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Utility companies are spending more on the construction and maintenance of local transmission lines, and less on building large interstate transmission lines. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need

By Dan Gearino

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

Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

Consumers—and the Environment—Are Going to Pay for Problems With the Nation’s Largest Grid Region

By Dan Gearino

The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles, California on Sept. 3, 2020, ahead of a heatwave. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Coming this Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts

By Dan Gearino

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