Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

Background

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the trade association of U.S. electric utility companies, founded in 1933. The association operates in 50 states and the District of Columbia and also holds a number of international members.¹ In 2013, EEI described itself as representing approximately 70% of the electric industry in the U.S.²

Documents from 2012 revealed that EEI was part of a multi-year campaign to combat net metering policies and fight against the transition to distributed solar power, reported on by the Washington Post and the Energy and Policy Institute.³ The LA Times noted that the fight against net metering policy, which would allow businesses and homeowners with solar panels to sell excess electricity back into the grid, was being fought by a number of minority organizations that had sided with utility groups.⁴ EEI itself has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in sponsoring and donating to just such minority groups.⁵

EEI has worked to lobby legislators through groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, through which they have pushed to weaken net metering policies for solar power in the U.S. EEI also lobbies Congress directly under its own PowerPAC.⁶ ⁷

UtilitySecrets.org, a joint project of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the Energy and Policy Institute documents EEI‘s role in campaigning against rooftop solar power.

Stance on Climate Change

Below is the Edison Electric Institute’s official statement on climate change:⁸

“Global climate change presents one of the biggest energy and environmental policy challenges this country has ever faced. EEI member companies are committed to addressing the challenge of climate change and have undertaken a wide range of initiatives over the last 30 years to reduce, avoid or sequester GHG emissions. Policies to address climate change should seek to minimize impacts on consumers and avoid harm to U.S. industry and the economy. As of the end of 2016, electric power sector CO2 emissions had declined nearly 25 percent from 2005 levels, driven in part by low natural gas prices, increased deployment of renewable generation and customer demands.”

March 2017

Despite EEI‘s official statement, former EEI chairman Tom Fanning⁹ denied the science of human-caused global warming in March of 2017:¹⁰

“Has it been proven that carbon dioxide is the primary cause of climate change?” Fanning was asked on CNBC‘s “Squawk Box.”

“No, certainly not. Is climate change happening? Certainly. It has been happening for millennia,” Fanning replied.

Funding

As part of EEI‘s campaign against distributed solar energy and net metering policy, the utility group has sent tens of thousands of dollars to organizations as part of their “action plan.” Below is a list of organizations that have received funds from the Edison Electric Institute between 2008 and 2015, according to data collected by DeSmog from publicly available 990 forms.¹¹

See the attached spreadsheet for additional information on EEI‘s donations by year (.xlsx).

Recipient	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Grand Total
Center for Energy Workforce Development	$105,000	$401,455	$332,943	$105,000	$310,261	$334,491	$398,975	$371,077	$30,000		$23,430	$2,412,632
Thomas Alva Edison Foundation		$32,838	$69,976	$65,604	$355,952	$149,650	$276,824	$148,170	$146,578			$1,245,592
National LAMPAC (Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee)	$96,706			$49,500	$36,258	$95,935	$84,025	$71,391	$37,694	$52,000	$50,000	$573,509
Hunton & Williams LLP					$99,877	$116,114	$111,044		$121,361	$115,569		$563,965
Council of State Governments	$10,000					$6,000	$85,000	$70,000	$100,000	$50,000		$321,000
American Council for Capital Formation	$15,000	$30,000	$15,000	$15,000	$40,000	$30,000	$30,000		$30,000	$30,000	$30,000	$265,000
Democratic Governors’ Association	$25,000				$15,000	$40,000	$50,000	$25,000	$65,000	$20,000	$25,000	$265,000
Alliance to Save Energy		$20,000	$31,000	$5,000	$20,000	$47,500	$15,000	$27,500	$35,000	$20,000	$15,000	$236,000
US Chamber of Commerce					$50,000	$25,050	$105,000				$53,000	$233,050
American Association of Blacks in Energy		$25,000	$10,000	$25,000	$25,000	$10,000	$15,000	$25,000	$30,000	$30,000	$25,000	$220,000
Creative Coalition						$90,000			$125,000			$215,000
Keystone Center	$20,000	$10,000	$20,000	$10,500	$10,000	$25,000	$35,000	$10,000	$10,000	$40,000	$10,000	$200,500
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc						$100,000				$100,000		$200,000
IHS Global, Inc.										$100,000	$100,000	$200,000
Republican State Leadership Committee					$55,000	$22,917	$25,000		$35,000	$25,000	$31,250	$194,167
Americans for Tax Reform							$75,000		$88,500	$12,500	$7,500	$183,500
American Legislative Exchange Council	$10,000				$20,000	$39,667	$58,000	$15,000	$11,875			$154,542
Recording Industry Association of America									$150,000			$150,000
National Conference of State Legislatures			$20,833	$12,473	$5,000			$20,125	$34,000	$37,500	$15,000	$144,931
Bracy Tucker Brown, Inc.		$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000		$135,000
Aspen Institute	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$7,400	$10,000	$12,000	$11,200	$12,000	$12,000	$12,000	$15,000	$121,600
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation	$10,000	$20,400	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$20,000	$10,000	$20,000			$10,000	$120,400
National Urban League									$37,500	$55,000	$25,000	$117,500
Conventions 2016									$115,000			$115,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society National Capital Chapter	$5,000	$13,000	$12,000	$26,000	$12,250	$10,000	$25,000	$11,250				$114,500
National Black Caucus of State Legislators						$10,000	$10,000	$18,334		$35,000	$30,000	$103,334
Congressional Institute						$25,000	$25,000		$25,000	$27,500		$102,500
NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures	$7,500					$12,500	$47,500		$12,500		$22,500	$102,500
Senate Presidents’ Forum						$27,000		$10,000	$31,500	$32,500		$101,000
Horton’s Kids Inc					$10,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$10,000	$20,000	$100,000
Republican Attorneys General Association							$25,000		$25,000	$50,000		$100,000
Third Way	$25,000	$50,000	$25,000									$100,000
MACRUC					$6,475	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$96,475
All Hazards Consortium						$18,750	$25,000		$25,000	$25,000		$93,750
Americans for Prosperity								$7,500	$22,500	$30,000	$30,000	$90,000
Western Governors’ Association	$5,000			$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000		$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$90,000
So Others Might Eat				$5,000		$5,000	$10,000	$21,369	$7,000	$10,000	$29,534	$87,903
Electric Drive Transportation Association				$12,500	$15,000	$30,000	$30,000					$87,500
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies				$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$25,000				$85,000
Presidential Inaugural Committee						$85,000						$85,000
Politico					$85,000							$85,000
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute							$20,000	$20,000	$8,500	$10,000	$25,000	$83,500
Environmental Council of the States					$5,000	$5,000	$10,000	$13,000	$30,000	$10,000	$10,000	$83,000
NY Night									$82,500			$82,500
Concerts for a Cause									$80,000			$80,000
National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition	$5,000			$5,000	$10,000	$5,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$15,000	$10,000	$80,000
Penton Media, Inc. and Subsidiaries								$10,000	$35,000	$35,000		$80,000
Prevent Cancer Foundation				$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$80,000
Magnum Entertainment Group						$12,500			$55,000	$7,500		$75,000
National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women				$15,000				$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$75,000
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices						$75,000						$75,000
Republican Governors’ Association						$25,000	$50,000					$75,000
1776 Global								$75,000				$75,000
Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$5,000	$5,000	$25,000					$75,000
National Association of Latino Elected Officials	$25,000								$25,000	$25,000		$75,000
State Government Leadership Foundation						$15,000				$55,000		$70,000
US Navy Memorial Foundation	$20,000			$5,500	$5,000	$20,000	$10,000				$6,200	$66,700
The Curators of the University of Missouri										$66,000		$66,000
National Building Museum							$33,000	$30,250				$63,250
Western LAMPAC (Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee)				$12,000	$16,000	$13,000	$5,000	$9,000		$8,000		$63,000
Reforming America’s Taxes Equitably										$50,000	$10,000	$60,000
The Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute			$10,000	$10,000		$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000			$60,000
Emerging Issues Policy Forum						$15,000	$15,000		$30,000			$60,000
Floodplain Alliance for Insurance Reform									$20,000	$20,000	$20,000	$60,000
Washington Tennis & Education Foundation						$5,500	$11,000	$11,000	$10,000	$10,000	$11,125	$58,625
First Church of Christ Scientist									$33,000	$25,000		$58,000
NASEO								$20,000	$15,000	$12,500	$10,000	$57,500
Northwestern University							$15,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$55,000
National Energy Resources Organization		$6,125	$6,150		$5,650			$13,320	$10,320	$13,000		$54,565
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights			$10,000	$10,000	$10,000				$12,000	$12,000		$54,000
The Artists & Athletes Alliance						$10,000	$10,000			$17,500	$15,833	$53,333
Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Federal Water Quality Coaliton)					$17,500	$17,500	$17,500					$52,500
Urban Alliance						$20,000			$12,500		$20,000	$52,500
Rule of Law Defense Fund							$25,000		$25,000			$50,000
George W Bush Presidential Center			$10,000	$15,000					$25,000			$50,000
Taste of the South Committee		$15,000	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000	$5,000						$50,000
Congressional Leadership Fund											$50,000	$50,000
National Conference of State Societies	$5,000					$37,500				$7,500		$50,000
HM&C Center Stage									$50,000			$50,000
State Legislative Leaders Foundation					$10,000	$10,000		$10,000	$10,000	$10,000		$50,000
Logicom									$50,000			$50,000
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation									$50,000			$50,000
National Association of Manufacturers										$50,000		$50,000
Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College		$25,000	$25,000									$50,000
Big Sky Night									$50,000			$50,000
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau									$50,000			$50,000
National Journal Group									$48,000			$48,000
Boy Scouts of America						$6,500	$5,000	$10,000	$15,000	$10,000		$46,500
Resources for the Future				$10,000	$10,000	$15,000	$10,000					$45,000
United States Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce		$15,000									$29,167	$44,167
National Policy Alliance				$7,500	$10,000				$25,000			$42,500
ASAE Center for Association Leadership				$10,500	$15,000	$10,000			$6,150			$41,650
Freight Rail Customer Alliance					$6,250	$25,000	$10,000					$41,250
A Wider Circle							$10,000	$10,000	$10,000		$10,000	$40,000
Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy	$20,000	$20,000										$40,000
Consortium of Catholic Academies				$5,000	$5,000	$10,000	$20,000					$40,000
State Policy Network							$10,000		$15,000		$15,000	$40,000
Carbon Utilization Research Council						$20,000	$20,000					$40,000
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators	$25,000				$15,000							$40,000
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association						$20,000	$20,000					$40,000
First Energy Corporation									$40,000			$40,000
Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs								$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$40,000
Nuclear Energy Institute								$13,935	$12,583	$12,312		$38,830
Peregrine Fund										$30,000	$8,000	$38,000
Volta Live Inc					$7,500	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000				$37,500
Detroit Public Television		$37,500										$37,500
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee							$27,000	$10,000				$37,000
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)								$15,000	$10,000	$12,000		$37,000
Capital Area Reach Program				$5,000		$11,000	$10,000	$10,000				$36,000
Leadership Conference Education Fund	$5,000					$10,000	$10,000	$10,000				$35,000
The Latino Coalition									$10,000	$25,000		$35,000
American Federation Of Labor & Congress Of Industrial Orgs	$5,000			$15,000		$10,000	$5,000					$35,000
Halle J Mayes DBA Shiny Star									$35,000			$35,000
Georgia Tech Foundation										$35,000		$35,000
Blue Convention Events Fund									$35,000			$35,000
United Way of the National Capital Area				$5,000		$5,000	$5,000			$5,533	$10,000	$30,533
Boys & Girls Clubs of America										$15,100	$15,000	$30,100
The Washington Literacy Council	$5,000	$7,500	$7,500	$10,000								$30,000
Council of Great Lakes Industries					$15,000	$15,000						$30,000
Johns Hopkins University	$5,000				$10,000	$10,000	$5,000					$30,000
Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment				$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000				$10,000	$30,000
Alzheimer’s Association							$5,000			$10,000	$14,193	$29,193
Congressional Sports for Charity									$10,000	$8,000	$10,000	$28,000
Utility Arborist Association					$22,500	$5,000						$27,500
Washington Post Media Live								$25,000				$25,000
Center for Legislative Energy and Environmental Research					$5,000	$8,000	$6,000			$6,000		$25,000
Pollinator Partnership			$10,000		$5,000	$5,000	$5,000					$25,000
PHI Community Foundation	$5,000			$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000					$25,000
Rev the Vote								$25,000				$25,000
NALEO Education Fund											$25,000	$25,000
National Black Chamber of Commerce				$15,000		$10,000						$25,000
Democratic Leadership Council	$25,000											$25,000
National Conference of Black Mayors	$5,000	$10,000	$10,000									$25,000
Coalition for a Fiscally Sound America				$25,000								$25,000
Communications Institute		$25,000										$25,000
March of Dimes Foundation						$25,000						$25,000
Democratic Attorneys General Assoc							$25,000					$25,000
Santa Fe Community Foundation											$25,000	$25,000
Mid American Regulatory Conference						$5,000				$10,000	$10,000	$25,000
International Emissions Trading Association								$15,000		$7,851		$22,851
National Energy Resources Organization (NERO)							$5,600				$17,000	$22,600
Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners							$5,000	$7,500			$10,000	$22,500
World Conference of Mayors					$5,000	$10,000	$6,000					$21,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society									$10,000		$10,900	$20,900
Red River Productions									$20,000			$20,000
National Foundation for Women Legislators											$20,000	$20,000
D&P Creative Strategies									$20,000			$20,000
Energy Systems Integration Group								$10,000	$10,000			$20,000
National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition						$10,000	$10,000					$20,000
Institute for Education					$10,000	$5,000	$5,000					$20,000
A Celebration of Chicago LLC						$10,000			$8,500			$18,500
Children’s Charities Foundation Inc	$7,500	$10,500										$18,000
National Park Foundation							$10,000	$7,500				$17,500
STEM4US							$10,000	$7,500				$17,500
Stanford University											$16,000	$16,000
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy										$15,000		$15,000
US Conference of Mayors										$15,000		$15,000
Western Caucus Foundation									$15,000			$15,000
Environment for the Americas											$15,000	$15,000
Women in Government	$10,000						$5,000					$15,000
NASUCA											$15,000	$15,000
Electrical Safety Foundation International Inc	$5,000			$5,000	$5,000							$15,000
California State Society of Washington						$7,500				$7,500		$15,000
Midwest Governors Association						$7,500	$7,500					$15,000
National Hispanic Environmental Council	$15,000											$15,000
Community Leaders of America											$15,000	$15,000
Public Affairs Council							$6,000		$8,000			$14,000
Edwin D. Hill Charitable Trust								$14,000				$14,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology										$13,500		$13,500
Social Enterprises Inc						$7,500			$5,175			$12,675
Volunteer Florida Foundation											$12,500	$12,500
Southern States Energy Board				$7,500		$5,000						$12,500
Center for American Leadership											$12,000	$12,000
American Consumer Insitute Center for Citizen Research							$12,000					$12,000
Coalition for Tax Equity						$12,000						$12,000
American Football Coaches Foundation											$11,000	$11,000
Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne	$5,000						$5,000					$10,000
Meridian International Center						$10,000						$10,000
Integrated Design & Electronics Academy Public Charter School							$10,000					$10,000
Friends for Steve Sisolak											$10,000	$10,000
Securing America’s Future Energy						$10,000						$10,000
Washington Performing Arts Society							$10,000					$10,000
Fund for American Studies							$10,000					$10,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars						$10,000						$10,000
Congressional Management Foundation					$10,000							$10,000
Ducey Victory Fund Committee											$10,000	$10,000
State Government Affairs Council						$5,000	$5,000					$10,000
N Street Village, Inc								$10,000				$10,000
Catalyst	$5,000						$5,000					$10,000
Roosevelt Institute											$10,000	$10,000
The Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund								$10,000				$10,000
Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA)						$5,000	$5,000					$10,000
The Boston Police Foundation										$10,000		$10,000
African American Mayors Association										$10,000		$10,000
Conservation Fund										$10,000		$10,000
Mideast LAMPAC (Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee)						$5,000	$5,000					$10,000
HBW Resources										$10,000		$10,000
Citizens Against Government Waste											$10,000	$10,000
United States Energy Association				$5,000		$5,000						$10,000
Midwest LAMPAC (Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee)						$5,000	$5,000					$10,000
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc				$10,000								$10,000
Monumental Scholars Fund										$10,000		$10,000
Hispanics in Energy						$10,000						$10,000
Communities Foundation of Oklahoma Inc						$10,000						$10,000
Institute for Energy Research									$10,000			$10,000
Newsom for California Governor											$10,000	$10,000
Republican Mayors & Local Officials	$10,000											$10,000
Nick’s Kids Foundation									$10,000			$10,000
Southeast LAMPAC (Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee)						$5,000	$5,000					$10,000
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow	$8,000											$8,000
Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation											$7,500	$7,500
Transportation Energy Partnership						$7,500						$7,500
US CHP Association										$7,500		$7,500
Community Partners											$7,500	$7,500
National Hydropower Association										$7,500		$7,500
DC Public Education Fund								$7,500				$7,500
INVINCEA										$7,500		$7,500
Energy Transition Forum Ltd										$7,500		$7,500
Association of National Advertisers						$7,100						$7,100
North American Energy Standards Board						$7,000						$7,000
North American Metals Council						$7,000						$7,000
American Red Cross											$6,560	$6,560
Watson & Renner									$6,258			$6,258
NMSU Foundation							$6,000					$6,000
American National Standards Institute						$5,945						$5,945
Humane Rescue Alliance											$5,900	$5,900
Apple Tree Institute for Education (Amazon)					$5,821							$5,821
Logomotion										$5,411		$5,411
The Breakers Palm Beach										$5,024		$5,024
Southern California Edison Company				$5,000								$5,000
Canadian-American Business Council						$5,000						$5,000
National Forest Foundation						$5,000						$5,000
First Tee	$5,000											$5,000
National Association of Black Journalists							$5,000					$5,000
Utilities Telecom Council				$5,000								$5,000
Homeless Children’s Playtime Project							$5,000					$5,000
Business Institute for Political Analysis						$5,000						$5,000
Michigan State Society	$5,000											$5,000
Fight for Children Inc					$5,000							$5,000
National Organization of Black County Officials	$5,000											$5,000
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance	$5,000											$5,000
The Salvation Army	$5,000											$5,000
Leadership Greater Washington Inc				$5,000								$5,000
Center for Automotive Research				$5,000								$5,000
Earth Island Institute						$5,000						$5,000
Atlantic Council of US						$5,000						$5,000
Hawks Aloft Inc				$5,000								$5,000
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy							$5,000					$5,000
Dovetail Partners Inc.							$5,000					$5,000
Tree Fund						$5,000						$5,000
National Labor College				$5,000								$5,000
Keep Memory Alive							$5,000					$5,000
Points of Light Foundation				$5,000								$5,000
National Assoc of Neighborhoods						$5,000						$5,000
National Safety Council					$5,000							$5,000
Wheaton College	$5,000											$5,000
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta	$5,000											$5,000
Faith and Politics Institute				$5,000								$5,000
Edison Preservation Foundation				$5,000								$5,000
Utah State University							$5,000					$5,000
Grand Total	$609,706	$809,318	$685,402	$681,977	$1,512,294	$2,243,119	$2,340,168	$1,458,221	$2,651,494	$1,796,800	$1,243,592	$16,032,091

Minority Group Funding

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) has regularly funded a subset of minority and women’s groups, and has served as a regular sponsor to events like the annual conference of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE). Fueling US Forward (FUSF) is another regular funder of AABE‘s event , and has a similar strategy of funding minority groups while promoting the advantage of fossil fuels over renewables. Below is a breakdown of minority and women’s groups that EEI has funded, based on 990 forms:

Recipient	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Grand Total
American Association of Blacks in Energy		$25,000	$10,000	$25,000	$25,000	$10,000	$15,000	$25,000	$30,000	$30,000	$25,000	$220,000
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation	$10,000	$20,400	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$20,000	$10,000	$20,000			$10,000	$120,400
National Black Caucus of State Legislators						$10,000	$10,000	$18,334		$35,000	$30,000	$103,334
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute							$20,000	$20,000	$8,500	$10,000	$25,000	$83,500
National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women				$15,000				$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$15,000	$75,000
Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$5,000	$5,000	$25,000					$75,000
National Association of Latino Elected Officials	$25,000								$25,000	$25,000		$75,000
United States Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce		$15,000									$29,167	$44,167
Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs								$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$40,000
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators	$25,000				$15,000							$40,000
The Latino Coalition									$10,000	$25,000		$35,000
Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment				$5,000	$5,000	$5,000	$5,000				$10,000	$30,000
National Conference of Black Mayors	$5,000	$10,000	$10,000									$25,000
National Black Chamber of Commerce				$15,000		$10,000						$25,000
National Hispanic Environmental Council	$15,000											$15,000
Women in Government	$10,000						$5,000					$15,000
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc				$10,000								$10,000
African American Mayors Association										$10,000		$10,000
Hispanics in Energy						$10,000						$10,000
National Organization of Black County Officials	$5,000											$5,000
National Association of Black Journalists							$5,000					$5,000
Grand Total	$105,000	$80,400	$40,000	$90,000	$60,000	$70,000	$95,000	$108,334	$98,500	$160,000	$154,167	$1,061,401

Independent Contractors

According to tax records, EEI regularly hires independent contractors for “consulting,” media placement, and advertising services among others:

Contractor	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Grand Total
Hunton & Williams	$7,589,636	$7,706,867	$7,433,283	$8,780,353	$8,709,556	$8,158,767	$8,862,812	$7,827,521	$8,714,713	$7,759,501		$81,543,009
Venable, LLP	$2,085,992	$2,014,274	$3,301,688	$2,543,419	$2,398,710	$2,922,429	$3,246,504	$3,376,547	$2,833,661	$3,182,127	$3,589,553	$31,494,904
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP											$8,644,159	$8,644,159
Democracy Data & Communications					$548,163		$1,326,106		$1,086,988	$941,902	$549,616	$4,452,775
The Hawthorn Group LC									$3,000,000			$3,000,000
Nossaman LLP									$754,571	$737,619	$783,769	$2,275,959
OCE Business Services	$649,139	$503,025	$474,172	$589,460								$2,215,796
Daniel J Edelman Inc					$683,183	$1,091,122						$1,774,305
GC Strategic Advocacy Inc	$1,100,597	$543,940										$1,644,537
Skadden ARPS Slate Meagher & Flom			$829,728				$462,561					$1,292,289
ICF Resources Inc			$463,415	$465,056								$928,471
Chertoff Group LLC						$373,956	$445,548					$819,504
CRA International Inc	$759,469											$759,469
NET Communications								$750,599				$750,599
Hargrove										$672,412		$672,412
Diplomat Hotle Lessee LLC								$516,521				$516,521
Winston & Strawn LLP				$516,310								$516,310
R & R Partners Inc						$515,811						$515,811
Miller & Chevalier Chartered											$479,612	$479,612
Human Resources Research Organization		$474,524										$474,524
Sloane & Company LLC								$391,995				$391,995
Crowell & Moring LLP					$324,887							$324,887
Grand Total	$12,184,833	$11,242,630	$12,502,286	$12,894,598	$12,664,499	$13,062,085	$14,343,531	$12,863,183	$16,389,933	$13,293,561	$14,046,709	$145,487,848

990 Forms

Key People

View the attached spreadsheet for more information on Board Members, Leadership and compensation by year (.xlsx).

Leadership

According to available records from the Edison Electric Institute’s website:

Name	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Description
Brian L. Wolff	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Executive Vice President, Public Policy and External Affairs
David K. Owens	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Executive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs
John S. Schlenker	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Kathryn A. Steckelberg	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Vice President, Government Relations
Mary D. Miller	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Chief Administrative Officer
Quinlan J. Shea, III	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Vice President, Environment
Richard F. McMahon, Jr.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Vice President, Energy Supply and Finance
Richard S. Tempchin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Executive Director, Retail Energy Services
Thomas R. Kuhn	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	President.
Jim Owen			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Executive Director, Member Relations and Meeting Services
Tom Fanning			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	EEI Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company
Chris Crane					Y	Y	Y	EEI Vice Chairman. President and CEO, Exelon Corporation.
Gregory E. Abel						Y	Y	EEI Vice Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Lawrence E. Jones						Y	Y	Vice President, International Programs
Pat Vincent-Collawn						Y	Y	EEI Vice Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, PNM Resources
Philip D. Moeller						Y	Y	Senior Vice President, Energy Delivery and Chief Customer Solutions Officer
Emily Sanford Fisher							Y	Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary
Scott I. Aaronson							Y	Executive Director, Security and Business Continuity
Brian V. McCormack	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Vice President, Political and External Affairs
Edward H. Comer	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
James P. Fama	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Vice President, Energy Delivery
Nick Akins			Y	Y	Y	Y		EEI Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power
John J. Easton, Jr.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Jr., Vice President, International Programs
Theodore F. Craver, Jr.		Y	Y	Y	Y			EEI Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, Edison International
Michael W. Yackira	Y	Y	Y	Y				EEI Chairman. President and CEO, NV Energy
Lewis Hay III	Y	Y						EEI Chairman. Chairman, NextEra Energy, Inc.
Lynn H. LeMaster	Y	Y						Senior Vice President, Policy and Chief of Staff
Bill Johnson	Y							EEI Vice Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, Progress Energy, Inc.
Thomas F. Farrell II	Y							EEI Chairman. Chairman, President and CEO, Dominion

Board Members

The following board members were listed on EEI‘s 990 tax forms between 2004 and 2015.

Name

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Title

Gale E. Klappa

Member

Thomas J. May

Member

Thomas Kuhn

President

Anthony J. Alexander

Member

David R. Emery

Member

Thomas F. Farrell, II

Member

David Owens

Executive VP, Business Operations

Edward Comer

VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

John Easton Jr.

VP, International Programs

Mary Miller

Chief Administrative Officer

James P. Torgerson

Member

Ralph Izzo

Member

Donald E. Brandt

Member

James Fama

VP, Energy Delivery

John F. Young

Member

Kathy Steckelberg

VP, Government Relations

Peter B. Delaney

Member

Quinlan Shea III

VP, Environment

Richard McMahon

VP, Energy Supply & Finance

Scott L. Morris

Member

Theodore F. Craver, Jr.

Chair/Member

Thomas B. King

Member

Bruce A. Williamson

Member

Brian Wolff

Executive VP, Public Policy & Extern

Charles A. Schrock

Member

Constance H. Lau

Member

Gary J. Wolter

Member

Gregory E. Abel

Vice Chair

James J. Piro

Member

Joseph L. Welch

Member

Joseph M. Rigby

Member

Mary G. Powell

Member

Philip Barnhard, IV

Member

John Schlenker

Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Alan R. Hodnik

Member

Andres R. Gluski

Member

Benjamin G.S. Fowke, III

Member

Bradley P. Beecher

Member

Brian McCormack

VP, Political & External Affairs

Carl L. Chapman

Member

Christopher M. Crane

Vice Chair

Christopher P. Johns

Member

David L. Goodin

Member

Gerard M. Anderson

Member

Gerry Chasse

Member

James Owen

Executive Director, Member Relations

John C. Procario

Member

John G. Russell

Member

Kimberly J. Harris

Member

Mark A. Ruelle

Member

Nicholas K. Akins

Vice Chair/Chair

Patricia K. Vincent-Collawn

Vice Chair

Richard Riazzi

Member

Richard Tempchin

Executive Director, Retail Energy Services

Robert C. Rowe

Member

Robert D. Kump

Member

Robert G. Schoenberger

Member

Thomas A. Fanning

Vice Chair

Jim L. Stanley

Member

Kevin B. Marsh

Member

Patricia Leonard Kampling

Member

Thomas V. Shockely, III

Member

William H. Spence

Member

Jeff M. Householder

Member

Scott Aaronson

Senior Director, National Security Policy

Terry D. Bassham

Member

James P. Laurito

Member

Darrel T. Anderson

Member

David A. Campbell

Member

David G. Hutchens

Member

Francesco Venturini

Member

Ian Robertson

Member

James L. Robo

Member

John J. McAvoy

Member

Lynn J. Good

Member

Paul Segal

Member

Robert F. Beard

Member

Scott M. Prochazka

Member

Stephanie Voyda

Managing Director, Communications

Thomas Dunn

Member

Warner L. Baxter

Member

J. Bruce Brown

Deputy General Counsel

Alan Richardson

Member

Barbara Siehr

Member

Charles E. Jones

Member

Charles S. Macfarlane

Member

Geisha J. Williams

Member

John J. Donleavy

Member

Lawrence Jones

VP, International Programs

Margaret E. Felts

Member

Michael Rowe

Member

Nicole A. Kivisto

Member

Paul A. Farr

Member

R. Sean Trauschke

Member

Violet G. Sistovaris

Member

Steven V. Lant

Director

James E. Rogers

Director

J. Lamont Keen

Director

Kevin Burke

Director

David M. McClanahan

Director

Michael W Yackira

Chair

Christopher L. Dutton

Director

Thomas R. Voss

Director

Tim McLeod

Director

Paul J. Bonavia

Director

Edward J. McIntyre

Director

John B. Ramil

Director

John Walsh

Director

Leo P. Denault

Director

Marc Razeghi

CIO

W. Kirk Baker

Director

Charles W. Shivery

Director

Lewis Hay III

Vice Chair/Chair

Lon R. Greenberg

Director

William H. Sheppard

Director

Rod West

Director

Michael J. Chesser

Director

Sadegh Razeghi

CIO

Ames L. Robo

Director

James Roewer

Director, USWAG

Mayo A. Shattuck III

Director

Patric O’Kelley

Former VP CFO & Treasurer

William D. Harvey

Director

Lynn Lemaster

Former Chief of Staff-Business Operations

James H. Miller

Director

Edward R. Muller

Director

William D. Johnson

Vice Chair

David W. Stevens

Director

Jimmy Staton

Director

Lawrence J. Reilly

Director

Bill Fang

Deputy General Counsel

Edwin Anthony

VP, Corporate Affairs

John D. Erickson

Director

John W. Rowe

Director

Paul J. Evanson

Director

Robert H. Young

Director

Stephen P. Reynolds

Director

William L. Gipson

Director

Michael G. Morris

Director

Michael H. Madison

Director

Peter A. Darbee

Director

Richard C. Kelly

Chair

Paul M. Barbas

Director

William B. Moore

Director

Matthew W. Sunseri

Director

Maurice T. Klefeker

Director

Robert J.S. Hanf

Director

Anthony F. Earley Jr.

Chair

Curtis L. Hebert Jr.

Director

David M. Ratcliffe

Director

David W. Joos

Director

Dennis R. Wraase

Director

Donald J. Shippar

Director

Gary L. Rainwater

Director

James S. Pignatelli

Director

Jeffry E. Sterba

Director

Jose M. Delgado

Director

Paul Hanrahan

Director

Victor A. Staffieri

Director

Sherril W. Hudson

Director

Marshall Brier

VP, Policy

Peggy Y. Fowler

Director

Walker Nolan

Past Executive VP, Policy

Eileen O. Odum

Director

David Goodin

Director

John Procario

Director

Melissa Davis

Director

Niel C. Ellerbrook

Director

Peter J. Donleavy

Director

Richard A. Muench

Director

Ron Clemens

Senior Director, Gov Affa

Michael J. Hanson

Director

Robert W. Rowe

Director

T. Michael May

Member of the Board

William McCollam Jr

Past President

Dianne Munns

Exec Dir, Retal Service

Alan J. Fohrer

Member of the Board

Gary G. Ely

Member of the Board

Jack E. Davis

Member of the Board

Robert B. McGehee

Member of the Board

Steven E. Moore

Member of the Board

Walter M. Higgins

Member of the Board

Bruce T. Imsdahl

Member of the Board

David A. McClanaham

Member of the Board

Carl D. Behnke

Former Director

Cornell R. Bozek

Former Director

David L. Swanson

Former Director

John J. Keasey

Former Director

Justin Karp

Former Director

Loring E. Mills

Former Director

Michael T. McCall

Member of the Board

Peter Kelsey

Former Director

Randal Ihara

Former Director

Thomas D. Morron

Former Director

Mark T. Maassel

Member of the Board

Richard Braatz

Former Director

Steve Holiday

Member of the Board

Gary Hedrick

Member of the Board

James S. Haines Jr.

Member of the Board

Larry L. Weyers

Member of the Board

Michael Chesser

Member of the Board

Michael E. Jesanis

Member of the Board

Robert Catell

Member of the Board

David L. Sokol

Member of the Board

Herrick J. Young

Former Director

Robert Baum

Former Director

C. John Wilder

Member of the Board

Eugene R. McGrath

Member of the Board

Jan B. Packwood

Member of the Board

Judith A. Johansen

Member of the Board

Robert Busch

Member of the Board

Ruth G. Shaw

Member of the Board

William F. Hecht

Member of the Board

Wayne H. Brunetti

Member of the Board

Daniel Landguth

Director

David Eppler

Director

E.J. Neumann

Vice President

Morgan O’Brien

Director

Ronald Tipton

Director

Thomas E. Capps

Director

Actions

January 25, 2022

EEI filed a brief in West Virginia v. EPA, a U.S. Supreme Court case that reduced the EPA’s ability to regulate power plants under the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. EEI’s brief was filed with the National Association of Clean Water Agencies by the Washington D.C. law firm Crowell & Moring LLP.¹² In June 2022, the court ruled 6-3 against the EPA.¹³

October 31–November 12, 2021

EEI attended the twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, according to the official provisional list of registered participants (PLOP).¹⁴

Listed EEI representatives included:

Brian Wolff
Eric Holdsworth
Gerard Anderson
Kristen Ludecke

May 2018

According to documents reviewed by DeSmog, in June 2017 EEI invited the Department of Interior’s Vincent DeVito to attend a meeting in Boston.¹⁵ The invitation was signed by EEI President Thomus Kuhn and sent by Michael Whatley, a lobbyist for HBW Resources, which runs the fossil fuel-backed front group Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), of which EEI is also a member. DeVito’s calendar and travel documents were released in May as the result of an open records request.¹⁶

According to the invitation, EEI was looking for insights about “easing barriers” to siting energy infrastructure such as transmission lines and gas pipelines. “[W]e also would appreciate your thoughts on ongoing regulatory reform efforts generally, including potential changes to species and avian regulatory frameworks in particular,” the letter added. as well as on “regulatory reform.” In a follow-up email, an EEI staff member asked DeVito to attend EEI’s closed-to-the-public natural resources subcommittee meeting, which would discuss “ways to streamline federal permitting processes on public lands.”¹⁷

Lobbying records indicate Michael Whatley was registered to lobby the Department of the Interior (DOI) on behalf of the CEA at the time he sent the invitation to DeVito. According to Dave Anderson, policy and communications manager at the watchdog group Energy and Policy Institute, this was potentially the first evidence of HBW Resources and CEA working directly for EEI:¹⁸

“The documents show Whatley using his insider status within the Trump administration to communicate on behalf of his client, a powerful electric utility industry association,” said Anderson. “So to connect the dots: here you have Whatley sharing a personal invite from Tom Kuhn, the president of EEI, for Trump’s Interior Department to discuss deregulation at the utility industry’s largest annual events. All the while, EEI is also working with the oil and gas industry on such campaigns as countering public concerns about pipelines and fracking.”

March 14, 2017

EEI hosted a fundraiser to benefit Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. DeSmog reported that the cheapest seats ran $1,000, and ranged up to $25,000 for the dinner. Earlier the same day, EEI held a lunchtime fundraiser for Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Greg Walden ($1,000 per individual; $2,500 per PAC. ¹⁹

The event was exposed by UtilitySecrets.org, a joint project launched shortly before by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Energy and Policy Institute.²⁰

“At the same time that Republicans in Congress are rolling back environmental protections, the fat cat CEOs from electric utilities are writing big checks for Republican leadership,” said Nick Surgey, research director at the Center for Media and Democracy. “The utilities might occasionally talk a good game on the environment, but those words are meaningless when they continue to fund politicians who are standing in the way of positive change to tackle climate change.”²¹

October 2, 2016

A leaked audio recording, obtained by UtilitySecrets.org, reveals Todd Wynn, EEI‘s Director of External Affairs, urging the State Policy Network (SPN) to “get involved” in supporting policy changes to combat rooftop solar growth along with Public Utility Commissions.²²

UtilitySecrets.org obtained the audio from the “Energy/Environment Leadership Summit,” on October 2, 2016. The annual event is organized by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and occurs alongside the SPN‘s Annual meeting. Listen to audio below:²³

February 12, 2014

EEI was one of many energy interests referenced in thousands of emails of former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, now head of the EPA under the Trump administration. The emails were published by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), and obtained as part of a Open Records Act request.²⁴ ²⁵

In an email dated February 12, 2014, EEI had emailed Pruitt’s office to request an article for the Air and Waste Management Association Journal on the topic of regional haze. When Pruitt’s spokesman said the office will not be able to make the deadline, the EEI official replied that it wasn’t a problem as it could “be cut and paste from past editorials and court filings, language that has already been approved in the past.”²⁶

^{Image Credit: Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General}

While it didn’t appear that Pruitt’s office wrote the article, a February 2014 email from Stuart Solomon, President of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma, personally thanked Pruitt for helping to push the EPA to withdraw its implementation plan for regional haze:²⁷

Image Credit: Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General

January 2014

ALEC produced model legislation titled “Updating Net Metering Policies Resolution“ combatting net metering policy.²⁸ EPI‘s Gabe Elsner contacted the Edison Electric Institute and confirmed from EEI‘s Rick Tempchin that EEI‘s Brian McCormack had “worked with them on the resolution.” EEI is a regular sponsor of ALEC‘s conferences, ranging from $7,000 to $25,000.²⁹

ALEC also received $10,000 from EEI in 2008, $20,000 in 2012, and $39,667 in 2013.³⁰

July 2013

The Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF), a forum created in 2010 to bring together state commissioners, consumer advocates, and representatives from electric utilities, issued a report “Policy Considerations Related to Distributed Energy Resources,” which called for a reevaluation of distributed energy resource policies and net metering. The Energy and Policy Instiute (EPI) noted that EEI‘s Executive Vice President David Owens, as well as one of three members of the executive committee, were all part of CCIF‘s leadership.³¹ ³²

EPI reported on another avenue of the EEI‘s influence through institutes contained in public U.S. Universities. For example, the Edison Electric Institute hosts courses at the Public Utility Institute (PUI) at the University of Wisconsin including a “Electric Rate Advanced Course” featuring what EPI describes as a “reoccurring cast of influencers” including Eric Ackerman (EEIEEI).³³

Course topics have included “Rate Design for Distributed Energy” and “Energy Efficiency and Renewables.” EPI noted that Commissioner Phil Montgomery, who voted in favor of increased fixed rate charges for We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service Company, and Madison Gas & Electric in Wisconsin, was a Director for both PUI and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), as well as a participant at a CCIF energy summit. Montgomery’s Executive Assistant, RJ Pirlot, was also a member of the PUI‘s board.³⁴

2012–2013

EEI hired Edelman, a large public relations firm more recently known for representing companies denying man-made climate change. EEI hired the company in 2012, paying the firm $683,183 and giving them an additional $1,091,122 in 2013.³⁵

2013

EPI reported that, based on 2013 990 filings, EEI gave $10,000 to the NBCSL. The NBCSL has produced a model resolution aimed at net metering sponsored by then-Florida State Rep. Joseph Gibbons and a 2014 white paper recommending policymaker reform distributed generation policies such as net metering.³⁶

2012

EPI reported that EEI had conducted a long-term anti-distributed solar campaign designed to combat net metering policies. In 2012, during EEI‘s Board and Chief Executives Meeting, EEI‘s David Owens outlined an “Action Plan” targeting customers, state legislators, and regulators addressing what the presentation described as “obstacles to fairness.”³⁷ ³⁸

Under a slide titled “Framing The Transition Issue,” referencing increased distributed solar, EEI asked “How do you grow earnings in this environment?” [19]

Speaking with The Washington Post, which reported the meeting’s slides in 2015, David K. Owens said:³⁹

“It’s not about profits; it’s about protecting customers. There are unreasonable cost shifts that do occur [with solar]. There is a grid that everyone relies on, and you have to pay for that grid and pay for that infrastructure.”

EPI commented that despite Owens’ claim that the interests of customers are at heart, based on the documents revealed by the Washington Post, “these efforts are part of a coordinated campaign to maximize utility profits, not protect ratepayers.” “Independent studies show that rooftop solar benefits all ratepayers,” EPI adds, noting recent reports in Mississippi, Nevada, Maine, and Vermont all found that distributed solar provided net benefits to ratepayers.⁴⁰ ⁴¹

The Post also noted that, “Two-and-a-half years later, evidence of the ‘action plan’ envisioned by Edison officials can be seen in states across the country. Legislation to make net metering illegal or more costly has been introduced in nearly two dozen state houses since 2013.”⁴²

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) also played a role, with some proposals virtually word-for-word copies of the resolution drafted by the Koch-funded group. ALEC has been described as a “corporate bill mill” for just such model legislation.⁴³kkv

EPI noted that part of the EEI‘s plan was to target minority groups with the argument, not backed up by data, that solar would negatively impact low-income communities with high electricity rates. Both the LA Times and EPI documented⁴⁴ how EEI gave money to groups including $10,000 to the National Black Caucus of State Legislators in 2013, a total of $17,500 to the National Policy Alliance, and $120,000 to organizations run by the Congressional Black Caucus between 2008 and 2013. EPI put the total at $160,000 to minority groups in 2012 and 2013.⁴⁵ ⁴⁶

December 14, 2007

The New York Times reported that EEI led opposition to a renewable electricity mandate, including an extensive lobbying campaign suggesting the bill would increase electricity rates for consumers. Joining EEI was the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Chamber of Commerce.⁴⁷

The federal government jumping in now and second-guessing the states and enacting a fuel mandate in advance of economy-wide greenhouse gas regulation just wasn’t going to make it out of Congress,” EEI spokesman Dan Riedinger said.⁴⁸

October 1, 2007

EEI registered a website, ProtectMyWater.org, for a group calling itself the Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC).⁴⁹ While in operation, the website opposed an amendment to the Clean Water Act, stating that “The CWRA/ACCWA could undermine the federal-state partnership created by the Clean Water Act, giving the federal government authority over all waters of the United States.”⁵⁰

The initial bill, S.787, stated that the government’s ability to keep pollution out of the nation’s waters “has been undermined by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (January 9, 2001) and Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (June 19, 2006), which have resulted in confusion, permitting delays, increased costs, litigation, and reduced protections for waters of the United States.”⁵¹

Controlled Entities

According to recent tax filings, EEI is the “direct controlling entity” of a number of related organizations including:

Thomas Alva Edison Foundation
Center for Energy Workforce Development
PowerPAC of the Edison Electric Institute

U.S. Investor-Owned Utilities

The following members were listed by EEI, as of March, 2017. View the attached spreadsheet for a full list of US, International, and Associate Members of the Edison Electric Institute (.xslx).

AES Corporation
- Dayton Power & Light Company
- Indianapolis Power & Light Company
ALLETE
- Minnesota Power
- Superior Water, Light and Power Company
Alliant Energy Corporation
Ameren Corporation
- Ameren Illinois
- Ameren Missouri
American Electric Power
- AEP Ohio
- AEP Texas
- Appalachian Power
- Indiana Michigan
- Kentucky Power
- Public Service Company of Oklahoma
- Southwestern Electric Power Company
American Transmission Company
AVANGRID
- Central Maine Power Company
- New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
- Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation
- The United Illuminating Company
Avista Corporation
- Alaska Electric Light and Power Company
- Avista Utilities
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
- MidAmerican Energy Company
- NV Energy
- PacifiCorp
  - Pacific Power
  - Rocky Mountain Power
Black Hills Corporation
- Black Hills Energy
CenterPoint Energy
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
Cleco Corporate Holdings
CMS Energy Corporation
- Consumers Energy
Consolidated Edison
- Consolidated Edison Company of New York
- Orange and Rockland Utilities
Cross Texas Transmission
Dominion
- Dominion North Carolina Power
- Dominion Virginia Power
DTE Energy Company
Duke Energy Corporation
Duquesne Light Company
Edison International
- Southern California Edison
El Paso Electric Company
Entergy Corporation
- Entergy Arkansas
- Entergy Louisiana
- Entergy Mississippi
- Entergy New Orleans
- Entergy Texas
Eversource Energy
Exelon Corporation
- Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
- Commonwealth Edison Company
- PECO Energy Company
- Pepco Holdings
  - Atlantic City Electric
  - Delmarva Power
  - Pepco
FirstEnergy Corporation
- Jersey Central Power & Light
- Met-Ed
- Mon Power
- Ohio Edison
- Penelec
- Penn Power
- Potomac Edison
- The Illuminating Company
- Toledo Edison
- West Penn Power
Florida Public Utilities Company
Great Plains Energy
- Kansas City Power & Light Company
Green Mountain Power Corporation
Hawaiian Electric Industries
- Hawaiian Electric Company
  - Hawaii Electric Light Company
  - Maui Electric Company
IDACORP
- Idaho Power Company
InfraREIT
ITC Holdings Corporation
- ITC Great Plains
- ITC Michigan
- ITC Midwest
Liberty Utilities
- Empire District Electric Company
MDU Resources Group
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Company
MGE Energy
- Madison Gas and Electric Company
Mt. Carmel Public Utility Company
National Grid
NextEra Energy
NiSource
- Northern Indiana Public Service Company
NorthWestern Energy
OGE Energy Corporation
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Oncor
Otter Tail Corporation
- Otter Tail Power Company
PG&E Corporation
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- Arizona Public Service Company
PNM Resources
- PNM
- TNMP
Portland General Electric
PPL Corporation
- LG&E and KU
- PPL Electric Utilities
Public Service Enterprise Group
PSEG Long Island
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Puget Sound Energy
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
SCANA Corporation
- South Carolina Electric & Gas
Sharyland Utilities
Southern Company
- Alabama Power Company
- Georgia Power Company
- Gulf Power Company
- Mississippi Power Company
Tampa Electric
Tennessee Valley Authority – EEI Strategic Partner
UGI Corporation
- UGI Utilities
Unitil Corporation
UNS Energy Corporation
- Tucson Electric Power
- UniSource Energy Services
Upper Peninsula Power Company
Vectren Corporation
- Vectren South
Vermont Electric Power Company
WEC Energy Group
- Upper Michigan Energy Resources
- We Energies
- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
Westar Energy
Xcel Energy

Contact & Address

As of April, 2017:⁵⁴

Edison Electric Institute
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-2696
202-508-5000

@Edison_Electric on Twitter.
EEITV on YouTube.
Edison Electric Institute on LinkedIn.
Edison Electric Institute on Facebook.

Other Resources

“Edison Electric Institute,” Sourcewatch.
“Edison Electric Institute,” Wikipedia.

Resources

1
“ABOUT EEI,” EEI.org. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SbGKD
2
“ABOUT EEI,” EEI.org. Archived April 30, 2013. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/y63tN
3
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qnkkv
4
Evan Halper. “Minority groups back energy companies in fight against solar power,” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2015. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HP1u8
5
Joby Warrick. “Utilities wage campaign against rooftop solar,” The Washington Post, March 7, 2015. Archived April 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qw05f
6
“Edison Electric Institute: 2016 PAC Summary Data,” OpenSecrets. Search Performed April 28, 2017.
7
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
8
“CLIMATE,” Edison Electric Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lq2Ux
9
“Leadership,” EEI. Archived April 8, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/w8owN
10
Matthew J. Belvedere. “Like the new EPA chief, Southern Company’s CEO doesn’t see CO2 as main reason for climate change,” CNBC, March 28, 2017. Archived April 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E8CMO
11
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
12
“BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS in WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL. v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL.| THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. | WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. | NORTH DAKOTA v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ET AL,” Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Nos. Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
13
“West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency,” NRDC, July 7, 2022. Archived April 6, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pnvVq
14
“Provisional list of registered participants” (PDF), UNFCCC, November 1, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
15
“Dear Mr. Secretary,” Edison Electric Institute, May 10, 2017. Retrieved from DocumentCloud.
16
“Members,” Consumer Energy Alliance. Archived May 23, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/LctdH
17
“Re: EEI Annual Conference Invitation,” June 7, 2017. Retrieved from DocumentCloud.
18
Lobbying Report for HBW Resources, Q1 2017. Retrieved from the United States Senate Lobbying Disclosure database.
19
Ben Jervey. “Electric Utility Executives Pony up for the GOP Roll Back of Environmental Protections,” DeSmog, March 15, 2017.
20
“Utilities Cementing Influence With GOP Leadership Via Fundraisers,” Utility Secrets, March 14, 2017. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/V8c2D
21
Ben Jervey. “Electric Utility Executives Pony up for the GOP Roll Back of Environmental Protections,” DeSmog, March 15, 2017.
22
David Pomerantz. “Audio: Edison Electric Institute ‎Director of External Affairs Enlists Third-Parties To Help Attack Rooftop Solar,” UtilitySecrets.org, March 7, 2017. Archived April 25, 2017. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/RC4sp
23
David Pomerantz. “Audio: Edison Electric Institute ‎Director of External Affairs Enlists Third-Parties To Help Attack Rooftop Solar,” UtilitySecrets.org, March 7, 2017. Archived April 25, 2017. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/RC4sp
24
Steve Horn. “Thousands of Emails from Oklahoma Office of Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Published,” DeSmog, February 22, 2017.
25
“OKLAHOMA AG RELEASES 7,564 PAGES IN RESPONSE TO CMD REQUEST,” The Centre for Media and Democracy, February 22, 2017. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/iu4Ch
26
Steve Horn. “Thousands of Emails from Oklahoma Office of Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Published,” DeSmog, February 22, 2017.
27
“Produce Box 5 Redacted,” Contributed to DocumentCloud Center for Media and Democracy.
28
“UPDATING NET METERING POLICIES RESOLUTION,” ALEC. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nmtc3
29
Gabe Elsner. “The Campaign Against Net Metering: ALEC and Utility Interests’ Next Attack on Clean Energy Surfaces in Arizona,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/irTdW
30
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
31
“2013 CCIF Report,” Contributed to DocumentCloud by Matt Kasper, Energy & Policy Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
32
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
33
“2013 EEI Electric Rate Advanced Course: Rates to Meet New Market Opportunities and Constraints » Wisconsin Public Utility Institute,” Contributed to DocumentCloud by Energy & Policy Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
34
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
35
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
36
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
37
“2012 EEI Board and Chief Executives Meeting,” Contributed to DocumentCloud by Matt Kasper, Energy & Policy Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
38
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qnkkv
39
Joby Warrick. “Utilities wage campaign against rooftop solar,” The Washington Post, March 7, 2015. Archived April 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qw05f
40
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qnkkv
41
Evan Halper. “Minority groups back energy companies in fight against solar power,” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2015. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HP1u8
42
Evan Halper. “Minority groups back energy companies in fight against solar power,” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2015. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HP1u8
43
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qn
44
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qnkkv
45
“Utilities’ Anti Solar Campaign and Misinformation Debunked,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Qnkkv
46
Evan Halper. “Minority groups back energy companies in fight against solar power,” Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2015. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HP1u8
47
John M. Broder. “Industry Flexes Muscle, Weaker Energy Bill Passes,” The New York Times, December 14, 2007. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AUIOd
48
John M. Broder. “Industry Flexes Muscle, Weaker Energy Bill Passes,” The New York Times, December 14, 2007. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/AUIOd
49
“Whois Record for ProtectMyWater.org,” DomainTools. Search performed April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GzeJF
50
“Support the Clean Water Act,” Waters Advocacy Coalition. Archived January 18, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nuBsP
51
“S. 787 [Report No. 111–361]” (PDF), 111th Congress, 2nd Session, April 2, 2009. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
52
“Edison Electric Institute Campaign Against Distributed Solar,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived April 25, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/OFGeU
53
“Washington DC Chapter Home,” AABE. Archived April 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/H5Zgu
54
“CONTACT US,” Edison Electric Institute. Archived Arpril 28, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7QKPU

DeSmog

DeSmog