energy
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PowerLines Announces Leading Utility Regulation Experts as Senior Advisors
Senior Advisors Ted Thomas, Tremaine Phillips, and Chris Villarreal bring decades of utility regulatory experience and expertise to guide PowerLines’ work. PowerLines, a national energy consumer education nonprofit, is announcing the addition of three utility experts — Ted Thomas, Tremaine Phillips, and Chris Villarreal — to its team as Senior Advisors to expand PowerLines’ technical…
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Utilities Request $18.6 Billion in Rate Increases in First Half of 2026
Record second-quarter filings could affect the future bills of more than 56 million utility customers nationwide. As summer heat pushes electricity demand higher and household energy costs remain a growing concern, PowerLines’ latest quarterly index shows utilities have requested $18.6 billion in electric and gas rate increases during the first half of 2026. Utility Bills…
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PowerLines Supports Operation Gigawatt, Joins Western Policymakers to Address Grid Modernization and Energy Affordability
PowerLines joined governors, state legislators, regulators, utilities, and other energy stakeholders in Utah this month for two back-to-back events focused on how states can modernize the electric grid while keeping energy affordable for households and businesses. PowerLines sponsored the Operation Gigawatt Summit, hosted by Utah Governor Spencer Cox, which brought together leaders from government, utilities, and…
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New PowerLines-Ipsos Poll Finds a Majority of Americans Report Rising Utility Bills as Utilities File $9.4 Billion in Rate Increase Requests in Q1 2026
PowerLines has released a new analysis finding utilities filed $9.4 billion in rate increase requests in the first quarter of 2026 that are poised to impact more than 81 million customers across the U.S. Utility Bills Are Rising: Q1 2026, includes a comprehensive analysis of utility rate increase requests filed in the first quarter of…
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Utilities are Planning to Spend $1.4 Trillion on Capital Expenditures Through 2030 as Utility Bills Rise, Study Finds
PowerLines’ review of 51 investor-owned utilities’ earnings calls suggests growing capital expenditures could become a major driver of future rate increase requests WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, PowerLines released Utility Spending is Rising: A Review of Utility Capital Expenditure Plans, a comprehensive review of 51 investor-owned utility earnings calls in recent months. PowerLines found that investor-owned…
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Utilities Requested Record $31 Billion in Rate Increases in 2025, Double That of 2024
PowerLines’ new report documents historic utility rate increase requests, which stand to impact 81 million Americans as utility bills become the fastest driver of inflation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, PowerLines published “Utility Bills are Rising: 2025 Review,” a comprehensive review of utility bill trends and the state of energy affordability in 2025. PowerLines’ year-end analysis…
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PowerLines Sponsors Western Governors’ Association Chair Spencer Cox’s Energy Superabundance Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, PowerLines announced it is sponsoring Energy Superabundance: Unlocking Prosperity in the West, an initiative led by Utah Governor Spencer Cox as the 2025 Chair of the Western Governors Association (WGA). As states grapple with the challenges facing the nation’s electricity sector, PowerLines sees Governor Cox’s initiative as a timely opportunity for…
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Georgia Elects Two New Public Service Commissioners Amid Growing Frustration Over Rising Utility Bills
Election Marks First Time An Incumbent Commissioner Has Lost Election in Nearly Two Decades WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Georgia voters elected two new Public Service Commissioners to the state’s five-person body as the rising cost of electricity becomes a top consumer issue nationwide. This marks the first time since 2006 that an incumbent Georgia PSC…
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Utility rate increase requests and approvals total more than $34 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, impacting 124 million billpayers
PowerLines Analysis: In Q3 alone, $5.1 billion in requested or approved electric and gas rate increases would impact 34 million customers nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, PowerLines published “Utility Bills are Rising: Q3 2025 Update,” following reports issued by PowerLines in the first and second quarters of 2025: “Utility Bills are Rising” (April 2025) and …
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Charles Hua, PowerLines Founder and Executive Director, Named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 Next List
Charles Hua, PowerLines Founder and Executive Director, Named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 Next List of the 100 Leaders Shaping the Future TIME has named Charles Hua, Founder and Executive Director of PowerLines, to the 2025 TIME100 Next list. An expansion of the TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world, TIME100 Next highlights…