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The Alabama Legislature Was on a Collision Course With Alabama Power. Then Came Spring Break.

Rep. Mack Butler thought he had a deal with leading senators to keep the heart of reform legislation unanimously passed by the House. He was wrong.

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

People gather outside the Alabama State House in March. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News
Alabama Rep. Mack Butler sits in the office of his firm Butler Electrical Contractors in Rainbow City, Ala. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

How Alabama Power Escaped a Push for Tighter Regulation With Record Profits Intact

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

A Georgia Power truck sits in an Atlanta neighborhood as crews work in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

The Cost of Keeping Cool: Georgia Power Customers Struggle With Summer Bills

By Ryan Krugman

Migrant workers tend to a farm in Homestead, Fla., on April 25, 2025. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

In South Florida, a Crackdown on Overdue Electricity Bills Coincides With Peak Summer Heat, ICE Enforcement

By Erin Douglas

Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?

By Lee Hedgepeth

Assistant Attorney General Lindsay Barton questions witnesses from Spire during an Alabama Public Service Commission hearing on Thursday. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

Alabama Seeks to Lower Gas Utility Profits for the First Time in 40 Years

By Dennis Pillion

Virginia Delegate Irine Shin (left) stands with Gov. Abigail Spanberger during a RGGI bill signing event in Richmond on June 30. Credit: Phuong Tran/SELC

Virginia’s Long-Awaited Return to RGGI Comes With New Challenges

By Charles Paullin

A view of Tampa Electric’s coal-fired Big Bend power station in Apollo Beach, Fla. Credit: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Floridians Most Exposed to Environmental Harm Carry the Most Dread About It, and Have the Least Help

By Kate Waxman

Power lines run along a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Activists Urge Lawmakers to Help Curb Soaring Electric Bills

By Jon Hurdle

Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 1 in Portland, Maine. Credit: Graeme Sloan/Getty Images

Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

By Nathaniel Eisen

Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2 in Richmond. Credit: Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images

Virginia Governor Signs Dominion-Backed Bills. All Eyes on Regulators Now.

By Charles Paullin

Power lines run through rural Prince George’s County in Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Maryland Passes Energy Bill That Delivers Short-Term Relief, Locks Ratepayers into Long-Term Nuclear Subsidy

By Aman Azhar

A view of the Maryland State House in Annapolis. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Utility Accountability Bills Divide Maryland’s Democratic Leadership

By Aman Azhar

Utility workers repair power lines after Hurricane Milton passed through the area on Oct. 12, 2024, in Englewood, Fla. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida Power & Light Profit Margins Top Other Utilities’ Nationwide, Report Says

By Amy Green

High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the power grid in Miami on Jan. 14. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin

Power lines run in front of the coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Alabama Poised to Drastically Overhaul Utility Regulation. Will It Lower Electric Bills?

By Dennis Pillion

A view of Qatar Energy’s operating facilities in Mesaieed Industrial City on Wednesday. Qatar Energy announced a complete shutdown of liquefied natural gas production this week, following Iranian attacks. Credit: Getty Images

How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills?

By Kiley Bense

Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

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