Energy Alabama Applauds Passage of HB 475 Out of House Committee Montgomery, AL – Today, the Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee took a major step toward stronger oversight, transparency, and accountability at the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) with the passage of HB 475. The bill would establish a formal, regularly scheduled rate
Montgomery, AL — The “Power to the People Act” (SB 360) has a great name and a fatal flaw: buried inside it is a provision giving the Governor’s hand-picked Secretary of Energy the power to set the agenda for every PSC meeting and control commission personnel. In other words, a cabinet official answering to no
Montgomery, AL – Alabama Power customers pay some of the highest utility bills in the country. And the state body that’s supposed to oversee all of this has operated for years without a formal, public rate case process. HB 475 starts fixing that. Energy Alabama supports HB 475, as substituted, as an important step toward
Montgomery, AL – “Today, the Alabama House did not take up the Alabama Power Grab as scheduled. After advancing out of committee and being positioned for a floor vote, the bill was pulled from the agenda before lawmakers had to go on the record. That is not a defeat just yet. It is simply a
Montgomery, AL – Today, lawmakers advanced a bill that would take decisions about your electric bill out of the public eye and move them behind closed doors. Now the bill goes to the full House for a vote. If passed, the Alabama Power Grab would strip voters of their right to elect the Public Service
Montgomery, AL – A proposal to change Alabama’s Public Service Commission to an appointed agency is a full-frontal assault on accountability in Alabama, and it has one obvious purpose: protect Alabama Power’s profits by taking voters out of the one place they still have leverage. The Alabama Public Service Commission decides what families and businesses