Category: Reports

Utility Front Group Advertisement Tracker

Utility Front Group Advertisement Tracker: Exposing Utility Front Groups’ Spending on Facebook and Instagram Utility front groups are organizations that appear independent but are established, controlled or funded by a...

/ September 23, 2022

Southern Company Knew

Southern Company Knew How a “clean coal” utility was warned about climate change risks years before it funded climate disinformation, 1964-2022 Download the full report as a PDF (Click here)...

/ June 8, 2022

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses

Petition for FTC Investigation of Electric Utility Abuses More than 230 consumer, environmental, and public interest groups filed a petition requesting the Federal Trade Commission commence an Article 6(b) investigation...

Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies

Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies Gas utilities are funding front groups and mobilizing their trade associations to push back against policies that threaten...

AGA uses millions of dollars from utility customers to promote a fossil fuel agenda

AGA uses millions of dollars from utility customers to promote a fossil fuel agenda The American Gas Association (AGA) is the trade association for more than 200 companies that deliver...

/ February 17, 2022

Renewable natural gas and hydrogen reports

Compilation of RNG and hydrogen reports Many reports detail the pitfalls of increasing fossil gas infrastructure investments that use RNG and hydrogen instead of prioritizing electrification for heating and clean...

/ January 6, 2022

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities

List of deceptive RNG and hydrogen projects proposed by utilities Both gas and electric utilities are using the promise of green hydrogen and RNG as a justification to build gas...

/ January 6, 2022

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen

Internal documents detail how gas utilities greenwash RNG and hydrogen Internal American Gas Association (AGA) meeting notes from March 2018 reveal that the industry planned to use RNG advocacy as...

/ January 6, 2022

Gas utilities push RNG and hydrogen to expand fossil fuel infrastructure

Gas utilities push RNG and hydrogen to expand fossil fuel infrastructure Electric and gas utilities are increasingly targeting customers, regulators, and investors with the promise of “renewable natural gas,” or...

/ January 6, 2022

Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities

While the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the U.S. economy, leaving millions of Americans struggling to afford their utility bills, the top executives for those utilities continue breaking their own records...

/ September 22, 2020