Category: Front Groups
AEP wants customers to fund “clean coal” group behind attacks on renewable energy
American Electric Power says it is working to meet strong customer demand for renewable energy, but the major utility wants to use customer money to fund a “clean coal” group...
Ads link FirstEnergy Solutions to dark money group Generation Now, Inc.
Updated on June 12, 2019, with a copy of one of Generation Now, Inc.’s Facebook ads supporting HB 6, the bill that would bail out FirstEnergy Solutions’ nuclear power plants...
FirstEnergy lobbyists behind testimony supporting bailout bill in Ohio
A lobbying firm paid by FirstEnergy Solutions appears to have played a role in writing the testimony given this week by multiple supporters of a bill to bail out the...
Harry Brown: North Carolina’s anti-wind lawmaker is backed by Koch money
Harry Brown, the state senator who wants to ban new wind farms in eastern North Carolina, has received thousands of dollars in campaign money from Koch Industries and other fossil...
Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG)
The Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) is a little known but influential group that has fought EPA Clean Air Act rules. The group has described itself as “a not-for-profit association...
Trump’s false claim about windmills, noise and cancer defended by Koch-backed blog
A blog post defending President Trump’s false claim that noise from windmills causes cancer has been published on MasterResource.org, a blog run by a think tank backed by the powerful...
Bankrupt FirstEnergy Solutions spends millions on bailout campaigns in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Updated on July 22, 2019 with the latest available information on spending on outside lobbying and communications by FirstEnergy Solutions. Bankruptcy documents reveal that FirstEnergy Solutions has spent millions of...
Who’s behind Trump’s claim the Green New Deal will cost $100 trillion?
President Trump’s claim that the Green New Deal would cost $100 trillion can be traced back to the Manhattan Institute, a think tank backed by fossil fuel investor Paul Singer...
Utility Front Group ‘Michigan Energy Promise’ Emerges to Rally DTE Energy Foundation Recipients to Target Solar Industry
Michigan Energy Promise, a new front group with strong ties to the Michigan monopoly utility, DTE Energy, recently began backing the utility’s arguments against rooftop solar power. The group’s appearance...
Alliance For Michigan Power
Alliance For Michigan Power is an organization with connections to monopoly utility company DTE Energy. The group originated from Michigan Energy First. Michigan Energy First incorporated in December 2014 and...