Results for: first energy

Utilities Helped Stop the “Ratepayers First” Measure Introduced by Wisconsin Lawmakers

[…] Duey Stroebel, Sen. Robert Cowles, Rep. Jim Ott and Rep. Adam Neylon) proposed legislation titled the “Ratepayers First” proposal that would have required the Public Service Commission (PSC) to review utility...

/ June 19, 2017
Donald van der Vaart being sworn in at the Office of Administrative Hearings

Donald van der Vaart: North Carolina Utilities Commission nominee has history of controversy, potential conflicts

[…] for the state environmental agency. He served on the federal Science Advisory Board during the first Trump administration. Van der Vaart’s wife, Sandra van der Vaart, chairs a prominent...

/ May 13, 2025

Bankrupt FirstEnergy Solutions spends millions on bailout campaigns in Ohio and Pennsylvania

[…] 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 dollars on...

/ April 11, 2019

FirstEnergy drafted testimony for pro-bailout county, school officials in Ohio

FirstEnergy provided draft testimony to county and school officials who testified in support of enacting House Bill 6, Ohio’s controversial new law that bails out coal and nuclear power […]

/ October 21, 2019

Lawmakers behind legislation to help Arizona Public Service have now filed a complaint against the renewable energy ballot campaign

[…] and Rep. Leach have accepted $7,000 and $5,000 from Pinnacle West, respectively. Furthermore, during the first quarter of this year, both lawmakers have received money from Veridus, a PR...

/ April 29, 2018

Koch-Backed American Energy Alliance Releases Misleading Poll

[…] ExxonMobil and the Koch Brothers. Documents obtained by Republic Report last month revealed, for the first time, that IER was founded by Charles Koch, CEO of Koch Industries. Reports...

/ September 9, 2014

Full Transcript: AGA Leadership Conference Call March 31, 2020

[…] us. For the spring meeting of the AGA Leadership Council. I’m, again David Anderson, I’m first chair of AGA Board of Directors, started the year second chair. And of...

/ February 16, 2022

Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

[…] report. Authored by professor Claudette Hanks Reichel, the LSU report advises potential solar homeowners to first focus on energy efficiency rather than install solar panels. The report concludes, “the...

/ January 21, 2016

The Fossil Fuel and Utility Industries Lobbying for New FERC Commissioners Spots

[…] the past several months. LNG and pipeline company Tellurian has also been involved in the first half of this year in the effort to shape FERC’s composition. Fossil fuel...

/ July 29, 2019

Neil Chatterjee: Trump’s FERC pick is a rubber stamp for fossil fuel and utility interests

[…] of climate denial. For example, in 2015, he presented at Energy & Environment Legal Institute’s First Annual Gala, which also featured presentations by climate deniers Chris Horner and David...

/ March 22, 2017