Category: Front Groups
Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies
Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies Gas utilities are funding front groups and mobilizing their trade associations to push back against policies that threaten...
Partnership for Energy Progress
Partnership for Energy Progress The Partnership for Energy Progress (PEP) was launched in March 2020 to fight building electrification policy in Oregon and Washington State. Partnership for Energy Progress has...
Affordable Energy Coalition
Affordable Energy Coalition Affordable Energy Coalition is a small front group created in March 2021 to attack building electrification policy in the Seattle region. The front group lists the Seattle...
Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions (C4BES)
Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions (C4BES) Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions (C4BES) launched in February 2019 as the first front group in the United States to fight building electrification. The now-defunct organization...
Energy Solutions Center
Energy Solutions Center Energy Solutions Center, Inc. (ESC) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that helps utilities expand the gas market. ESC, which has links to the American Gas Association, provides its...
Virginia Energy Consumer Trust
Virginia Energy Consumer Trust The Virginia Energy Consumer Trust is a pro-gas front group based in Virginia. The group is closely associated with the Virginia Manufacturers Association, an influential industry...
New records suggest Alabama Power paid millions to shadowy consulting groups involved in scandals throughout the Southeast
Payments went to monitor environmental groups
Utility Front Group Sparks Attack on Florida Rooftop Solar Amid Ongoing COVID Crisis
Attack led by Florida legislator who has accepted over $20,000 from utilities in political contributions
Who is behind anti-regional transmission organization ads in the Southeast?
Google ads appear as Duke Energy, Southern Company advocate for more limited regional exchange, and following anti-RTO Facebook ads from dark money group