Results for: first energy
Will the U.S. Chamber continue to fight the EPA’s endangerment finding in 2018?
[…] is backing the Trump administration’s effort to replace the Clean Power Plan, as E&E News first reported. The U.S. Chamber has also rolled out new energy policy priorities for...
A growing trend: West Virginia candidates sign pledge to refuse utility contributions
[…] or gifts from monopoly utilities, their Political Action Committees, lobbyists, or executives.” In West Virginia, FirstEnergy and American Electric Power – the state’s two largest monopoly utilities – have...
FirstEnergy targets Cordray, DeWine as it lobbies for a bailout from Ohio consumers
FirstEnergy has poured money, food, and beverages into the race for governor in Ohio, where Republican candidate Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray have both voiced general support for […]
FirstEnergy’s Wall Street investors lobbied for bailout bill in Ohio
A lobbyist for the FirstEnergy Solutions Bondholder Group helped organize a community meeting where the utility’s CEO revealed how a “Clean Air” bill designed to subsidize its nuclear plants in...
Mississippi Power Doubles Down on Uneconomic Coal Despite Southern Company’s “Low to No Carbon” Claim
[…] new federal coal ash regulation, commonly known as the coal combustion residual (CCR) rule, was first proposed by the Obama Administration in April 2015. The CCR rule as originally...
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
[…] diversity promotions and hires of leadership employee positions goals, and sustainability and customer and clean energy initiatives (50%). In 2019, Eversource included several renewable and clean energy metrics as...
FOIA and Public Records Documents and Lawsuits
[…] on December 7, 2017 (p. 5) View entire document on DocumentCloud March 2017 emails between FirstEnergy executives, Murray Energy’s Robert Murray, and Department of Energy officials reveal language and...
Feds reveal more secret pass-throughs for FirstEnergy money in Larry Householder racketeering case
[…] the racketeering case against ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder revealed that $400,000 secretly paid by FirstEnergy passed through two dark money groups, One Ohio United and Citizens for a...
American Gas Association Facebook campaign targets agency exploring health risks of gas stoves
[…] the peer-reviewed report. RMI is an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for a decarbonized energy system. Several Democratic Senators and Representatives also sent a letter to the CPSC...
Natural Gas for the Next Generation
[…] it is a “solutions-based community of organizations, leaders and everyday citizens interested in advancing realistic energy solutions across Pennsylvania.” The website does list several supporters, including academics mainly from...