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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. Power Trip: How utilities use customer money to fund lobbying, corporate branding, and luxury lifestyle expenses, December 2024. Duke Energy Knew: Documenting the Utility’s Early Knowledge and Ongoing
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.
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.
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.
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.
Duke Energy utilities long knew of climate change risks before …
Nov 21, 2024 · 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.
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.
State Policy Network identifies blocking renewable energy as top ...
Mar 6, 2024 · The State Policy Network (SPN) announced on its website last month that it will focus on working with state lawmakers to prevent states from adopting wind and solar power in 2024. SPN is the national organization that serves as the central hub of a network of affiliated think tanks located in all 50 states, and is funded by right-wing and corporate donors that include fossil fuel interests.
Getting Politics Out of Utility Bills - Energy and Policy Institute
Jan 26, 2023 · America’s monopoly electric and gas utilities are using the money that they collect from customers’ monthly bills to fund political machines that push legislation, curry favor with regulators, and alter the outcomes of elections, sometimes even breaking laws in the process.