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Will ‘The Power Bill Reduction Act’ Make Electric Bills Go Down or Up in N.C.? - Inside Climate News The legislature overrode the governor’s veto, canceling Duke Energy’s interim carbon reduction goal of 70 percent by 2030. Proponents say it will lower energy costs, but volatile gas prices and escala...

2025 is on track to be the warmest on record in Central #NorthCarolina, but Duke #Energy just convinced the legislature that what families really need is higher electric bills and more gas plants.

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#naturalgas

A reminder that #Trump gutted the very policies designed to lower your #energy bills & speed up the #cleanenergy transition.

Now, utilities are cashing in by pushing $29 billion in rate hikes this year alone.

This is what happens when deregulation & corporate #greed collide.

The Problem | Utility Action Alliance

Utility companies don’t want you to know:

⚠️ Your bill helps fund bribery schemes
⚠️ Lobbying against cleaner, cheaper #energy
⚠️ Disinformation campaigns that put your health at risk

Learn more: www.utilityactionalliance.org/problem

#cleanenergy #climate

FPL rate hike would double-charge customers to pad profits, filings say Company shareholders would make the highest rate of profit in the nation.

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#Florida families are struggling with rising costs, so naturally Florida Power & Light decided this was the perfect time to:

👉Request the largest rate hike in US history ($9.8B)
👉Demand the highest profits in the industry
👉Invent new ways to double-charge customers

As building new power gets harder, US utilities seek record rate increases So far in 2025, utilities have requested $29 billion in rate hikes — and the Trump megabill threatens to increase costs further.

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#energy #cleanenergy #gasbillrelief

Utility companies across #America asked regulators for permission to raise your bills by a total of $29 billion in just the first 6 months of 2025.

That's 2X as much as they asked for in the same period last year.

This means 40 million households will pay more for electricity.

If utilities spent half as much on #cleanenergy as they do on fossil fuel lobbying and luxury lifestyle expenses, we’d already be living in the future they keep advertising.

AI data centers require massive amounts of power—making electricity more expensive for everyone around them Is new infrastructure to support big tech ambitions driving up energy costs for everyone?

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#energy #datacenter

A new analysis shows #WestVirginia electricity customers could pay more than $440 million for two proposed transmission lines.

Here’s the kicker: those lines are being built to meet the growing power demands of #AI data centers…

…in another state.

The utility playbook in 4 easy steps:

Step 1: Promise affordable #energy.

Step 2: Spend millions to fight reforms that would make it happen.

Step 3: Make up excuses & raise your bill anyway.

Step 4: Repeat.

#fossilfuels #sustainability

FPL claims it's for stability. We know it's all about lining their pockets.

#electricity #energy #utility #florida

In today's episode of utility #greed:

The largest U.S. electric utility is asking regulators for the largest rate hike in history. #Florida Power & Light wants $9.8 billion from 12 million customers over the next 4 years.

Utility companies are systematically screwing over everyday Americans by:

📈Jacking up rates while delivering worse service
⚡Threatening shutoffs to vulnerable families
🚫Blocking #cleanenergy that would lower costs
💰Padding their profits at every opportunity

These massive payouts happened as millions of Americans faced rising bills, increasing shutoffs, and extreme weather driving up energy costs.

Americans are growing tired of the same old song and dance. It's time for our leaders to do something about it.

#energyassistance

While families struggled with sky-high #energy bills in 2024, utility CEOs raked in over $530 million.

- Southern Company's CEO: $24 million
- Duke Energy's CEO: $21 million
- Atmos Energy's CEO: $13.7 million

#energycompany

Cuts to Wind and Solar May Undermine GOP’s Promise of ‘Energy Dominance,’ Critics Say - Inside Climate News Some experts argue that elements of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will lead to increased costs for consumers and cede America’s position in the clean energy transition.

That means we're losing 340 gigawatts. That's enough electricity to power 100 million homes.

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#Energy #Climate

#Trump's "Big Beautiful" law delivers the opposite of what was promised. America loses 360 gigawatts of cheap #renewableenergy while gaining only 20 gigawatts of expensive #fossilfuels.

In historic first, California powered by two-thirds clean energy – becoming largest economy in the world to achieve milestone | Governor of California

🗣️ ICYMI: Clean energy reliably powered #California to levels never seen before.

Other states watching from the sidelines might want to stop making excuses and start following.

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#cleanenergy #economy

New Yorkers to stop paying for other people’s gas hookups under new… For decades, utility customers in the state paid the costs of connecting new buildings to nearby gas lines. Legislators just passed a bill to end the…

#NewYork just ended this $200 million annual scam, joining #California, #Colorado, and #Maryland in protecting consumers from utility corporate welfare.

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#FossilFuels

Your #gas company is picking your pocket every month.

Line extension allowances is an outdated policy that allows for-profit gas corporations & their #WallStreet shareholders to profit by forcing existing customers to pay for extending methane gas pipelines to new developments.

Your daily reminder that every single state will see their #electricity bills spike under #Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 📈

#energy #utilitybills

What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill Baltimore Gas and Electric still believes that the Baltimore Peninsula will one day become a pulsating metropolis.

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What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill Baltimore Gas and Electric still believes that the Baltimore Peninsula will one day become a pulsating metropolis.

In 2013, Kevin Plank visited #Dubai and dreamed of recreating its skyline in #Baltimore. That dream became a $130 million BGE infrastructure project that customers are paying for—even though the development shrunk to a fraction of its original size and half the space sits vacant

Utility Action Alliance Utility Action Alliance fights to hold utilities accountable to the customers they service, making sure they put ratepayers ahead of their own profits.

Tired of utilities picking your pocket?

Our mission is to expose how these companies charge you for lobbying, luxury perks, & campaigns against #cleanenergy.

We're building a movement to make utilities work for people, not profits.

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#environment #fossilfuels

#GOP: "Lower #energy costs!"

Also GOP: Subsidizes $300 million annually to the coal industry and guts the #cleanenergy programs that help Americans lower their energy bills.

Don't believe a word these people tell you.

Meanwhile, the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" is about to eliminate #cleanenergy tax credits and skyrocket your #energy bills even more.

Nothing says "America First" like making American families pay more for electricity.

Electric bills are rising faster than inflation, and it's about to get much worse.

📈 #Naturalgas prices are up 50% this summer
📈 Big Tech AI data centers are driving up electricity demand
📈 Utilities are passing billions in grid costs to customers

The average electric bill in the U.S. could soar to $186 this #summer. Here's why:

- Utilities burn expensive natural gas to generate power
- More heat = more gas burned = higher costs
- They refuse cheaper solar/wind because it hurts their profits

It's all about greed.

This is the utility scam everywhere: jack up our rates, then use our bills for political operations.