Tag: American Petroleum Institute
Fossil fuel money lurks behind anti-offshore wind power political ads in New Jersey
A Republican group that paid for anti-offshore wind power ads targeting Democrats ahead of New Jersey’s November 7 state legislative elections raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from the...
New Yorkers for Affordable Energy
New Yorkers for Affordable Energy New Yorkers for Affordable Energy (NY4AE) is a front group whose utility company members include National Grid, Avangrid, Central Hudson, and National Fuel. The group, which advocates...
Utilities back anti-protest bills in Ohio and other states
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy are backing a controversial anti-protest bill in Ohio, the latest front in a national campaign by the American Legislative Exchange Council and its funders in...
American Petroleum InstituteNew England Coalition for Affordable EnergyRhode Islanders for Affordable Energy
ISO New England CEO to headline invite-only fossil fuel industry event
Gordon van Welie, the CEO of ISO New England, will be the keynote speaker at a “Special Invitation Only” event organized by two front groups for oil and natural gas...
Electric utilities working with oil and gas companies on ‘advocacy’ efforts to counter environmentalists
The electric utility industry, through its trade association the Edison Electric Institute, has begun working with three other fossil fuel groups to push back against organizations that oppose increased natural...
PR Firm behind American Gas Association front group also member and consultant for Edison Electric Institute
The nation’s largest electric utilities have been relying on a political consulting shop to portray their efforts to attack rooftop solar as having support from the “grassroots” for at least...
Rumored FERC appointee Rob Powelson has shown deep allegiance to gas industry
Rob Powelson, reported to be one of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, would enter the job with a track record that casts doubt on whether he...
Utility Funded Consumers for Smart Solar Ballot Approved by Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Supreme Court approved the utility-funded Consumers for Smart Solar ballot for the 2016 election.
American Legislative Exchange CouncilEdison Electric InstituteNational Black Chamber of CommerceSolar
Edison Electric Institute’s Anti-Solar, PR Spending Revealed
Over the past couple of decades, special interests from the coal, oil, utilities, and other energy industries have routinely used lobbying, public relations, and other means to impact decisions that...