A Governor’s Agenda for Energy Affordability and Utility Accountability in Maine
October 14, 2026 — Maine’s next governor will inherit this affordability challenge and a real opportunity to solve it, through immediate and sustained leadership that addresses the acute and structural drivers of Maine’s skyrocketing rates. The good news is that the tools to address these pressures already exist, largely without waiting on new statutory authority. Maine’s own Public Utilities Commission and Legislature have already shown they are willing to act boldly to curb rate increases and impose accountability on Maine’s investor-owned utilities — from the 2025 dismissal of a major Central Maine Power (CMP) rate request to the 2026 regional transmission organization law. This primer lays out a menu of options for Maine's next governor and transition team to sustain and accelerate that progress, organized around six areas of action.
Issue Brief: How the D.C. Council Can Lower Electricity Bills for Families and Businesses
May 12, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project released a new issue brief, “How the D.C. Council Can Lower Electricity Bills for Families and Businesses,” that explores the actionable moves local politicians can take to lower costs for Washingtonians.
How to Rein in Big Tech’s Secret Data Center Deals
November 11, 2025 — This brief explains how Big Tech’s building spree will place new strains and costs on local communities, while providing questionable benefits to residents and taxpayers, all under a corrupt regime of secret agreements that excludes the public from participating in any debate. But, as this policy brief describes, there are several steps state and local lawmakers can take to bring these secret deals to light and provide more transparency and accountability to Big Tech’s actions in their communities.
The Save Our Pets Act: Stopping the Corporate Takeover of Veterinary Practices
May 1, 2025 — As the cost veterinary care continues to skyrocket, this piece of Economic Liberties model legislation empowers state lawmakers to addresses key drivers of this: corporate ownership and roll-up consolidation.
Prohibiting Surveillance Prices and Wages
February 20, 2025 — This report, from Economic Liberties and partners, reveals how corporations are using mass surveillance and hidden algorithms to illegally inflate prices for consumers and suppress wages for workers -- and pushes state policymakers to take action.