bills, making this a national crisis that demands accountability at the ballot box.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🚨A bombshell investigation revealed that state utility regulators have been wined & dined at private, industry-funded retreats, raising serious questions about who gets access to the officials who are overseeing your energy bills. This is how the system stays rigged.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Utilities are betting you'll stay quiet while they raise your rates. Every time people organize instead, utilities lose. Let's keep proving them wrong.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The next time your utility says a rate hike is necessary, remember this: Investor-owned utility CEOs collected a combined $626 million in 2025 alone. Necessary for who?

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Every month, part of your utility bill funds something that has nothing to do with keeping your lights on: from political lobbying to executive perks. That’s YOUR money being used to protect utility profits & influence the very officials meant to hold them accountable.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

2025 marked the 14th straight year of record utility construction spending. To no one's surprise, utilities make big profits by spending big on construction. But there’s more: utilities plan to spend another $1.33 TRILLION over the next 4 years. All paid for by customers (meaning us).

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

📈 Georgia Power raised rates SIX times on its customers in the last 3 years. The average family now pays $516 more a year. Meanwhile, CEOs at Georgia Power and Southern Company took home nearly $30 million. Georgia families deserve better.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

So-called "beautiful coal” is really "an expensive effort to preserve yesterday’s technology." ➡️ www.journalgazette.net/opinion/fire…

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Somewhere a utility exec is toasting record profits with champagne bought by your overdue notice fees.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Your reminder that families are choosing between groceries and keeping the lights on, while utility CEOs are choosing between a new yacht and a bigger one.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🚨FACT: 76% of Americans want stronger oversight of utility companies. It's time our elected officials answer to the majority and actually do something about it.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you, Governor Spanberger, for intervening on this merger, standing up for customers and holding our utilities accountable. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202…

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Utilities power our homes, our schools, our hospitals, our businesses. They touch every part of our lives. That's exactly why they owe us transparency and accountability.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Exelon's "high probability" data center load falling by 40% is a strong reminder that regulators need to vet these projects more carefully before customers are stuck with increased electricity costs. www.utilitydive.com/news/exelon-...

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Exelon ‘high probability’ data center load falls 40%

The drop to 11 GW reflects Exelon’s ability to weed out speculative projects through “transmission security agreements,” said CFO Jeanne Jones.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Trump administration spent $2.7 billion to kill wind power & $1.1 billion to prop up coal. That's nearly $4 billion of your tax money rewarding fossil fuel donors while your bill keeps climbing every month. The American people didn't ask for this.

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Utility Action Alliance @utility-action.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If your paycheck feels like it's not stretching as far these days, you're not imagining it, and your electric bill is actually part of the problem. Rates are climbing faster than inflation, and there's no sign utilities plan to slow down.

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