Modernizing American Power
PowerLines aims to modernize the utility regulatory system to accelerate affordable, reliable, and clean energy for American consumers.
Together, let’s reshape the energy landscape.
200 people oversee over $200 billion in utility spending each year in the U.S.
State public utilities commissions have the power to determine how much you pay for your utility bills, how your utilities invest your money, and the quality of your service.
Our Approach
State public utilities commissions (PUCs) have a crucial role to play in protecting consumers, advancing affordable and reliable energy, and promoting economic development.
PowerLines focuses on three key aspects of modernizing the utility regulatory system: people, policy, and process.
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PowerLines Joins the Shift Key Podcast
PowerLines Founder Charles Hua joins Robinson Meyer & Jesse Jenkins on Heatmap’s Shift Key podcast to discuss the hidden power of public utilities commissions (PUCs) and why they will be particularly important as demand for electricity continues to surge. PUCs shape how utilities invest billions of dollars, determine who pays for new energy infrastructure, and…
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PowerLines Promotes Awareness and Education of PUCs in Grist
The race for clean energy is local Such markets exist in almost all of the country, save the Southeast, where the makers and sellers of electricity operate with legally protected monopolies in their service territories. If you live in Georgia, Alabama, or Mississippi, for instance, your location within the state determines which power company is…
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