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What If The Marcellus Shale Gas Play Doesn’t Pan Out?
[…] forecast over the 2015-2040 period. Average decline rate for shale gas well is 75-85% over first three years While the increase in U.S. shale gas production is stunning, so...
Decades before Harvey and Irma, electric utilities knew climate change could fuel more powerful storms and still funded denial
[…] on Climate Change From 1968-2017. Thirty years ago, the study by ICF Incorporated represented “…a first attempt at analyzing the potential impacts of climate change on individual electric utilities.”...
Candidate for Florida Governorship Pledges To Stop Accepting Utility Contributions
[…] committees such as Associated Industries of Florida. On Sept. 27, nearly three weeks after Irma first struck Florida, campaign records show Duke Energy gave $55,000 to AIF’s political committee,...
As utilities flee newly scandalous UARG, remaining members make dishonest claims about its purpose
[…] UARG and its member companies. Ameren, American Electric Power, DTE Energy, Vistra Energy, Southern Company, FirstEnergy, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are the companies...
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...
Attacks on Clean Energy in Washington
Washington Renewable Energy Standard Fight in 2014: In 2014 in Washington, there was at least one ALEC-tied attempt to weaken state’s renewable energy standard. SB 6058, which would have allowed...
Hawaii Net Metering Attacked
[…] a bill directing the state’s utilities to generate 100% of their electricity sales from renewable energy sources by 2045. It was a bold step for the most oil dependent...
The Utility Industry’s Influence at Universities
[…] Ohio Public Utilities Commissioner Ashley Brown, has received funding from American Electric Power, Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Southern Company, and other utility companies. Brown routinely criticizes the value of solar...
Indiana Energy Association
The Indiana Energy Association (IEA) is membership association primarily made up of the state’s electric and gas utility companies. Mark Maassel, president of IEA, was formerly the president at the...