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The real cost of outdated utility regulation, according to PowerLines CEO Charles Hua

Utility regulation doesn’t usually light up the algorithms on social media, but it’s a topic that quietly determines how much customers pay for electricity, who benefits from new clean energy investments, and whether innovation actually reaches everyday households. In other words, the utility regul…

Lower Utility Bills And Growing The Economy (Hour 1)

On today's show, we start it off with tackling the pressing issues of rising utility costs and the proliferation of data centers. Charles Hua from PowerLines discusses the inefficiencies of the U.S. power grid and how optimizing it could lower utility bills and boost the economy. With utility costs…

Why rising utility bills are becoming a political flashpoint

Today, POLITICO Energy host Arianna Skibell sits down for an extended interview with Charles Hua, the executive director of PowerLines, a nonprofit that advocates for modernizing the nation’s utility regulatory system. They discuss why America’s power bills are going up, how regulators could bring …

New Series: Leading Through Energy Affordability | What Credible Responses Look Like (S5:E1)

Season 5 Launch: "Leading Through Energy Affordability" series.Energy affordability is one of the defining challenges of the energy transition — and for millions of households, it is already a breaking point. In this Just Power series, "Leading Through Energy Affordability", we set out to answer a …

The 200 People Who Control Your Electricity Bill

Charles Hua, founder of Powerlines and former US Department of Energy strategist, makes the case that America’s energy affordability crisis is a regulatory problem. With 80 million Americans struggling to pay their utility bills, and rates rising at the fastest pace in a generation, Charles points …

The new politics of power: What's really driving up American electricity bills? And what can we do about it?

US residential electricity prices have risen by more than 40 per cent since the start of 2021, which is much faster than general inflation. Utilities requested a total of $31 billion in increased rates last year, double the amount in 2024. And investor-owned utilities are planning to spend $1.4 tri…

Utility bills are on the ballot

When Charles Hua served as a senior policy advisor in the Department of Energy in 2023, he had an epiphany: some of the biggest hurdles to deploying powerful grid technologies are not technological, they’re regulatory.  It was a realization that led him to dig into the world of energy regulation an…

Democrats Retake Congress, Data Center Backlash and Radiant’s Power Philosophy for AI

Democratic victories in the House, Senate and key governor races could reshape AI infrastructure development and technology policy. TITV Host Akash Pasricha talks with Powerlines founder Charles Hua about the implications for data centers and electricity costs, and with Tusk Ventures founder Bradle…

Reducing electricity rates and reliance on fossil fuels, with Charles Hua

At the Core PowerLines aims to tackle the widespread issue of unaffordable utility bills and lack of community input in the  current utility regulatory system by actively engaging the public. PowerLines works to strengthen consumer representation, improve regulatory decision-making, and encourage u…