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| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Con Edison | A public utility providing electric, gas, and steam service in New York City, Westchester, and related markets. Con Edison provides necessary dense-city infrastructure, but investor governance, monopoly power, fossil-gas exposure, and rate complexity keep it weak. | public electric, gas, and steam utility | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -4 | 0 | -5 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Connexus Energy | A Minnesota member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving roughly 150,000 members. Connexus scores well because customer-members own the utility and the cooperative structure is more accountable than investor-owned power, though energy sourcing and utility monopoly constraints still matter. | member-owned electric distribution cooperative | High confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Duke Energy | A public regulated electric and gas utility serving customers across several Southeastern and Midwestern states. Duke provides essential service, but investor ownership, monopoly territories, fossil generation, rate-base incentives, and policy influence keep it low. | public electric and gas utility holding company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -5 | 0 | -6 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | National Grid U.S. | The U.S. arm of National Grid, providing electric and gas service in Northeastern utility territories. National Grid has essential infrastructure value, but investor ownership, fossil-gas dependence, rate-base incentives, and limited customer exit keep it weak. | investor-owned electric and gas utility network | High confidence (AI) | National Grid plc | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -4 | 0 | -5 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | NextEra Energy / Florida Power & Light | A public energy company behind Florida Power & Light and a large renewable-development business. NextEra earns more product credit than dirtier utilities for renewable scale, but FPL monopoly power, shareholder control, policy influence, and gas exposure keep it low. | public utility and renewable-energy holding company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -5 | 0 | -4 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Pedernales Electric Cooperative | A member-owned electric distribution cooperative serving Central Texas. Pedernales scores much better than investor-owned utilities because members are owners and elect directors, though grid dependence, energy mix, and ordinary utility monopoly power still limit the rating. | member-owned electric distribution cooperative | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | PG&E | A public investor-owned electric and gas utility serving northern and central California. PG&E provides essential infrastructure, but wildfire deaths and liabilities, monopoly utility power, shareholder governance, rate recovery, and fossil-gas exposure make it one of the clearest low-scoring utility anchors. | public investor-owned electric and gas utility | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 0 | -8 | -6 | 0 | -6 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -2 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | SMUD | A community-owned electric utility serving the Sacramento region with public governance and a published clean-power transition plan. SMUD scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, though ecological harm still limits the evaluation. | community-owned electric utility | Medium confidence (AI) | Not separately reviewed. | Developed (AI) | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Southern Company | A public electric and gas utility holding company serving millions through regulated utilities and energy businesses. Southern Company has reliability value, but fossil-fuel dependence, monopoly utility economics, nuclear cost risk, lobbying, and shareholder governance keep it low. | public electric and gas utility holding company | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -5 | 0 | -7 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |||||
| No special badge | No vegan or vegetarian badge | Xcel Energy | A public electric and gas utility serving parts of eight states. Xcel has credible clean-energy transition claims compared with some peers, but investor ownership, wildfire exposure, gas service, rate pressure, and monopoly utility structure keep it low-middle. | public electric and gas utility | High confidence (AI) | Policy-capture concerns; see Policy Capture. | Developed (AI) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | -4 | 0 | -4 | None found0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |