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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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PowerLines Highlights the Power of State PUCs in Canary Media
Clean energy is on the ballot in these utility regulator races “These PUC commissioners have the power to determine people’s utility bills, the quality of their utility service, and how their utilities are making investments in different forms of energy,” PUC advocate Charles Hua told Canary Media. “Yet, few people can name their state’s PUC commissioners or explain what they do.” After stints…
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PowerLines Discusses PUC Elections with Heatmap News
3 Small Elections With Big Consequences for Clean Energy Charles Hua, the founder of a new nonprofit called Powerlines that aims to raise awareness about the importance of these regulators, told me his group has found that over the last decade, about one in 10 voters in states with utility commission elections skipped that part…
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PowerLines Profiled in E&E News
Former DOE officials join new group aiming to cut energy bills A former Department of Energy policy adviser launched a nonprofit this week that aims to modernize utility regulations and lower energy bills. Charles Hua, who worked in DOE’s loan office during the Biden administration, will lead PowerLines, which will focus on the regulation of…
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PowerLines Launches on Volts Podcast
Public utility commissions (PUCs) wield enormous influence in the US energy transition — they regulate the monopolistic utilities at the heart of America’s electricity system but face little public scrutiny. Now, energy analyst Charles Hua is launching PowerLines, a nonprofit that aims to pull PUCs into the spotlight. In this episode, we discuss the problems…
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New Organization Aims to Lower Americans’ Energy Bills By Modernizing Utility Regulation
Washington, D.C. – Today, PowerLines is announcing its launch as a national nonprofit organization focused on modernizing utility regulation to accelerate affordable, reliable, and clean energy for American energy consumers. PowerLines will serve as a hub for modernizing utility regulation by bringing together diverse stakeholders to share resources, generate ideas, and implement solutions on a…