A great recap of how 2025 was the year electricity became the new eggs from @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Finally starting this big guy

I did not have @powerlines.org landing on the front page of the @wsj.com on my 2025 bingo card, but glad that the issue of skyrocketing utility bills is getting the attention it deserves!

Rising utility bills are now becoming a defining political issue. @powerlines.org in @wsj.com: “I do think that we’re entering a new era, a new politics of electricity,” said Charles Hua, executive director of PowerLines, a nonprofit advocating for utility customers. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Utility bills will be a key issue in the 2026 midterms. “This issue is salient in a way that nobody saw coming,” Charles Hua said. “People are reading their utility bills and paying attention more than ever, and that’s because they have no choice.” www.eenews.net/articles/ele...

@powerlines.org in @cnn.com Charles Hua, founder and executive director of consumer group PowerLines, frequently says electricity prices “are the new eggs.” “This issue is traveling at warp speed,” Hua said. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...

In @apnews.com: “What’s happening in Georgia is…a microcosm of what’s happening nationwide,” said Charles Hua of @powerlines.org. “You’re seeing electricity demand grow at the fastest rate in decades, and…electricity prices rise at the fastest rate in decades.” apnews.com/article/geor...

@powerlines.org in @nytimes.com DealBook with @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social: ⚡️ is the new 🍳 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...

Thanks to @morningbrew.bsky.social for the @powerlines.org shoutout on rising utility bills in this morning’s podcast @ 12:35: www.mbdailyshow.com/googles-ai-l...

⚡️ is the new 🍳: More in @statesforum.bsky.social 👇

Since the new @iea.org modeling is being talked about, I thought I’d post the paper I wrote with @charlesxhua.bsky.social on “how energy modeling works.” Enjoy the aphorisms, like “if you torture your model long enough, it will confess to anything.” www.cesa.org/resource-lib...

Electricity is reshaping our politics. But governing on actually lowering utility bills will not be simple—it will require centering consumers, getting more out of our grid, and creating utility affordability action plans. www.theverge.com/report/81694...

Tuesday was historic for Georgia: "The election of two new Public Service Commissioners represents a seismic change in Georgia's energy landscape and reflects a new politics of electricity in America," said Charles Hua, Founder & Executive Director of @powerlines.org heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Today, nearly 8 million Georgian voters will have the opportunity to vote for the Public Service Commissioners that set their utility bills. “Utility bills in Georgia are literally on the ballot,” says @charlesxhua.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

💡 @powerlines.org in @nytimes.com: “When you look at what’s driving electricity bills, it’s really poles and wires,” said Charles Hua, the founder of PowerLines, a nonprofit organization focused on modernizing utility regulations to cut power bills. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...

Honored to make my broadcast TV debut and represent @powerlines.org on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy to talk rising utility bills—why they’re going up, who sets them, and what consumers can do.

For the first time in 5 years, #utilitybills are on the ballot in Georgia. And rising utility bills is increasingly becoming a defining political issue, on top of being a defining economic issue. I was honored to share my perspectives in @TIME: time.com/7311613/ai-e...

Have nothing better to do this morning than hear why electricity prices are rising? Come hear @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and I talk on @npr.org about who actually sets your #utilitybills, why they’re going up, and what you can do about it. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

Can low energy prices and lots of data centers coexist? Load flexibility could be the answer. More from @zeitlin.bsky.social below, feat. @charlesxhua.bsky.social and @tnorris.bsky.social.

Thanks to @alexckaufman.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social for this great piece on risks of rising utility bills. “We’re playing with fire to test the limits of that right now, which is very much happening with a record year of rate increases,” Hua said. www.latitudemedia.com/news/are-we-...

Proud that our work @powerlines.org to analyze how rising utility bills are impacting American energy consumers is featured in this new TIME article on why our #utilitybills are so high: time.com/7306045/ener...

Thanks to @alexckaufman.bsky.social for a great piece in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social on how CA is deploying AI for grid and for ft. our perspectives @powerlines.org. As JFK once said, ask not what the grid can do for AI, but what AI can do for the grid: www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/14/1...

Cool to see @powerlines.org debut on broadcast TV on @cbsnews.com, which highlighted our report on 2025 utility rate increases, which have increased 2.5x over the same time period last year. This issue is becoming mainstream, and it’s not going away. #utilitybills

And now @powerlines.org’ debut in @bloomberglp.bsky.social on a record year for utility rate increases at $29B with 6 months left to go: #utilitybills #energyaffordability www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@powerlines.org debuted in @financialtimes.com this AM in a piece that highlights our Q2 2025 report showing that utility rate increases in the first half of 2025 already surpass all of 2024, already a record year. #utilitybills are rising, and #consumers are concerned: www.ft.com/content/c5f2...

Never did I think our work at @powerlines.org would be featured in a story that made it into A1 of @nytimes.com. Goes to show how important the story of rising #utilitybills and the role of #publicservicecommissions is!

Utility bills in Georgia have increased 33% in the last 2 years—an annual increase of $500 per consumer. Yet, very few people know the body that determines how much people pay—the Public Service Commission. Thanks to @nytimes.com for featuring @powerlines.org’ work! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

📢 PowerLines’ @charlesxhua.bsky.social Hua spoke with @denvergazette.com about rising electricity prices in the US. #UtilityBills #EnergyCosts

Honored to debut in @nytimes.com: “We’re facing a huge affordability crisis in America,” said Charles Hua, a former Energy Department adviser who recently founded @powerlines.org “This issue is not going away.” #utilitybills #energyaffordability www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

PowerLines’ @charlesxhua.bsky.social spoke with @elisawood.bsky.social about the need for public engagement in utility regulation to deal with rising energy costs. 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... #UtilityBills #EnergyCosts

Hey, speaking of the importance of public utility regulators: here's a jobs board showing all the PUC positions open across the country. There's no better place to leverage positive change. We badly need good people in these spots! Tell your energy nerd friends to apply!

We’re proud to announce @powerlines.org’s PUC Jobs Board to connect energy professionals with state public utilities commissions (PUCs). We need talented, passionate, thoughtful, motivated, selfless people in the bodies that oversee $200B in utility spending each year! powerlines.org/powerlines-l...

There’s no place that will have more impact on the future of our energy system over the next 5 years than at state public utilities commissions (#PUCs). Get in while you can. www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-ene...

This was fun!

"Three in five (60%) Americans say they are not familiar with the state or local regulatory body that determines their utility bills. In a separate open-ended question, around 9 in 10 respondents could not correctly name their specific regulatory body." Time to make PUCs famous.

A new report from PowerLines, “Utility Bills Are Rising,” details the growing cost of rising utility bills and includes an analysis of proposed utility bill increases across the country. The report validates the concerns reflected in the consumer survey and identifies the following key findings 👇

Today, PowerLines is releasing the results of our national poll with @ipsosus.bsky.social revealing 3 in 4 Americans are concerned about utility bills rising in 2025 & 4 in 5 Americans saying they feel powerless over how much they are charged for utilities. powerlines.org/skyrocketing...

New survey data from @powerlines.org shows just how widespread and pervasive rising utility bill are. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

In case you missed it, PowerLines Founder @charlesxhua.bsky.social spoke with Julian Spector at @canarymedia.com about why elections for utility regulators matter for your energy costs. Read more: powerlines.org/pl-canarymedia/

Thanks for spotlighting our work @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social @climateconnections.bsky.social!

Thanks to @mitofficial.bsky.social and the MIT Energy Conference team for having us!

Thrilled to announce that @charlesxhua.bsky.social from @powerlines.org will be moderating the panel "No Clean Energy Transition without Transmission"! Join us as Charles leads a dynamic discussion on the critical role of transmission in achieving a sustainable future. 🌿💻 #EnergySky #GreenSky

On SHIFT KEY, we talk about the ~200 people you've probably never heard of but directly regulate ~1% of US GDP & a big chunk of your pocket book: public utility regulators. Who they are, why they're important and why we need to pay more attention to what they're up to. Wherever you get your podcasts

🎙️PowerLines Founder @charlesxhua.bsky.social joins @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social & @jessedjenkins.com on @heatmap.news's Shift Key Podcast to discuss the hidden power of public utilities commissions (PUCs) on energy policy. 🎧 Tune in at PowerLines.org/PL-ShiftKey #EnergyPolicy #UtilityRegulation

Check out this new report from Duke Nicholas Institute on the role of flexible demand in a new load growth paradigm. The report could not have come at a better time. s/o to @tnorris.bsky.social, Tim Profeta, and team on an excellent report! nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...

We're back on Open Circuit, the former co-hosts of The Energy Gang will tackle the big questions of the energy transition: 🔋 Will decarbonization survive political shifts? 💼 Can private capital fill government gaps? 🌱 Who really benefits? Subscribe where you get your podcasts!

Best news all year. 🎉

⚡️ Reminder to get applications in! Applications are rolling with a priority deadline of 2/5.

Come join our team @powerlinesorg.bsky.social! We have 2 roles posted and live. Get in on the ground floor of a new org at the most pivotal juncture facing our energy system since its inception! Feel free to DM w/ any questions.

This will be fun! Join us in March @mitofficial.bsky.social for the 2025 MIT Energy Conference.