Big Duke Energy dollars are flowing to attacks in the NC governor’s race ncnewsline.com/2024/08/12/big… via NC Newsline

Also keep in mind that FirstEnergy received $180 million in directors + officers insurance money for perpetrating the largest corruption and bribery scheme in Ohio’s history in a legal settlement with shareholders who sued the utility news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/fir… 🤦🏼‍♂️

Duke Energy's contributions to the Republican Governors Association (RGA) are receiving new scrutiny following a recent attack ad by the group on State Attorney General Josh Stein who is running for governor. ncnewsline.com/2024/08/12/big…

The text of FirstEnergy's settlement agreement is at d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001031296… .

Missouri Public Service Commission Chair Kayla Hahn urged Governor Mike Parson to kill a policy that would have required the state's investor-owned utilities to disclose disconnections by zip code. We've got receipts. ksdk.com/article/news/p…… KSDK News

Tennessee Valley Authority voted at their Aug. 22 board meeting to increase electricity base prices by 5.25%, adding ~$4.35 to customers' electric bills. However, this rate increase is set to fund infrastructure relying on fossil fuels, like natural gas. bit.ly/3yWMR5

New emails released as part of a lawsuit in the FirstEnergy bribery scandal unveil further corruption. Dennis Chack, former VP of marketing, received a $44k/mo contract proposal by his daughter for adverts, causing a major conflict of interest. bit.ly/4dXYJ63

Last night, California's Assembly proposed to gut a crucial program to keep kids safe in the classroom. Introduced after 10 PM, the bill also cuts solar on affordable housing, and clean energy storage. This is NOT what democracy looks like. The bill must fail. THREAD! 🧵

A newly unearthed memo reveals the top accountant at FirstEnergy *KNEW* about a $4.3M payment FirstEnergy later said was a bribe to a top state regulator. Jake Zuckerman continues his great reporting on FirstEnergy fallout here: bit.ly/3ABnqXq

Lewandowski told us a utility company that retained him to push Trump for a bailout “never paid me a dime.” We obtained the signed contract showing the company, later caught up in a massive bribery scandal, agreed to pay him $50,000 per month washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Alabamians pay some of the highest average rates for residential electricity in the South. But editor Brian Lyman writes that the state's chief regulator seems less interested in that than in waging the culture wars. alabamareflector.com/2024/09/03/ala… #alpolitics

FirstEnergy wants to double its increased rate & rider charges to Ohio utility customers. Yet regulatory cases relating to #HB6 still haven’t been resolved. #HB6updates Energy News Network energynews.us/newsletter/hb-…

Maine making moves to prevent ratepayers from being forced to pay for political spending by regulated monopoly utilities through hidden charges on their electricity bill

While 102 of 148 Michigan state lawmakers have raked in over $2 million from DTE Energy and Consumers Energy PACs, their constituents -- across party lines and geography -- strongly support legislation to limit monopoly utilities' political contributions michiganadvance.com/2024/09/05/mic…