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Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

Early in 2015, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (AgCenter) released a booklet titled, “Solar Power for Your Home: A Consumer’s Guide.” EEI, the trade association for investor-owned...

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Duke Energy Shareholders Reject Proposal for Disclosure of Lobbying...

On May 5, Duke Energy shareholders voted 71% against a proposed resolution asking for the company to disclose direct and indirect lobbying activities and expenditures, along with membership payments to...

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Peabody Energy Funding Climate Change Denial and Anti-Renewable Campaigns

Peabody Energy filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2016. Over the past few weeks, analysis of Peabody Energy’s bankruptcy documents has revealed that the world’s largest private-sector...

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Consumer Energy Alliance, group behind fraudulent petitions and letters...

The Consumer Energy Alliance, which you may know from greatest hits like “submitting a petition full of fake names” and “writing letters to federal agencies signed by people who have been dead for 18...

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Report: Natural Gas Prices and Utility Infrastructure Spending Have High...

In the utility industry’s effort to slow the growth of rooftop solar across the country, electric companies and their trade association, Edison Electric Institute (EEI), have based their campaign on...

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PNM, Edison Electric Institute lead deceptive attack on rooftop solar in New...

This piece was first published as an op-ed column in the Santa Fe New Mexican on February 20, 2017.  Rooftop solar power offers New Mexicans lower electric bills, cleaner air and a solution to climate...

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On ABC’s “This Week” Scott Pruitt Cites the Success of the EPA and Clean Air...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos yesterday to discuss Trump administration efforts to roll back President Obama’s environmental initiatives,...

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NYT digs into utilities’ efforts to slow down rooftop solar

The New York Times reported on Sunday about how utilities around the country, and their trade group the Edison Electric Institute, have worked to weaken rooftop solar policies in an attempt to stave...

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Utility Companies Quick To Fund Republican Governors and Attorneys General in...

The nation’s investor-owned utilities have been quick to help Republican governors and attorneys general maintain and expand their control of state capitals, according to a review of mid-year campaign...

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Polluters’ Lesser Known Strategy To Fight EPA CO2 Rules

Recent articles have revealed how industry groups have asked the Trump administration to significantly change the rescinded Clean Power Plan by pursuing only an “inside-the-fence” approach. The Obama...

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How Central Maine Power killed a popular pro-rooftop solar bill

Central Maine Power used its money and political influence to kill a pro-rooftop solar bill that was supported by a majority of state legislators, with the help of Governor Paul LePage and some...

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Utility Industry Third-Parties Emerge in Utah to Defend Rocky Mountain...

The Utah state Public Service Commission delayed hearings over Rocky Mountain Power’s proposed new fees on rooftop solar customers until the week of September 18 as parties continue their settlement...

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Coal and utility interests ask for, receive, bailouts to help failing power...

In keeping with Donald Trump’s mission to bail out the coal industry, Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide bailouts to power...

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Todd Wynn, operative for electric utilities and climate denier, the latest...

The Trump Administration has added another operative from the electric utility industry with a record of climate change denial to its rolls. The Department of Interior hired Todd Wynn as its Director...

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Electric utilities working with oil and gas companies on ‘advocacy’ efforts...

The electric utility industry, through its trade association the Edison Electric Institute, has begun working with three other fossil fuel groups to push back against organizations that oppose...

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How Will Utilities Vote On The Latest Climate Denial Model Resolution At ALEC?

Updated on Dec. 6 to include reference to a letter from the Edison Electric Institute, NRECA, Chevron, Honeywell and UPS expressing concerns about the ALEC resolution.  In a test of where fossil fuel...

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New Utility PR Playbook Seeks to Mislead Customers on Demand Charges

The nation’s investor-owned electric utilities will attempt to deceive their customers into accepting new electric rate designs that would reduce people’s ability to save money by conserving energy or...

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Utility Industry Contributing Millions to National Political Party Groups

The utility industry continues to pour money into the Republican party’s national political organizations. At the end of 2017, the Republican Governors Association had received nearly $1.8 million from...

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Duke Energy’s customers fund groups behind campaigns on coal ash, more

Duke Energy customers in North Carolina pay millions of dollars each year to fund industry groups that have spent years fighting against strong coal ash regulations, and have engaged in a host other...

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Hawthorn Group, PR firm behind paid actors scandal in New Orleans, has long...

An Entergy internal investigation revealed today that the utility company contracted with the Hawthorn Group, a Virginia-based PR firm, in its effort to create the appearance of public support at New...

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