Mara Quinn

Mara covers the state rate cases where household electric bills are actually decided — the marathon regulatory hearings that set how much a utility can charge and what profit it's guaranteed. Almost nobody attends them; her job is to attend all of them. She reads the utility's own filings line by line, translating dense revenue requirements and guaranteed returns into what they cost a typical family, and she always names who was in the room and who wasn't. Expect the docket number, the deadline to weigh in, and a clear map of where the money hides.