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Subpoenaed records detail FirstEnergy’s secret political spending to influence then-President Donald Trump How FirstEnergy, one of America’s most corrupt utilities, secretly spent millions of dollars as it pursued a multi-billion-dollar federal bailout for its coal and nuclear plants during Donald Trump’s presidency,...
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Reports from the Energy and Policy Institute. Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel Interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built, July 2024. Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations, July 2024. Powerless in the U.S. – Utilities Shut Off Power 5.7 Million Times Since 2020, January 2023. Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills, January 2023
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The Energy and Policy Institute is a watchdog organization that exposes attacks on renewable energy and counters misinformation by fossil fuel and utility interests.
Powerless in the United States | Energy and Policy Institute
Powerless in the United States: the third installment in the Powerless in the Pandemic series. Utility companies have disconnected U.S. households more than 5.7 million times since 2020 while shelling out billions to shareholders and top executives, according to Powerless in the U.S., a new report from EPI, Center for Biological Diversity, and BailoutWatch.
Tracking State Legislation to Get Politics Out of Utility Bills
Last Updated: Apr. 15, 2024. Eleven states* have filed legislative proposals this session to prohibit investor-owned utilities from using customer funds to support political activities.
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
Jul 18, 2024 · While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over $647 million in 2023, an increase of 9 percent over 2022, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute has found.
Our Mission - Energy and Policy Institute
We need to power the economy with clean energy to address the climate crisis, and we have the tools to do that right now: renewable energy sources like wind and solar power are less expensive than fossil fuels; energy efficiency technologies save customers money and will hasten the transition to clean energy.
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Oct 15, 2024 · Donald Trump and J.D. Vance PACs raked in millions from gas industry megadonors Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin Ariel Corporation chairman and her spouse have also opposed new solar farms in Ohio Gas industry megadonor couple Karen Buchwald Wright and Thomas Rastin together contributed at least $2.4 million...
Fueling the Opposition - Energy and Policy Institute
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has been working for more than ten years to research and document how fossil fuel interests are fighting to block new wind and solar farms by spreading disinformation about clean energy to try to undermine the strong, bipartisan support for renewable energy that exists among the public.
Utilities executive compensation analysis - Energy and Policy Institute
Utility executive pay continues to increase as customers face disconnection during COVID-19 crisis. Investor-owned utilities have argued publicly and to policymakers that they must continue disconnecting customers who have been unable to pay their electric or gas bills during the COVID-19 crisis. If they don’t have the threat of disconnections, the utilities say, …