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Justin Olson, Arizona utility regulator, is an executive of Turning Point USA, group whose political arm sponsored rally preceding attack on Capitol
[…] to fight for this president.” In a statement released after the Energy and Policy Institute first published this article, Olson said: “The Energy and Policy Institute incorrectly reported this...
Heartland Institute
[…] a member of the executive committee of the State Policy Network. In 2017, the Heartland Institute’s America First Energy Conference celebrated the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back key U.S. climate...
Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
[…] the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel estimated would cost consumers as much as $1.8 billion. Columbus Business First reported on how AEP provided form letters for local governments and business associations...
DeWine raked in campaign money from AEP after the utility revealed a subpoena from the SEC
[…] 6, the same Ohio law at the center of the federal criminal investigation that forced FirstEnergy to admit to paying millions of dollars in bribes to state officials. While...
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Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017
[…] carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The Energy and Policy Institute’s new report provides a first look into the electric utility industry’s nearly 50-year long relationship with climate science,...
Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series
[…] utility shutoffs in the face of corporate profiteering that harms customers and the climate. (The first and second reports are here and here.) In 2022, electricity and gas disconnections...
Potomac Edison faces Maryland audit after admitting it charged customers for FirstEnergy’s bribes and lobbying
Maryland utility regulators ordered a new audit of Potomac Edison last week, after the FirstEnergy-owned utility admitted in a rate case that it owes nearly $1.7 million in refunds to...
As Householder trial begins, EPI releases guide for policymakers to protect ratepayers from utility scandals
[…] acceptance of $60 million in bribes to his political organization, with the money originating from FirstEnergy before winding its way through a series of dark-money organizations. In return, FirstEnergy...
Richard Fink: The Koch Brothers’ Big Tobacco Man Behind the Kochtopus Curtain
[…] Economy in 1998 when it unsuccessfully campaigned against CA Prop 10. This was not AFP’s first attempt to shill for Big Tobacco. In 2006 AFP campaigned to oppose tobacco...
FirstEnergy Ohio Bailout – Bad for Ratepayers, Bad for Ohio
Stop the FirstEnergy Coal Bailout! Sign the Petition! FirstEnergy is attempting to push a $3 billion dollar bailout through the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) in a sweetheart deal for...