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Fossil fuel and utility interests target Richard Cordray and Mike DeWine with campaign cash in Ohio governor’s race
[…] Democrat Richard Cordray has also received campaign contributions from the coal industry and lobbyists for FirstEnergy. The Energy and Policy Institute reviewed post-primary campaign finance reports filed by the...
DTE executive tells lawmakers battery storage is not suitable for Michigan as advocates slam its resource plan
[…] total of $608 million in income towards the company’s overall earnings since 2017 through the first six months of 2019. A 2017 presentation by DTE Energy Midstream executives revealed...
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
PURPA under attack by utilities and their front groups
[…] Other utilities also endorsed EEI’s comments, including: Alliant Energy Arizona Public Service Company Duke Energy FirstEnergy NextEra Energy Pacific Gas and Electric Company San Diego Gas & Electric Company...
Duke Energy refuses to consider climate-related risk in North Carolina rate case
[…] during the lifetime of its GIP-related investments within the scope of current rate case. Moody’s first assessment of climate-related risks for electric utilities from January 2020 shows the utility...
The repeated effort by Ohio ALEC members to end the state’s clean energy law
Internal emails reveal how ALEC, utility industry representatives, and front groups have been working to influence the members of the Ohio Energy Mandates Study Committee.
Duke Energy says it supports solar, despite backing Amendment 1. We fact-check.
Duke Energy says it both supports solar energy, and the deceptive anti-solar Amendment 1 in Florida. But the facts show that Duke has no plans to significantly grow its own...
Who’s behind Ohioans for Energy Security’s ad campaign to scare voters?
[…] a new entity blanketing Ohio with a wave of television ads defending the bailout of FirstEnergy Solutions, is brought to you by the same people who campaigned for the...
Amid controversies, DTE Energy continues to spend big in Michigan and nearly every lawmaker accepts
93% of legislators have taken DTE Energy money during their careers
Documents show TC Energy’s contractors did not report conflicts of interest to FERC
[…] not respond to a request for comment. A History of Conflicts This is not the first time the pipeline industry hires potentially conflicted contractors to assist in federal environmental...