This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Last November, in a vast conference hall at a Marriott hotel in New Orleans, utility executive Kim Greene took the stage. Greene, the CEO of Southern Company Gas, a Georgia-based conglomerate that owns gas .
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The Colorado Public Utilities Commission held a public meeting this week to listen to people's concerns about utility bill spikes amid record high profits for Xcel Energy.