Category: Edison Electric Institute
Will the U.S. Chamber continue to fight the EPA’s endangerment finding in 2018?
Update January 10, 2018: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce confirmed today it is no longer trying to overturn the EPA’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions, but top U.S. Chamber officials...
Decades before Harvey and Irma, electric utilities knew climate change could fuel more powerful storms and still funded denial
A 1987 study sponsored by the electric utility industry warned that climate change could one day fuel more powerful storms, some thirty years before hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Despite this...
How Central Maine Power killed a popular pro-rooftop solar bill
Central Maine Power used its money and political influence to kill a pro-rooftop solar bill that was supported by a majority of state legislators, with the help of Governor Paul...
AEP proposes to hike fixed charges in latest affront to low income customers
AEP Ohio’s proposal to increase fixed charges would hurt low-income customers, the same people this powerful electric utility pretends to represent when it attacks clean energy policies, and fits into...
Rick Perry: Trump may try to preempt state renewable energy policies
Rick Perry said yesterday that the Trump administration is having “very classified” conversations about preempting state and local support for renewable energy under the pretense of national security. Perry’s remarks...
Three HUGE Utilities Donated to Donald Trump’s Inauguration
President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised a record $106.7 million - twice as much money as any other inauguration.
The Real Cost Shift: Utilities Force Customers to Subsidize Attacks on Rooftop Solar
Florida utilities are using customer money to subsidize the Edison Electric Institute's misleading attacks on so-called “subsidies” for rooftop solar.
Edison Electric Institute’s Anti-Solar, PR Spending Revealed
Over the past couple of decades, special interests from the coal, oil, utilities, and other energy industries have routinely used lobbying, public relations, and other means to impact decisions that...