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January 15, 2025

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  NextEra Energy
  
  NV Energy
  
  Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
  
  Peabody Energy
  
  PG&E Corporation
  
  Propane Education and Research Council (PERC)
  
  Salt River Project
  
  Sempra
  
  Southern California Gas Company
  
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  Southwest Gas
  
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  Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  
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  Buckeye Institute
  
  Caesar Rodney Institute
  
  California Carbon Capture Coalition
  
  Californians for Balance Energy Solutions (C4BES)
  
  Cascade Policy Institute
  
  Center of the American Experiment
  
  Citizens for Energizing Michigan’s Economy
  
  Coalition for Cleaner Affordable Energy
  
  Coloradans for Energy Access
  
  Consumer Energy Alliance
  
  Electric Markets Research Foundation
  
  Energy and Environment Legal Institute
  
  Energy Fairness
  
  Harvard Electricity Policy Group
  
  Heartland Institute
  
  Institute for Energy Research / American Energy Alliance
  
  Jobkeeper Alliance
  
  John Locke Foundation
  
  Mackinac Center for Public Policy
  
  Michigan Energy First
  
  Michigan Energy Promise
  
  National Black Chamber of Commerce
  
  Natural Allies for Clean Energy Future
  
  Natural Gas for the Next Generation
  
  New England Ratepayers Association
  
  New Yorkers for Affordable Energy
  
  Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy
  
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  We Stand For Energy
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  December 6, 2024
  
  Gas Utility National Fuel Used Its Customers’ Money for Lobbying
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