Category: Solar
Consumer Energy Alliance, group behind fraudulent petitions and letters signed by dead people, releases anti-solar report
The Consumer Energy Alliance, a front group for fossil fuel companies and utilities, released a report last month attacking policies that support solar power.
Edison Electric Institute Caught Secretly Working To Influence FTC Solar Workshop
The Edison Electric Institute was behind a ghostwritten letter from Rep. Yvette Clarke that took a swipe at the rooftop solar industry - a tactic EEI has been using over...
Groups Ask Indiana Supreme Court to Reconsider Legislative Public Records Case
Last month, in a 4 – 1 ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court agreed that APRA does apply to the General Assembly, but the Court still did not require disclosure of...
Indiana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Secrecy
Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the legislature is governed by the Access to Public Records Act but declined to force lawmakers to follow it - allowing communication between lobbyists and...
Yes on 1 for the Sun: The Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative from Utilities and Fossil Fuel Interests
The Koch Brothers and utility-funded Consumers for Smart Solar unveiled its amendment ballot campaign, Yes on 1 for the Sun, to restrict the solar market in Florida.
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.
Co-founder and CEO of Harpoon Brewery Behind Efforts to Block Solar in Massachusetts
Associated Industries of Massachusetts has stepped up its lobbying efforts targeting the pro-solar policies in the state.
Louisiana State University David Dismukes
The LSU AgCenter solar report was not the only one to come out of LSU last year. David Dismukes, an economist at the university who runs a private consultancy called...
Special Interests Behind Anti-Solar Ballot Initiative Consumers for Smart Solar
The utility-backed Consumers for Smart Solar would preserve the status quo, preventing homeowners or businesses from contracting with solar companies that can install solar for no upfront cost.