Matrix LLC

A law firm that conducted Southern Company’s internal investigation into reports that a political consulting firm used by a Southern subsidiary directed private surveillance of Southern’s CEO – possibly with the approval of the subsidiary’s CEO – has its own ties to both the consultant and the subsidiary. In 2017, the political firm Matrix LLC,...

A long-time consultant for Alabama Power hired a private investigator to surveil Tom Fanning, the CEO of its parent company, Southern Company, according to documents reported by AL.com yesterday.  Matrix, LLC, Alabama Power’s political firm, hired the investigator to follow Fanning and his girlfriend in 2017, according to AL.com’s reporting. Matrix has in recent months...

Payments went to monitor environmental groups

The Koch Brothers and utility-funded Consumers for Smart Solar unveiled its amendment ballot campaign, Yes on 1 for the Sun, to restrict the solar market in Florida.