All posts by Joe Smyth

Joe Smyth was a Research and Communications Manager for the Energy and Policy Institute.

Southern Company and American Electric Power pledge to reduce emissions, but still support coal lobby group

Investors are calling on major companies to align their climate lobbying efforts with the Paris Agreement

/ September 25, 2019
Jeffrey Lyash TVA CEO, Discusses Potential MLGW defection

TVA attempts to chain local power companies to longer contracts in effort to prevent defection risk

New TVA contract could prevent municipal utilities, co-ops from pursuing local renewable energy, storage

/ September 22, 2019

Pinnacle West misleads investors that APS has “surpassed the Paris Agreement”

Arizona Public Service Company has not set a goal to decarbonize – or even to reduce total carbon emissions.

/ September 17, 2019
APS spending on lobbying, marketing, grants, and political campaigns

APS political spending soared under Don Brandt. Will that change with a new CEO?

APS reported spending over $182 million between 2013 and 2018 on lobbying, marketing, grants, and political campaigns - $152 per customer.

/ August 30, 2019
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Craig coal plant

Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner questions “whether or not Tri-State has been candid us”

A Colorado utility’s attempts to avoid oversight by state regulators appears to be backfiring. At a Colorado Public Utilities Commission hearing this week, Commissioner Frances Koncilja said she has “some...

/ July 19, 2019