Power companies quietly pushed $215m into US politics via dark money groups
by Mario Ariza for Floodlight from on (#6C70S)
Donations have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators
US power companies have made political donations of at least $215m to dark money groups in recent years, according to a new analysis of 25 for-profit utilities, amid growing concerns around how they wield influence.
Such secretive donations to barely regulated non-profit groups have helped utilities increase electricity prices, hinder solar schemes and helped elect sympathetic legislators in recent years.
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