Results for: first energy
Southwest Gas increases its political contributions in Nevada ahead of the 2022 election
[…] Clark County Board of Commissioners – which includes Las Vegas – developed and adopted its first Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, All-In Clark County. The plan includes zero emissions...
AEP’s former CEO met with Larry Householder about plan to weaken Ohio’s term limits, according to prosecution witness
[…] in a racketeering conspiracy that involved $60 million in bribes paid by another utility company, FirstEnergy, in exchange for Householder’s championship of House Bill 6. The 2019 Ohio law...
UPDATED: Florida Professional Firefighters Reverse Endorsement of Amendment 1
[…] announced on October 10 that it was supporting the utility-funded amendment “because it protects our first responders.” Since the endorsement, Consumers for Smart Solar had rolled out new television...
Where is the National Black Chamber of Commerce getting its money to attack solar power in Florida? And is it breaking the law?
[…] the campaign seem broad, diverse, and bipartisan, NBCC also contributed money to the campaign. NBCC first sent a $50,000 check. At the time it was tied for the largest...
Entergy Paid Actor Scandal Widens, Nonprofits Used to Support Gas Plant
[…] the gas plant. Entergy investigation still leaves big gaps of information Entergy claims it was first alerted to the potential that actors were paid when a “blog writer” contacted...
FOIA Documents Reveal Tennessee Valley Authority’s Role in the Utility Air Regulatory Group
[…] EPI with regards to the Nonattainment Committee show the same scheme for 2015 through the first half of 2018. Nonattainment Committee legal fees and expenses Nonattainment Committee technical fees...
Attacks on Clean Energy in Montana
[…] Senator Debby Barrett, would have included all existing hydropower in the state’s RES. Senator Barrett first introduced the bill in December 2012. Sen. Barrett received a $1584.31 scholarship from...
Indiana Net Metering Attacked
During the first two months of 2015, anti-solar legislation, HB 1320, was gaining momentum. The legislative process culminated when a committee voted 9-4 on February 19 to advance the bill...
Gabe Elsner
[…] Prior to founding the Energy and Policy Institute, Elsner was the California Student Sustainability Coalition’s first statewide campaign director, helping to defeat Prop 23, an attempt to overturn California’s...
Strings Attached: How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
[…] utility’s role in those efforts from voters, policymakers, and regulators. In 2013, APS denied at first that it was funding conservative groups to run ads attacking rooftop solar companies,...