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Duke Energy funded climate science-denying John Locke Foundation. Duke Energy contributed $25,000 to the John Locke Foundation (JLF), a leading voice of climate science denial and renewable energy rejectionism in North Carolina. The contribution, which occurred in 2021... Sue Sturgis / October 15, 2024. FirstEnergy.
Reports - Energy and Policy Institute
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
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. We need to power the economy with clean technology to address the climate crisis. Clean, renewable energy is now affordable and cost-competitive with traditional fossil fuels.
Powerless in the United States | Energy and Policy Institute
From 2019 through 2021, the dozen Hall of Shame utilities spent $2.8 billion paying roughly 70 top executives — about $5.9 million per executive per year. The scale of the shutoffs problem is masked by a lack of transparency, with state regulators in 20 states failing to require any disclosures. Florida utilities, which topped the charts of ...
Our Mission - Energy and Policy Institute
The Energy and Policy Institute is a watchdog organization working to expose attacks on renewable energy and counter misinformation by fossil fuel and utility interests. 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 ...
Utilities executive compensation analysis - Energy and Policy Institute
CEO compensation for 19 major investor-owned utilities totaled over $764 million from 2017 to 2019. Total CEO compensation for each utility ranged from approximately $20 million to $62 million over the three years. Annual total CEO compensation for individual utilities ranged from $6.5 million to $27.8 million.
Emissions goals show utilities continue to move slow | Energy and ...
Dec 1, 2020 · David Pomerantz • Matt Kasper • December 1, 2020. The country’s top emitting utilities are on decarbonization pathways that are too slow to meet the climate goals set forth by President-Elect Joseph Biden. Biden has promised to achieve a zero-carbon power sector by 2035 en route to reaching an economy-wide target of net-zero emissions by ...
As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
Jul 18, 2024 · Atlanta-based utility Southern Compan y paid Tom Fanning, who retired as CEO in May last year, $33 million in total compensation, making him the top earner in 2023. Sempra Energy paid CEO Jeffrey Martin the second-highest compensation, with $27 million, followed by FirstEnergy CEO Brian Tierney, who took home $26 million.
Who We Are - Energy and Policy Institute
Daniel Tait is a Research and Communications Director for the Energy and Policy Institute. Prior to joining EPI, he was CEO of Energy Alabama, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization accelerating Alabama’s transition to sustainable energy through education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Daniel has worked in sustainable energy since 2011 ...
Front groups fighting electrification - Energy and Policy Institute
Front groups and trade associations funded by gas utilities fight electrification policies. 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, efforts to encourage the construction of all-electric homes, and …