Electric Utilities

Georgia Power Rates Dip, But the Savings Aren’t Likely to Last

Georgia regulators and Georgia Power agreed to slightly lower near-term costs, but filings show how the utility could profit from climate-driven storms and pass data center costs onto consumers.

By Ryan Krugman

Could Georgia Voters Turn Their Utilities Commission Blue?

By Ryan Krugman

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

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

By Charles Paullin

Florida Electricity Shutoffs Rank Among Nation’s Highest

By Amy Green

Utility Accountability Bills Divide Maryland’s Democratic Leadership

By Aman Azhar

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

By Amy Green

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

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

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

Hurricane Helene Is Headed for Georgians’ Electric Bills

By Ryan Krugman

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

Looking Ahead to a Deepening Affordability Crisis, an Election and the Threat of an AI Investment Bubble

By Dan Gearino

Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

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

By Dennis Pillion

How Do Rooftop Solar and EVs Affect Electricity Costs for Everyone Else? Here’s a New Estimate

By Dan Gearino

Wyoming Ranchers Hoping Solar Can Lower Costs Say Utilities and the State Stand in Their Way

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion

Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog

By Rambo Talabong

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