Results for: first energy

Utilities gave $320K to Ohio House members who voted for bailout bill

[…] Power (AEP), Dayton Power & Light (and it’s parent company AES Corporation), Duke Energy, and FirstEnergy Corp.’s PACs have targeted Ohio with nearly $1.65 million in campaign cash since...

/ June 26, 2019
Florida PSC Don Polmann

Candidates Vie for Influential Florida Public Service Commission Seat

[…] the shortlist. DeSantis’ nominee is then subject to Senate approval. This appointment will be DeSantis’ first to the PSC, with another coming up next year for Commissioner Fay’s seat....

/ August 5, 2020
Dominion Energy's new carbon goals will mean a slowdown in the pace of its decarbonization

Dominion Energy’s new carbon reduction goal will mean slowdown in emissions reduction pace

[…] from 2005 to 2017. The 2005 baseline makes it difficult to discern the slowdown at first blush, but Dominion’s own emissions data reveals the trend. The slowdown is visible...

/ April 25, 2019

Analysis: Americans for Prosperity Anti-Wind Letter, June 2014

[…] end to all energy subsidies Tea Party Nation DC Yes   For profit company, organized first Tea Party convention The Club for Growth DC Yes Yes   Founded by...

/ June 16, 2014

Top candidates for Ohio House speaker back bailouts for utilities that back their campaigns

[…] a share in OVEC. $12,500 from the AEP Committee for Responsible Government $9,000 from the First Energy PAC $6,500 from Ohio ACRE $5,500 from the Duke Energy Corporation PAC...

/ May 10, 2018

Documents reveal a lobbying blitz by FirstEnergy as Trump mulled bailouts for coal and nuclear power plants that could cost consumers billions

A new filing in the bankruptcy case for FirstEnergy Solutions details how lobbyists at Akin Gump, Washington, DC’s top-earning lobbying firm, spent hundreds of hours in April working on a renewed campaign...

/ June 1, 2018

Major solar project in Spotsylvania targeted by climate skeptics, fossil fuel interests

[…] fuel interests, and right-wing news outlets. The Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center, developed by sPower, was first proposed in December of 2017 and would be the largest solar farm on...

/ February 26, 2019

Pollution Payday: analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities

[…] to right: Chris Crane, Exelon; Pedro Pizarro, Edison International​). Source: EEI Twitter, September 10, 2020 First, governments have granted monopoly status to investor-owned electric and gas utilities, which means...

/ September 22, 2020

NextEra, Florida utilities closely aligned with election fraud suspect Frank Artiles

Artiles’ close relationship with NextEra Energy and Florida Power & Light included NASCAR perks, campaign contributions

/ March 26, 2021

Georgia Power Inaction on Renewables May Lead to Loss of Large Industrial Customer

[…] to respond and provide analysis, and being unable to provide adequate service. Nestlé said it first notified Georgia Power of its intent to purchase renewable energy in “October and...

/ December 15, 2019