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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

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

Irene Weiser, of Fossil Free Tompkins, and other advocates at a state Senate hearing about rising energy bills on September 30. Credit: Colin Kinniburgh (photo)/New York Focus (illustration)

Lawmakers Scrutinize Secretive Process Behind Energy Bill Hikes

By Colin Kinniburgh, New York Focus

Southern California Edison technicians attach power lines to a utility pole on July 13 in Culver City, Calif. Credit: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

Which States Are Getting Hit Hardest by Electricity Price Increases?

By Dan Gearino

Transmission lines lead to an oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices

By Marianne Lavelle

Liz Robinson, executive director at Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, at her solar-powered rental property in Philadelphia on Sept. 3. Credit: Laurence Kesterson/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

An aerial view shows a natural gas processing plant under construction in Pennsylvania’s Washington County on Oct. 26, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich., was ordered to stay open by the Department of Energy earlier this year. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions

By Carrie Klein

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Utility workers repair a power line on Feb. 10, 2022, in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

By Rambo Talabong

Mark Ellis, a former Sempra Corp. executive who has made an unusual shift and become a consumer advocate, poses on a bluff overlooking Scripps Pier at U.C. San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is near his home. Credit: David Poller/Inside Climate News

A Former California Utility Exec Explains Why Your Electricity Bills Are So High

By Dan Gearino

Utility workers service a power line in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

A view of a North Philadelphia neighborhood. Some neighborhoods face much higher temperatures in the summer than other areas of the city. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

By Kiley Bense

California's high electricity rates make it difficult for electric heat pump customers to save money. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Do Heat Pumps Save You Money? In California, It Depends on Your Electric Utility

By Twilight Greenaway

Steam rises from the James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in the background of a home in Adamsville, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Executive Order Takes Back Funds to Help Low-Income Alabama Residents Pay Electric Bills

By Dennis Pillion

Laurel Peltier and a fellow Gedco Cares volunteer discuss how to help a client who was struggling to pay her utility bills because of inflated charges. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Advocates, Legislators Are Confident Maryland Law to Rectify Retail Energy Market Will Survive Industry’s Legal Challenge 

By Aman Azhar

Activists in Pueblo, Colorado, march during a utility justice action organized by Mothers Out Front and 350 Colorado. Credit: Mothers Out Front

Ratepayers Have Had Enough Of Rising Energy Bills

By Keerti Gopal

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