FirstEnergy secretly spent millions of dollars to influence then-President Donald Trump as it sought a multi-billion dollar federal bailout.

In its latest assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called out the “vested interests” that stand in the way of climate action. This report documents for the first time the ...

Over 70 investor-owned utility holding companies and their subsidiaries have contributed more than $84 million from 2008 through 2024 to the Republican Governors Association, Republican Attorneys ...

The New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) claims to be the “voice of families and businesses served by regulated utilities,” but its lobbying and regulatory advocacy often align with the interests ...

The State Policy Network (SPN) is the national organization at the center of a 50-state network of think tank affiliates that is at the forefront of disinformation campaigns against wind and solar ...

Universities and professors, funded by fossil fuel and utility special interests, are increasingly producing academic reports, supporting advocacy efforts, and amplifying positions that either ...

Scientists had begun to warn electric utilities about climate change by 1968, and by 1988 the industry’s official research and development organization had acknowledged that, “There is growing ...

The Edison Electric Institute is an inherently political organization, and a powerful one. At $90 million, its budget is the highest it has been in over a decade – a budget that the nation’s electric ...

Gas utilities are funding front groups and mobilizing their trade associations to push back against policies that threaten its business model, including local bans on gas hookups in new housing, ...

The American Gas Association (AGA) is the trade association for more than 200 companies that deliver fossil gas throughout the United States. AGA’s mission is to ensure the continuation of gas ...

Both gas and electric utilities are using the promise of green hydrogen and RNG as a justification to build gas plants and pipelines that may never use those technologies at all, or only up to a ...