A reported deal between PPL and Avangrid would create an East Coast energy giant with over 13 million customers. That could be bad for ratepayers, and the climate.
Alexander Sammon
Alexander Sammon is a former staff writer at The American Prospect.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Democrats Should Heed the Lessons of 2004
To face a monstrous Republican seeking re-election, Democrats chose a moderate, ‘electable’ Senate lifer over an insurgent from Vermont. What about this year?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
SoftBank’s Blurry Vision
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son lost $70 billion when the first tech bubble burst. His Vision Fund is heavily invested in practically every tech IPO disaster this year.
Posted inImpeachment
The Impeachment Inquiry Must Be Broad, and the Reason Why Is Henry Kissinger
The former secretary of state was ensnared in Nixon-era crimes and got away, subsequently helping to set foreign policy for a half-century. That can’t happen again.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Out With ALEC, In With Corporations Writing Their Own Laws
As the corporate bill mill wanes in influence, large businesses are taking matters into their own hands.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump Poised to Give Big Pharma a Big Present in India Trade Deal
Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are discussing an agreement that would lock the world’s second-most-populous country into exclusive prescription drug arrangements.
Posted inHousing
Bernie Sanders Proposes Reparations—for Defrauded Homeowners
His Housing for All plan includes a commission to study and grant relief to victims of fraud and abuse in the aftermath of the foreclosure crisis.
Posted inEconomic Policy
CFPB Summoning Zombie Debt Back to Life
The consumer agency is finalizing new rules on debt collectors that would enable them to get judgments on illegitimate debts.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
California Cracks Down on Dialysis Profiteering
The legislature has sent a bill to the governor that could set a pattern for reducing medical costs.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Uber Goes Back to Basics: Violating the Law
By announcing it would not comply with a California law reclassifying its workers as employees, Uber is returning to the company’s time-honored tradition as a scofflaw.