A higher percentage of Alabama residents have their electricity disconnected than do residents of almost any other state, according to a new federal government report.
“This federal data is the most sobering portrait we have of the country’s brutal energy affordability crisis,” said Jean Su, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s energy justice program, in a news release. “We’re grateful to Congress and the Energy Information Administration for establishing the first-ever study of how many millions of people are having their power shut off because they can’t afford to pay.”
For the first time, the Energy Information Administration published data on natural gas and electricity disconnections for all 50 states. The government began collecting data from utilities on final notices, shutoffs, and reconnections after Congress required the collection of that data in 2023…