Daniel Tait

Energy and Policy Institute — Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy were named the top picks to manage or buy the state-owned utility Santee Cooper, in an analysis released on February 11 by the South Carolina Department of Administration. However, the report detailed controversial legislative demands by NextEra and little benefit to Santee Cooper ratepayers.

Energy and Policy Institute — As large electricity customers around the country are increasingly requesting renewable energy from their utilities, one utility's failure to meet that demand has led it into a bitter legal dispute with one of its industrial customers.

Energy and Policy Institute — The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the largest public power agency in the country, is attempting to quickly rewrite the power contracts it has with its local power companies in an effort to cement its monopoly control while locking the local utilities into lopsided agreements that would curtail their hopes of generating their own lower-cost renewable energy.

Energy and Policy Institute — The Georgia Public Service Commission began hearings this week on Georgia Power's 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which is a long-term plan that many utilities across the country must file with their regulators to demonstrate how they plan to meet future energy demand.

Energy and Policy Institute — Entergy misled New Orleans City Council about the viability of alternatives such as energy efficiency and battery storage to its controversial gas plant, even after being required to perform specific analyses, according to a review of records obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute.

Energy and Policy Institute — On May 21st, Southern Company decided to part ways with its almost 100- year-old subsidiary, Gulf Power, due in large part to failed bets the company made on its scuttled Kemper coal plant and budget-busting Vogtle nuclear plant. Southern's sacrifice of Gulf almost certainly was not done lightly.

Energy and Policy Institute — But the paid actors weren't the only people testifying on behalf of Entergy or the gas plant. A host of others, including directors of dozens of locally respected non-profits, also testified on behalf of the company and its gas plant.

Energy and Policy Institute — Rural electric cooperative members in Alabama are unknowingly contributing to political candidates' campaigns through their monthly utility bills, according to a new analysis from the Energy and Policy Institute. The Alabama Action Committee for Rural Electrification, the political action committee of Alabama-based electric cooperatives, has contributed $124,500 to political candidates and elected officials since July 2017.

Energy and Policy Institute — NextEra CEO Jim Robo's analysis that the cost of batteries and solar will be cheaper than gas peakers, and now even existing coal and nuclear by 2020, are in stark contrast to the activities of his own subsidiary - Florida Power & Light.