Petitioners Ask Feds to Investigate Utility Abuses of Monopoly Power — Episode 201 of Local Energy Rules

Local Energy Rules

Monopoly energy utilities have accrued vast service territories and extraordinary financial power — which they have used to purchase political power. At this point, state regulatory and legislative bodies can only do so much to rein them in.
In this episode from the Local Energy Rules archive, host John Farrell speaks with Howard Crystal and Liz Veazey. Crystal, Legal Director of the Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity, and Veazey, Policy and Rural Energy Director at Solar United Neighbors, were two cosigners on a petition to the Federal Trade Commission, along with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Crystal and Veazey explain the petition and why electric utility practices require federal investigation. ILSR first published this interview in June of 2022.
Explore more resources at the link below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/archive-ftc-petition-utility-abuses-ler201/