Category: Utilities
Who’s behind Ohioans for Energy Security’s ad campaign to scare voters?
Ohioans for Energy Security, a new entity blanketing Ohio with a wave of television ads defending the bailout of FirstEnergy Solutions, is brought to you by the same people who...
FirstEnergy’s Wall Street investors lobbied for bailout bill in Ohio
A lobbyist for the FirstEnergy Solutions Bondholder Group helped organize a community meeting where the utility’s CEO revealed how a “Clean Air” bill designed to subsidize its nuclear plants in...
Utilities gave $320K to Ohio House members who voted for bailout bill
Members of the Ohio House who voted in favor of a bill to bail out uncompetitive coal and nuclear power plants received over $320,000 in campaign money from four utilities...
AEP wants customers to fund “clean coal” group behind attacks on renewable energy
American Electric Power says it is working to meet strong customer demand for renewable energy, but the major utility wants to use customer money to fund a “clean coal” group...
Ads link FirstEnergy Solutions to dark money group Generation Now, Inc.
Updated on June 12, 2019, with a copy of one of Generation Now, Inc.’s Facebook ads supporting HB 6, the bill that would bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ nuclear power plants...
WEC Energy Group/We Energies
WEC Energy Group is a corporate holding company for electric and gas utility companies operating in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. We Energies is WEC Energy Group’s largest subsidiary. Based...
Anti-wind activist who backed nuclear bailout bill tied to FirstEnergy
An anti-wind power activist who testified in support of a bill to bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ nuclear power plants in Ohio did not disclose that he’s worked for the same...
FirstEnergy lobbyists behind testimony supporting bailout bill in Ohio
A lobbying firm paid by FirstEnergy Solutions appears to have played a role in writing the testimony given this week by multiple supporters of a bill to bail out the...
Global Climate Coalition documents reveal the electric utility industry’s role in notorious climate denial campaign
Electric utilities played a prominent role in the Global Climate Coalition, an industry group that worked for over a decade to sow doubt about climate change and block efforts to...
Bankrupt FirstEnergy Solutions spends millions on bailout campaigns in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Updated on July 22, 2019 with the latest available information on spending on outside lobbying and communications by FirstEnergy Solutions. Bankruptcy documents reveal that FirstEnergy Solutions has spent millions of...