Eight AG Coalition Responded to Utility Claims over Trade Association Dues

MARCH 23, 2022

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of eight attorneys general in reply comments pushing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to restrict how much of utilities’ payments of trade associations dues the utilities may pass onto their customers. The coalition argued that utilities should be responsible for proving that customers benefit from any expenditures that are passed on to them. They also asked FERC to prohibit utilities from recovering dues that are used “for the purpose of influencing public opinion” or “for the purpose of influencing the decisions of public officials.”