More journalists should join @emilypont.bsky.social imo and keep digging here on the unsubstantiated claims that lowering ROE rates will cause equity flight! Why is this commonly believed? What's really behind the claim? What happens? Who decides?

This level of "confidentiality" is BS and completely arbitrary. Shame on the utilities for hiding basic information like the estimated costs of a transmission line behind an NDA.

It was a (Not) Happy Thanksgiving for NextEra and Florida Power & Light! Their dirty deeds with Matrix are back in the news with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the company and kicking the case back down to the lower court. jaxtrib.org/2025/11/28/r...

“The fine print shows it’s a deferral strategy, not a reduction,” Tait said. “It’s just a broken attempt to help the utility weather a storm of criticism for its high bills and abnormally high profits.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2511202...

The most basic information is routinely redacted in Georgia and it is absolutely shameful. Here, we have 15 potential projects totaling 7 GW of power and the public is not allowed to know how much they will cost, even in aggregate! Dereliction of duty.

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Good news from TVA today! TVA is greenlighting up to 1,500 MW of energy storage and slated to be online by the end of 2029. 🔋🔋🔋

"In Georgia, Tait said the lesson is bipartisan: “Monopoly investor-owned utilities are deeply unpopular.” And regardless of political affiliation, he added, “politicians need to think twice” about aligning with utility companies." nice

“This was a referendum on Georgia Power and high electric bills,” said Daniel Tait, research and communications director at the nonprofit utility watchdog group @energyandpolicy.org san.com/cc/high-elec...

Shoutout to @tiamitchell.com for flagging this email from the now out-going, veteran Georgia utility regulator Tim Echols, who announced in an email he is leaving the Public Service Commission immediately and taking a sabbatical

My key takeaway from last night: Utilities are deeply unpopular and honestly have been for some time. Politicians in both parties should be extremely wary of taking utility money and tying their political futures to these monopolies. It is… risky, to say the least.

Southern Company: The Administration is so great. The new nuclear deal is amazing. So promising! Investor: Does the federal government's new $80 billion agreement make you more likely to build new nuclear? Southern Company: No.

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

Florida Power and Light needs that $10 billion rate increase to help cover Trump's ballroom. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

Always a utility at the center of some bullshit.

Georgia Commissioner Tim Echols says regulators will reduce Georgia Power's fuel costs by "$16 next year". But Ga. Power's own data shows that it is UNDER RECOVERED by almost $1 billion on fuel costs. Either he's flat wrong or we're in store for another election year gimmick.

NOW: US court permanently bans Pegasus spyware maker from hacking WhatsApp. NSO Group can't help their customers hack WhatsApp etc. ether. Must delete exploits & R&D. Bad news for NSO. Huge competitive disadvantage for the notorious company. Big additional win for WhatsApp 1 /

ICYMI GA utility regulator Tim Echols: “I am also praying for torrential rain that day. Hail would be even better.” Translation: Please keep voters home and away from me. Voters are ew. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

It’s not everyday that you see the illustrious @hankgreen.bsky.social talking about the very subject that constitutes a huge part your life’s work (and let’s be honest, half of my social feeds)… PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS! Hank explores key races in Georgia. Watch here: youtu.be/UgvE_gPi7Kc?...

Big Georgia election with even bigger consequences on utility bills in the state. Story by @alander.bsky.social georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/13/g...

SIGNED! 🥳🥳🥳💪💪💪 A massive victory for holding monopoly utilities accountable to their customers, and for lowering Californian utility bills. Thank you to @governor.ca.gov, @asmmarcberman.bsky.social, @senmcnerney.bsky.social, @earthjustice.org, The Utility Reform Network for all your leadership!

Municipal Utility rates in Georgia are dramatically lower than Georgia Power customers pay.

Florida Politics says Dumping Duke Energy could be bad. AnD ScArY!!! Is this the same Florida Politics that takes utility money in exchange for priority coverage? No conflict or ethical issue there at all? floridapolitics.com/archives/757...

Lots at stake in Georgia! www.wabe.org/campaigns-ai...

Since Jan. 2024, Georgia Public Service Commission incumbents Fitz Johnson & Tim Echols took most of their campaign cash from people & companies tied to the utilities they regulate. The PSC has approved 6 rate hikes since 2022. Full story: energyandpolicy.org/georgia-psc-...

This is some of the nastiest work I've ever seen. Taking customer money collected for federal income taxes and instead sending it to shareholders. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Local utilities, unions, environmentalists, and clean energy advocates don’t usually agree. They do now. Because privatizing TVA would be an unmitigated disaster. Alabama Power customers pay 40% more than folks w/ public power from Huntsville Utilities. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...

NEWS: Organizations strongly oppose any effort to privatize TVA and condemn privatization as a reckless corporate power grab that threatens the livelihoods, security, and financial well-being of millions across the Tennessee Valley. energyalabama.org/organization...

NEWS: Current Florida Public Service Commissioner Art Graham has been nominated by Trump to the TVA Board of Directors. www.congress.gov/nomination/1...

President Trump has nominated Lee Beaman, a Republican mega-donor and scandal-ridden auto executive with "no professional experience in nuclear oversight, utility planning, or grid operations" to the TVA Board, story by @taitdl.bsky.social‬ via @energyandpolicy.org‬ ow.ly/lBAQ50Wq7CK 🔌💡

What a shit show Trump has created. TVA will be privatized over my dead body.

Lee Beaman has no apparent energy experience. But he’s Trump’s pick to help run TVA. Beaman would oversee TVA’s $12 billion budget, nuclear fleet, and long-term planning. A doozy of a thread 🧵

Georgia Power wants to hide from the public: 1. Cost of its expansion plan 2. How much power big users will need 3. How much each customer class might need to pay 4. The types of power plants it will need 5. Assumptions it uses 6. Info on major outages 7. Transmission costs 🤡

Another big nuclear trip from TVA. Looks like Sequoyah 1 and 2 went back offline yesterday. Unit 2 had just come back online.

Georgia Power is a monopoly with captive customers. It does not need to redact filings like it’s running a CIA operation. It's just hiding bad decisions. Props to the Southern Environmental Law Center and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light for pushing back. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Georgia PSC District 3 Democratic primary headed to a runoff between Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard. georgiarecorder.com/2025/06/17/l...

Georgia Power just lost a five-year legal fight attempting to block Nestlé Purina from picking Walton EMC as its electric supplier. Purina wanted to supply its new factory with renewable energy. energyandpolicy.org/georgia-powe...

In less than 2 years, the Georgia Public Service Commission has allowed "Georgia Power to raise rates by an average of $43 per month". georgiarecorder.com/2025/06/17/r...

Virginia’s next Attorney General is supposed to protect ratepayers. Dominion Energy is betting $250,000 that won’t happen.

“Relentless focus on affordability,” says Georgia Power. That focus must be relentlessly ineffective. Georgia’s utility bills are now among the highest in the country. Words are cheap. Bills aren’t.

New rate increase thanks to Duke Energy!

Good reporting here to make sure that folks know Concentric is really just saying whatever Duke Energy tells them to say. “Concentric is just the go-to firm for the utility industry to get the results that are most favorable,” Spatz said. www.tampabay.com/news/busines...

“Shaw and McDonald are accused of violating state regulations by publicly endorsing the proposed three-year rate freeze during Gov. Brian Kemp’s May press conference, which promoted the proposal.” georgiarecorder.com/2025/06/10/a...

Can anyone point me to an example in the last, I don't know, 10 years where a utility has gone out to the market for equity and the markets said no? Even in cases like PG&E and FirstEnergy, utilities mired in scandal and bankruptcy, raised equity. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ah yes, the time-honored tradition of solving one infrastructure challenge by lighting another sector on fire. Want more capacity for data centers? Easy! Just kneecap our manufacturing strategy and the entire economic development plan it was built on. www.wkrn.com/news/tenness...

Cavanaugh proved a doormat for the utilities. She supported the rate stabilization and equalization process. That guarantees Alabama Power a profit and shields it from questions about its decisions. Rates went up with hardly a peep from the commission. alabamareflector.com/2025/06/02/g...

Twinkle Cavanaugh OUT at the Alabama Public Service Commission. Heads to USDA. Put out to pasture indeed. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Turns out an Entergy nuclear plant tripping caused rolling blackouts in MISO South. Fill out the form. We’ll try again tomorrow. ☀️🌬️