Richard Munson

“Power Corrupts”: The $60 Million Bribe That Started It All

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Meet Chuck Jones, the utility CEO who thought bribing politicians was just good business. His reaction when the $1.3 billion bailout passed? "F*** anybody who ain't us."

You're paying for his scheme twice over—through higher electricity bills and federal taxes that funded the FBI investigation. But this corruption crisis goes far beyond one bad actor.

Read the complete Chuck Jones investigation →

The first installment of my 7-part investigation into utility corruption across America.

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Power Corrupts

Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry

Available at bookstores nationwide and online
"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
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