Matt Kasper

Deputy Director at the @EnergyandPolicy

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

"HISTORICAL" is key.
Author E3 quotes its own 2024 study for the VA Legislature, which found data centers didn't raise rates. But in that 2024 paper, E3 warns VA residents could pay $450/yr for data center power. That warning somehow absent from this backward-looking paper.

[Ben Inskeep @Ben_Inskeep]

Whether its NextEra buying Dominion, a Blackrock consortium buying AES, or Blackstone buying TXNM, utility consolidation will have negative impacts affordability, transparency, service quality, and regulatory / legislative capture.

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

NextEra is trying to acquire Dominion in a deal that will create the largest electric utility in the country.

At a time when Americans are already struggling to make ends meet, this $66.8 billion deal will give the utility giant even more leverage to hike electricity rates.

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

New from @karleeweinmann - CenterPoint Energy is under fire for deceptive billing practices in MN that systematically increase the risk that elderly and low-income customers will see their gas service disconnected *even when they pay their monthly bills.* https://t.co/KuPjdHtfhG

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

Today, Assemblymember Marc Berman announced the California Ratepayer Protection Act which, if passed, will establish guardrails for how monopoly utilities spend customer money. This bill will offer customers relief when utilities try to pass off expenses. https://t.co/WUCAIk6BFN

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

Our new report finds utilities are falling behind on interim emission reduction goals promised to investors and customers. This trend is made more concerning given it is playing out against the backdrop of the Trump admin's attacks on climate policy.
https://t.co/la4Ov4VIIo

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

EPI's @Matt_Kasper testified before the Maryland Economic Matters Committee yesterday in support of the Ratepayer Freedom Act (HB960).

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

We're now thrilled to hear from @EnergyandPolicy 's @Matt_Kasper and our own @klowmn, who will break down the core parts of our latest toolkit for state and local lawmakers to rein in monopoly utilities.

Tune in here👇

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

"It's clear that he does work in the electric supplier space," @itai_vardi told @CTMirror. "That's a clear conflict for him." Read the full story here: https://t.co/a6Fzfpg6MF

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

Two gas monopolies providing the same service in the same city should in theory charge the same prices. Yet the difference between what ConEd charges the Bronx for gas delivery and what National Grid charges Queens for gas delivery is a staggering 200%.

Here’s how the broken system in New York is raising costs for New Yorkers:

[American Economic Liberties Project @econliberties]

NEW: Since 2021, investor-owned utilities have raised residential electricity rates 40 percent more than inflation.

Today we're out with a new toolkit for state lawmakers to rein in costs and utilities' political power.👇

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Energy Poverty Awareness Center has ties to a group that is largely funded by fossil fuel firms, according to documents reviewed by The Post. https://t.co/u9n3R6ao6c

[Ben Inskeep @Ben_Inskeep]

Hmm, I wonder if Trump just tipped us off to who the mystery data center offtaker will be for this Indiana coal plant...

[Ben Inskeep @Ben_Inskeep]

A 1,070-MW coal plant, once slated for retirement by 2023 and now the #9 largest GHG polluter in Indiana, appears to be on the verge of executing a long-term agreement to sell a majority of its energy and capacity to an unnamed data center developer.

[Energy and Policy Institute @EnergyandPolicy]

NEW: @WBUR + @MiriamWasser reveals Leonard Leo's extensive funding of the New England Fishermen's Association (NEFSA), a rapidly expanding 'grassroots' group opposing offshore wind in New England.
Read it here: https://t.co/kkv1u1jAye

[Connecticut Mirror @CTMirror]

Don't believe the utility company propaganda https://t.co/VyFuXDfa2q

[Ari Peskoe @AriPeskoe]

Connecticut legislators back the state's utility regulators --
https://t.co/uIhcmGQk9y

[Craig Mauger @CraigDMauger]

In February 2023, weather caused massive power outages in Michigan.

There were calls for accountability for the utilities.

The main bills eventually stalled.

Also, in 2023, House Speaker Joe Tate’s nonprofit received $100,000 from a DTE-linked fund. https://t.co/ApR1dfDPwW

[Matt Kasper @Matt_Kasper]

EEI partnering with RGA for a fundraiser for Donald Trump's inauguration next month.

Someone send me one of those $7,500 koozies!

https://t.co/kiGS8KMJDi

[Floodlight @FloodlightNews]

Massages and country clubs: Your electric bill may be funding lavish perks
🗞️ https://t.co/rAwskWohKB