In call, Alabama Power lobbyist sought nonprofit’s support for bill ending PSC elections

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 1,043

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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A lobbyist for Alabama’s largest electric utility approached a nonprofit in an attempt to persuade the organization to support legislation that would end popular elections to the state’s utility regulation board.

In a Jan. 27 recording obtained by the Alabama Reflector and first reported by WBRC in Birmingham, R.B. Walker, director of state and federal governmental affairs for Alabama Power, told John Dodd, policy manager for Energy Alabama, that the utility company would not …

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