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FOIAs reveal FirstEnergy meeting with Rick Perry, 30+ corporate jet flights to D.C. since Trump’s inauguration
New details about FirstEnergy’s lobbying of the Trump administration and corporate airplane flights to Washington, D.C., can be found in documents obtained via FOIAs filed with the Department of Energy...
Gas industry group is behind ‘Affordable Energy Fund’ PAC election mailers and digital ads targeting Ohio
[…] the address of James S. Nathanson, the Ohio-based GOP political operative who served as TEA’s first executive director after TEA’s launch in 2019. The Empowerment Alliance is directly targeting...
The 2014 Midterm Election Results: Implications for Energy and Environment Policies
[…] will debate at least three energy issues as a result of this change in power. First, there are now 61 senators in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline. Approving...
Xcel Energy supports gas industry group pushing false claims in Colorado
[…] volatile over the last year, and will increase Colorado gas customers’ bills in multiple ways. First, gas utilities pass on the costs of purchased gas directly to customers, and...
Donald Trump once believed in clean energy, so what happened?
[…] of state energy efficiency incentives to save money and reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. As first reported by Hiroko Tabuchi in today’s New York Times, the Trump Tower at...
Attacks on Clean Power Plan Based on Flawed Reports
[…] legal authority; the Clean Power Plan will raise costs and prove to be “deeply unpopular.” First, Tribe’s legal analysis of the Clean Power Plan has yet to be determined...
Bill Wehrum: A top Trump official at EPA delivers for former utility industry clients
Update for September 18, 2018: As first reported today by E&E News, EPA’s Bill Wehrum has filed a recusal letter that names former clients, including the Utility Air Regulatory Group, Dominion Energy...
Utility CEOs received $2.7 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2021
[…] Dominion Energy, Xcel Energy, Exelon, Berkshire Hathaway, Entergy, DTE Energy, American Electric Power, PPL Corporation, FirstEnergy, Public Service Enterprise Group, Edison International, Consolidated Edison, AES, and Atmos Energy. Some...
Fossil fuel and utility interests target Richard Cordray and Mike DeWine with campaign cash in Ohio governor’s race
[…] Democrat Richard Cordray has also received campaign contributions from the coal industry and lobbyists for FirstEnergy. The Energy and Policy Institute reviewed post-primary campaign finance reports filed by the...
Consumers Energy-Funded 501(c)(4) Citizens for Energizing Michigan’s Economy Is Active Again, Promoting Specific Candidates
[…] advertisements and possible mailers in recent weeks. Those five candidates are also running in their first elections. November 13 update: Damoose, Beeler, Outman, Fink, and Puri have all been...