Category: Front Groups

Seniors Across America

Seniors Across America Seniors Across America is a front group that spent thousands of dollars on Facebook advertisements that urged Floridians to support an anti-rooftop solar bill. Text of the...

/ November 15, 2022

New Yorkers for Affordable Energy

New Yorkers for Affordable Energy New Yorkers for Affordable Energy (NY4AE) is a front group whose utility company members include National Grid, Avangrid, Central Hudson, and National Fuel. The group, which advocates...

/ November 15, 2022

We Stand For Energy

We Stand For Energy We Stand For Energy is a campaign created by the Edison Electric Institute, the trade association for investor-owned utilities, to serve as a platform for the...

/ November 14, 2022

The Empowerment Alliance

The Empowerment Alliance The Empowerment Alliance is a 501(c)(4) dark-money group aligned with the gas industry. The group was launched in September 2019 to promote the gas industry and oppose...

/ November 14, 2022

Gas industry group is behind ‘Affordable Energy Fund’ PAC election mailers and digital ads targeting Ohio 

The Empowerment Alliance, a dark-money group aligned with the gas industry, is behind the mysterious Affordable Energy Fund PAC that spent over $1 million dollars on election mailers and digital...

/ November 1, 2022
California Carbon Capture Coalition

California Carbon Capture Coalition

California Carbon Capture Coalition The “California Carbon Capture Coalition” is a fossil fuel industry front group that lobbies policymakers and regulators in California to pursue an expansive role for carbon...

/ October 12, 2022

Utility front groups spending on disinformation advertising

The Energy and Policy Institute launched a new tracking tool that exposes up to $2.4 million in spending on advertising by 14 utility front groups in the last year.  Utilities...

/ September 23, 2022

Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future

Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future is a 501(c)(4) front group launched in August 2020 that promotes fossil gas to support emission...

/ June 30, 2022

Partnership for Energy Progress

Partnership for Energy Progress The Partnership for Energy Progress (PEP) was launched in March 2020 to fight building electrification policy in Oregon and Washington State. Partnership for Energy Progress has...

/ April 29, 2022

Affordable Energy Coalition

Affordable Energy Coalition Affordable Energy Coalition is a small front group created in March 2021 to attack building electrification policy in the Seattle region. The front group lists the Seattle...

/ April 29, 2022