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TVA Documents Reveal New Details About How America’s Major Utilities Fight Clean Air Regulations. Over the last two years, an obscure group of utilities called the Power Generators Air Coalition (PGen) has quietly opposed numerous environmental protections proposed by the Biden administration, including rules...
Reports - Energy and Policy Institute
Reports from the Energy and Policy Institute. Duke Energy Knew: Documenting the Utility’s Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception About Climate Change, November 2024. Utility Industry Contributions to Section 527 Political Organizations, November 2024. Fueling the Opposition: How fossil fuel Interests are fighting to kill wind and solar farms before they are built, July 2024
About - Energy and Policy Institute
The Energy and Policy Institute is a watchdog organization that exposes attacks on renewable energy and counters misinformation by fossil fuel and utility interests.
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.
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.
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.
Report: Utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, …
2 天之前 · Monopoly electric and gas utilities across the country routinely seek to charge their customers for lobbying, corporate brand advertising, perks for executives and employees, and engagement with Wall Street – expenses that do not benefit …
Duke Energy utilities long knew of climate change risks before …
2024年11月21日 · The utility companies that comprise today’s Duke Energy Corporation were privy to early warnings about climate change in the 1970s, well before the phenomenon emerged as a major public issue in 1988, according to a new report by the Energy and Policy Institute. The report, “Duke Energy Knew ...
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.
Utilities executive compensation analysis - Energy and Policy Institute
2020年9月22日 · 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, they will have to raise ...
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