Results for: first energy

Duke Energy Knew

[…] Ohio Valley Electric Corp. (OVEC), which is jointly owned by a group of companies including FirstEnergy, American Electric Power, and Duke Energy. Those two 1950-era plants – Kyger Creek...

/ November 21, 2024

Fueling the Opposition:

[…] Alliance Resource Partners:  American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Ariel Corporation  Desert Royalty Company  DonorsTrust  ExxonMobil FirstEnergy  International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 Koch Industries  Murray Energy  National Philanthropic...

/ August 5, 2024

Southern Company Knew

[…] companies later backed disinformation campaigns against climate science and policies.  This report documents for the first time the nearly 60-year history of one of those vested interests, Southern Company,...

/ June 8, 2022

Michigan Energy First

Michigan Energy First is a 501(c)(4) dark money group run by several DTE Energy executives that anchors a network of front groups affiliated with the utility. Michigan Energy First has...

/ February 20, 2024

Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities

[…] to right: Chris Crane, Exelon; Pedro Pizarro, Edison International​). Source: EEI Twitter, September 10, 2020 First, governments have granted monopoly status to investor-owned electricity and gas utilities, which means...

/ September 22, 2020
DTE Energy set a net-zero carbon goal but continues to invest in gas

Utility Front Group ‘Michigan Energy Promise’ Emerges to Rally DTE Energy Foundation Recipients to Target Solar Industry

[…] For Michigan Power. Alliance For Michigan Power originated from a 501(c)(4) organization called Michigan Energy First. Michigan Energy First incorporated in December 2014 and filed documents less than a...

/ March 5, 2019
2018 Political Map of the U.S. Governor Races

Analysis: How Electric Utilities and Their Executives Contributed in Nine Governor Races

[…] have the opportunity to reshape the PSC by appointing several of the regulators during his first term in office. It is unclear if Scott will be able to appoint...

/ November 2, 2018

Michigan’s utilities have a history of trying to block renewable energy increases like the one that could be on the ballot in November

[…] collect 252,523 signatures within a 180-day window to make the ballot. The ballot campaign was first reported by Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News. Voters in the state have...

/ February 12, 2018

Michigan Energy Promise

[…] “project” of the Alliance For Michigan Power. Alliance For Michigan Power originated from Michigan Energy First. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs database shows that the assumed names...

/ March 5, 2019
Kyger Creek Power Plant

Many U.S. electric utilities plan slow decarbonization over next decade, out of sync with Biden plan

[…] Institute – as well as individual utilities like American Electric Power (AEP), Duke Energy and FirstEnergy – supported the president’s effort to roll back regulations aimed at reducing carbon...

/ December 1, 2020