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A view of a residential area near Alabama Power’s coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

By Dennis Pillion

Nick Saban accepts the Icon Award during the 2024 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre on July 11 in Los Angeles. Nick Saban was a frequent write-in for Alabama’s primary utility regulator. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Nick Saban for Public Office? Alabamians Who Wrote in PSC Candidates Had a Certain Twinkle in Their Eye

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

Garbage collected in bags piles up outside of a home in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Town Plans to Drop Criminal Charges Over Unpaid Garbage Bills

By Lee Hedgepeth

Waste and other materials are often stacked in side yards and near the street at homes with no trash can in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Small Town’s Trash Policy Has Left Black Moms and Disabled Residents Criminally Charged Over Unpaid Garbage Fees

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm spin on the spine of Backbone Mountain on Aug. 23, 2022 near Oakland, Maryland. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Marylanders Overpaid $1 Billion in Excessive Utility Bills. Some Lawmakers and Advocates Are Demanding Answers

By Aman Azhar

Power lines are seen as the New York City Skyline is in the background on Feb. 1, 2018 in Staten Island, New York. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight

By Quratulain Tejani

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