Utility Action Alliance

Lawmakers team up to confront rising energy bills driven by data center boom The new collaboration between state-level lawmakers will look at solving long-term energy-cost problems.

Lawmakers in #Maryland and neighboring states are stepping up to stop utilities from forcing working families to pay for massive data centers that could cost $100 billion.

We need more politicians willing to fight like this.

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Power surges damaged their property. DTE offered payouts if they kept quiet “It does seem intended to silence people’s ability to talk about what they’re experiencing," said one lawyer who has represented clients in utility damage and billing disputes with DTE.

🚨 BOMBSHELL: DTE #Energy offered to buy people's silence

When their faulty equipment damages homes & businesses, they deny fault, then offer small payouts with one condition: sign a non-disclosure order & never talk about it. #Detroit #Michigan

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The same utilities crying about "uncontrollable costs" somehow always find money for:

💸 Luxury perks for executives
💸 Political donations
💸 Misleading ad campaigns
💸 Country club memberships

Interesting. 🤔

Soaring utility bills are reshaping elections in #NJ and #VA.

Some voters blame regulations. Others blame data centers.

Meanwhile, utilities are quietly laughing all the way to the bank with guaranteed profit margins.
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Opinion: Arizona families can't afford another APS rate hike APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike.

#Arizona working people & families already got hit with an 8.3% rate hike in 2024. Now the largest electric utility in the state @apsfyi.bsky.social wants another 14% increase.

When will enough be enough?

https://coppercourier.com/opinion/opinion-arizona-families-cant-afford-another-aps-rate-hike/

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.

Something big is happening: People across #America are realizing utilities have been playing us for decades.

We're organizing and building a movement to fight back.

Your voice makes us stronger. Join us: www.utilityactionalliance.org/

Your reminder that #Florida Power & Light is asking for the largest rate hike in U.S. history (nearly $10 BILLION) because they know they can get away with it.

The system is rigged for the utilities companies.

#energy

Investor-owned utilities call for ending ‘overreliance’ on PJM capacity market “Narrowly focusing on design changes to PJM markets has left customers exposed to reliability risks and cost uncertainty,” the Edison Electric Institute’s Drew Maloney said.

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Utilities are asking regulators to let them own power plants again. To be clear: We moved away from this system decades ago to protect customers from price gouging.

When utilities own their power plants, they can charge you & make a guaranteed profit with zero competition.

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.

Are you tired of utilities padding their profits while your #energy bills skyrocket?

That makes two of us.

We're building a movement to fight back and expose utility #corruption.

Join us: https://www.utilityactionalliance.org/

#CleanEnergy

PPL petitions state regulators to allow first rate increase since 2016 If approved, the proposed increase would raise the monthly bills for regular customers by about $13.

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@pplelectric.bsky.social wants a $300 million rate hike after keeping rates flat since 2016. They claim the grid needs upgrades. But they've been profitable for a decade at current rates. The real reason: You pay for upgrades PLUS their guaranteed profit on every dollar spent.

Florida Power & Light rate hike hearing sparks debate over billions in customer costs FPL has been operating under a rate settlement approved in 2021 and is seeking approval of a plan that would last from 2026 through 2029.

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#energy

Look no further than what's happening in #Florida to understand how utilities get away with raising your bills.

Step 1: File for a MASSIVE increase ($9.8 billion)
Step 2: Face opposition
Step 3: "Compromise" to a smaller increase ($6.9 billion)
Step 4: Profit

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.

If you're tired of:

❌ Utility rate hikes that never end
❌ Utilities lobbying with YOUR #money
❌ Executives getting #rich while families struggle to keep the lights on

Join us. We're fighting back: https://www.utilityactionalliance.org/

#Energy

There’s no climate justice without #Indigenous justice.

We stand with communities defending their land from extractive corporations, from #fossilfuel giants to renewable developers, that bulldoze sacred sites & ignore sovereignty.

Indigenous rights are non-negotiable.

Time and again, utilities get caught using your bill money on everything but better service:

💸 Lobbying against #cleanenergy
💸 Executive country club memberships
💸 Stadium skyboxes for politicians
💸 Luxury hotels and limo rides

It's a rigged system.

Ohio Supreme Court to hear challenge to Columbia Gas fee hike, efficiency program cuts A point of contention is the provision that raises the fixed monthly customer charge—the basic fee customers pay regardless of how much gas they use—from $36.15 to $58 by 2027.

The #Ohio #SupremeCourt will decide if Columbia Gas of Ohio can raise fixed fees to $58/month while eliminating conservation programs.

This will affect hundreds of thousands of customers — and utilities nationwide are watching.

The decision is a BIG deal. More here: www.wfmj.com/story/531240...

Which States Are Getting Hit Hardest by Electricity Price Increases? - Inside Climate News The pain of rate hikes is not distributed evenly across the U.S.

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#Energy

The average electricity bill in America is up 9.5% this year.

But some states got crushed even harder:

📈 #Missouri: +38.3%
📈 #NorthDakota: +33.6%
📈 #NewJersey: +28.6%
📈 #Iowa: +27.5%
📈 #Montana: +25.3%

And it's about to get even worse.

ICYMI: #Meta announced the world's first gigawatt data center in #Ohio. Enough to power nearly 900,000 homes.

But here's what they didn't mention: their on-site power plant only covers 200 megawatts.

That leaves 800MW of demand on Ohio's grid. Guess who pays for those upgrades?

#Energy

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.

❌ The problem: Utilities charge you for #energy, then use that money to lobby against #cleanenergy policies that would lower your costs.

✅ The solution: massive public pressure to end utility corruption. That's what Utility Action Alliance is building

https://www.utilityactionalliance.org/

Louisiana's $3B power upgrade for Meta project raises questions about who should pay Meta is racing to construct its largest data center yet, a $10 billion facility in northeast Louisiana as big as 70 football fields and requiring more than twice the electricity of New Orleans

#Meta's #Louisiana data center will be as big as 70 FOOTBALL FIELDS and use more power daily than all of #NewOrleans at peak summer.

In one of America's poorest states, Gov. Jeff Landry prioritized Big Tech's AI profits over families.

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Utilities and fossil fuel industry support proposed Trump administration air pollution rollbacks Utilities and fossil fuel companies supported proposals to repeal air pollution and greenhouse gas regulations for power plants.

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Utilities are the puppet masters behind #Trump's #EPA air pollution rollbacks. Trade groups representing dozens of companies are demanding the elimination of harmful emission limits.

And the worst part: they are using your #energy bill money to do it.

#Louisiana just gave #Meta the sweetest deal in Big Tech history: Build your $10B data center tax-free, we'll spend $3B upgrading the grid for you, and if you ever leave, we'll keep paying your bills.

Governor Landry called it economic development. Sounds more like robbery. #AI #datacenter

Private equity giant #BlackRock ($11.5 TRILLION in assets) wants to control #Minnesota's power grid. Their business model is to pursue profits in excess of public markets.

Translation: YOUR electric bills will skyrocket to pad their returns.

More here: minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/18/p...

Fact: Your #energy bill funds utility lobbying against #cleanenergy policies that would LOWER your costs.

The system is rigged against you.

New Report Finds Michigan Utility Reliability Worse Than Ever - The Sun Times News Photo by akiyoko Michigan residents continue to face some of the nation’s longest power outages and highest electricity costs, according to the 2025 Utility Performance Report. Reliability – Michigan ...

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The numbers don't lie: #Michigan ranked SECOND-WORST for outage duration and 11th-highest for electricity prices.

DTE Energy & Consumers Energy are delivering some of the most unreliable electricity service in the entire nation while charging premium prices.