This illustrates why having utility parent companies operating across multiple states gives them an unfair advantage. Southern Co. doesn't like outcome of Georgia PSC elections, so it uses its influence to change rules of the game in neighboring Alabama:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0306202...
No Black Alabamian has ever served on the state’s Public Service Commission. Sheila McNeil has a plan to change that, and she’s taking Alabama to court.