Wired for Profit

Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State

How Alabama Power Has Left the ‘American Amazon’ at Risk

As its polluting coal ash ponds remain in groundwater, Alabama Power has doubled down on fossil fuel energy investments.

By Lee Hedgepeth

How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates

By Dennis Pillion

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

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