Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it.

Grist
By Kate YoderJan 26, 2023, 3:00 pm94 pts
Electric and gas utilities have used money collected from customers to lobby lawmakers, butter up regulators, and slow the shift to clean energy. Beyond being occasionally illegal, the practice has stuck consumers with higher bills and led to higher carbon dioxide emissions, industry watchdogs say. In one…

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