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From Sun Day Campaign: NEWLY-RELEASED FERC DATA REVEAL SOLAR + WIND WERE 95% OF NEW CAPACITY IN 1Q26
These governors won the ratepayer revolt election. They ran on utility accountability. utilitywatch.substack.com/p/…
Dick Munson retweeted
I found a $1 million contribution to a pro-Jon Husted Super PAC from a donor with a weirdly misspelled name & started digging. What I found is a 501(c)(4) that was secretly funded by FirstEnergy to support Sherrod Brown's GOP opponent Jim Renacci in 2018 energyandpolicy.org/pro-hust…
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Utilities and their trade groups have given a record $12.7 million to partisan state political groups in 2026, with the pre-election fourth quarter still to come.
The 2025–26 cycle is also a record: $23.7M, up from $18.9M last cycle.
Here's what the electricity cost crisis looks like. nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/ok…
EIA: Electricity prices rising: "We anticipate wholesale electricity prices in 2026 to average $52/MWh across the 11 hubs we track, which is 11% higher than in 2025. We forecast wholesale prices in the PJM region (from IL to NJ) this year will increase by 41% compared with 2025.”
More evidence of utility corruption.
Head of JobsOhio board to be deposed in federal civil lawsuit against FirstEnergy ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/…
Sun Day Campaign: Trump hasn't stopped clean energy. During his 18 months, fossil & nuclear capacity grew only 0.3%, while battery storage doubled, utility-scale solar capacity rose 33% and wind expanded 18%. Renewables' share of US power generation rose from 22.3% to 29.0%
Amory Lovins on Power Corrupts: "This "timely and gripping story documents electric utilities that rotted from the head. In 8 states, journalists and law enforcement uncovered shocking public corruption, from loathsome bribery to putrid political thuggery."lnkd.in/g8YjViC5
Court rules that Trump can’t force a Michigan coal plant to keep running @CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/fos…
Sen. Jon Husted, FirstEnergy's "golden boy," finally getting attention in utility bribery scandal. Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing factcheck.org/2026/09/ohio-d… via @factcheckdotorg
SUN DAY Campaign: During the Past Year, Renewables & Battery Storage Added 61.3-GW in New Capacity. They Will Add Another 83.0-GW in the Coming Year as Nuclear Power & Fossil Fuels Drop
Clean energy equals affordable energy.
The case for meeting load growth with renewables? $5 billion in savings latitudemedia.com/news/the-c…
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Sun Day Campaign: Renewables are 30% of U.S. electrical generation, as they expand output by more than 10% in first third 2026.
Using our tax dollars to make our energy more expensive and dirtier.
Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects nytimes.com/2026/06/17/clima… via @NYTimes
Trump Ordered ‘American Flag Blue’ for the Reflecting Pool. It’s Green Again. nytimes.com/2026/06/15/clima…
Utilities aren’t sharing smart meter data in PJM. That’s a problem. @CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/uti…
The Buckeye State continues to subsidize the uneconomic and ignore the modern.
Ohio has blocked a lot of wind and solar. Its residents pay the price. @CanaryMediaInc canarymedia.com/articles/cle…
Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opini…
