"Power Corrupts" is Here: The Complete Investigation Now Available
It's Here!
After four weeks of revealing utility corruption from Ohio to Illinois to the White House to the historical roots, the complete investigation is now in your hands. "Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry" is officially available today.
What You've Discovered So Far
Over the past four newsletters, you've seen how utility corruption operates at every level of American government, from state capitals to the White House to the century-old regulatory framework that enables it all.
What's in the Full Investigation
Corruption is growing in the power sector as modern technologies challenge monopolies and their outmoded generators. Threatened electric utilities, in turn, gun for taxpayer- and ratepayer-funded subsidies, which they increasingly seek through fraud-filled schemes.
In Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry, I report on such billion-dollar scandals and reveal how bribery-obtained bailouts have become a drag on the economy, a threat to the rule of law, and a barrier to tackling climate change. To block such racketeering and enhance innovation, the book calls for increased transparency and ethics in the energy sector.
"We desperately need utilities playing a serious role in the clean energy transition; instead, as this richly reported book makes clear, we have too many players pursuing their own interest instead of the public's. Read it, and then, join us in the fight to seriously regulate these behemoths."
— Bill McKibben, founder, Third Act
The Stakes
The patterns you've discovered in this newsletter series continue across the country. Utilities still seek taxpayer bailouts for failing power plants. Clean energy projects face political interference. Corporate influence over regulators remains a persistent threat to fair markets and democratic governance.
This isn't just about energy policy. It's about whether American institutions can resist capture by powerful monopolies.
What's Next
Three more newsletter issues remain:
July 1: When Monopolies Go Bad
July 3: The Drama of Corruption
July 8: Justice and Reform
But you don't have to wait. The complete investigation is available now.
Get Your Copy
"Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry" is available at bookstores nationwide and online.
Order today and join the fight for accountability in America's biggest industry.
