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Aug 21, 2024

Lexington Herald Leader: By Propping up Coal, Lawmakers will Cause Higher Energy Prices for Kentuckians

Aug 21, 2024

Power for Tomorrow’s Executive Director, Gary Meltz, in the Lexington Herald-Leader, discussing how lawmakers in Frankfort, seeking to protect Kentuckly’s coal industry, are pushing legislation that will create a new layer of bureaucracy overseeing the state’s electrical utilities. While the bill’s supporters mean to protect the state’s coal workers, this new law will result in Kentuckians paying higher – not lower – electric bills.

Aug 21, 2024

Utility Dive: Surging Data Center Power Demand Risks Subtracting Clean Energy from the Grid

Aug 21, 2024

Brad Viator promotes sensible utility regulation with a column in Utility Dive, "Surging data center power demand risks subtracting clean energy from the grid."

Aug 21, 2024

Jul 29, 2024

Wall Street Journal: The Rush to Shore Up the Power Grid Against Hurricanes, Heat and Hail

Jul 29, 2024

Ed Hirs, energy economist, fellow at the University of Houston and Power for Tomorrow expert, speaks to the Wall Street Journal about how companies are working to adapt as they confront record-setting temperatures, floods and windstorms

“Storms are another big problem because they are expected to increase in severity and frequency. That means utilities, grid operators and power-plant owners will have to spend a lot more on things such as strengthening electric poles, transmission towers and other infrastructure.”

Jul 29, 2024

May 28, 2024

Pluribus News: Maryland Attempts to Curb Rising Energy Bills with New Law Targeting Third-Party Suppliers

May 28, 2024

Brad Viator, a state utility policy expert, said the Maryland law was spurred by third-party suppliers’ heavy-handed sales tactics. “They’re like anybody else who’s trying to get a bunch of customers to sign up for a service,” Viator said. “There are some salespeople out there that are super aggressive and are using some unscrupulous tactics to get people to sign up. And the problem has become so prevalent, in Maryland in particular, but really in a lot of the states in the Northeast.”

May 28, 2024

May 10, 2024

Daily Energy Insider: Retail Energy Consumers Will See Stronger Protections Under Newly Enacted Legislation

May 10, 2024

Power for Tomorrow’s Executive Director in the Daily Energy Insider discussing the Maryland law that will bolster consumer protections — especially those for low-income residents — against deceptive practices in the state’s unregulated retail electricity market.

Read the full article.

May 10, 2024

May 9, 2024

Maryland Lawmakers Restore Utility Regulation to Protect Electric Customers

May 9, 2024

Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law Senate Bill 1 (SB1). This legislation provides reasonable oversight of electricity markets and protects customers by restricting the amount retail suppliers can charge. This brings an end to the most harmful component of Maryland's deregulation experiment, which began in 1999 under the Electric Choice Act and promised energy savings for consumers. In the 25 years following the Electric Choice Act, Maryland customers collectively have paid an extra $1.2 billion to retail energy suppliers, compared to regulated electricity and gas prices.

May 9, 2024

Apr 18, 2024

Boston Globe: Third-party electricity suppliers promise big savings. AG’s report tells another story.

Apr 18, 2024

“This report once again shows a clear pattern by the individual competitive electric supply industry of substantially harming our residents,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell. “The harms caused by these companies significantly outweigh any benefits to consumers.”

Apr 18, 2024

Apr 15, 2024

Daily Energy Insider: Kentucky legislature seeks to expand state’s power over coal plants

Apr 15, 2024

“A bill in Kentucky that could become law soon has the utilities industry concerned, along with environmental, business, and consumer groups that say the measure favors coal interests over ratepayers.

Gary Meltz, executive director of Power for Tomorrow, said the group opposes SB 349.”

Apr 15, 2024

Dec 11, 2023

Utility Dive: No shining example: Texas-style electric deregulation is bad for consumers

Dec 11, 2023

“Texas power market designers argue that short-term price spikes will encourage long-run investment, but why would power plant owners build more power plants just to make sure prices stay low?” — Power for Tomorrow Expert Ed Hirs in Utility Dive

Dec 11, 2023

Boston Globe: Seeking clarity on what the state's electricity market buys us

Dec 11, 2023

“Columnist Scot Lehigh cannot be blamed for being somewhat swayed by paid advocates for the retail electric

supply industry, who make a compelling case for letting customers pick where to get their electricity. After

gobbling up half a billion dollars more from Bay State residents than they would otherwise have paid from

2015 to 2021, the retail supply industry may well have the best spin doctors money can buy.” — PFT Executive Director Gary Meltz in the Boston Globe

Dec 11, 2023

Oct 31, 2023

Virginia Pilot: Power for Tomorrow Thanks State Senator Mason

Oct 31, 2023

“With all Virginians coping with higher living costs, we should be grateful to lawmakers like Mason, who backed legislation to lower electric bills in the commonwealth.”— Power for Tomorrow Executive Director Gary Meltz in the Virginia Pilot.

Oct 31, 2023

Sep 22, 2023

PFT’s Meltz testimony in Mass Legislature Hearing on Eliminating Retail Electric Supply

Sep 22, 2023

Jul 10, 2023

PFT Sends Letters to Louisiana PSCs About Efforts By Advocates of Deregulation to Mislead on Electricity Prices

Jul 10, 2023

Jun 26, 2023

PFT’s Meltz in The Smithfield Times

Jun 26, 2023

Jun 5, 2023

PFT’s Meltz Testifies Before Mass. Senate on Eliminating Competitive Supply

Jun 5, 2023

May 11, 2023

PFT’s Meltz in Real Clear Energy

May 11, 2023

Apr 25, 2023

PFT’s Governor Glendening in The Post and Courier on SC Joining an RTO

Apr 25, 2023

Mar 1, 2023

NCLC One Pager: Retail “Choice” In Electricity Markets: A Bad Deal For Consumers And The Climate

Mar 1, 2023

Feb 23, 2023

PFT in The Virginia-Pilot

Feb 23, 2023

Feb 21, 2023

NCLC Files Comment With FTC Re: Greenwashing in the Retail Supply Industry

Feb 21, 2023

Dec 10, 2022

Meltz in the Virginia Pilot: Deregulation would mean higher power bills for Virginians

Dec 10, 2022

Dec 1, 2022

PFT Releases Report Finding People in Deregulated States are Paying More for Power

Dec 1, 2022

Nov 30, 2022

WSJ: Heating Bills to Send Chill Through American’s Finances?

Nov 30, 2022

Nov 10, 2022

AARP Louisiana File Docket Opposing Deregulation in State

Nov 10, 2022

Sep 19, 2022

Meltz in the Advocate: Electric deregulation means higher power bills

Sep 19, 2022

Jun 10, 2022

Meltz in The Opinion Pages: If the Power Company is a Monopoly, Then Electric “Competition” is a Scam

Jun 10, 2022

Jun 2, 2022

PFT’s Ed Hirs in the Washington Post: A summer of blackouts? Wheezing power grid leaves states at risk.

Jun 2, 2022

May 31, 2022

PFT Expert Hirs in Barron’s: Deregulated U.S. Energy Markets Are Set for a Tough Summer

May 31, 2022

May 23, 2022

PFT Expert Ed Hirs Explains Dereg Risks to CNN

May 23, 2022

May 18, 2022

Cable News Station HLN Shows Map of U.S. -- Highlights Deregulated Markets Face Power Shortages This Summer

May 18, 2022

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