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Skyrocketing Utility Bills Nationwide Leave American Consumers Feeling Stressed, Powerless
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new poll from nonpartisan consumer education nonprofit PowerLines, conducted in partnership with Ipsos, finds that three in four (73%) Americans are concerned about electric and gas utility bills rising this year, with four in five (80%) Americans saying they feel powerless over how much they are charged for utilities. These results…
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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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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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