Power the Future

Washington, D.C. — Today, Power The Future released a hard-hitting policy report, "Pennsylvania and New York: Different Agendas, Different Results," examining how two neighboring states chose opposite energy paths and received dramatically different results. The study compares Pennsylvania's embrace of shale development with New York's ban on  hydraulic fracturing, concluding that Pennsylvania's energy-producing communities have experienced stronger job growth, higher economic activity, lower poverty, and billions in added benefits.

"American energy never fails, but green policies always do. Pennsylvania chose production, jobs, and opportunity while New York chose bans and higher costs," said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future. "The politicians responsible for this colossal failure will not miss a meal, a paycheck, or a luxury fundraiser, but the families they're supposed to represent are forced to live with the disastrous results." 

Key findings from the report include:

Exposed and Extinct: Michael Bloomberg's Climate Lawyer Scheme Shuts Down

Washington, D.C. — Amid increasing scrutiny from congressional and state-level investigations, a Michael Bloomberg-backed climate program that paid the salaries of "fellows" embedded inside  state attorneys general offices has quietly shut down. According to the Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg's State Energy and Environmental Impact Center placed paid attorneys inside AG offices in at least ten states, where they helped drive costly lawsuits on behalf of a partisan, billionaire-funded agenda. The move comes after U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky) opened an investigation last year.

"While affordability is on everyone's mind, these lawyers were busy manufacturing lawsuits that made energy, and everything that depends on it more expensive," said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. "Credit to Chairman Comer for turning up the heat because that kind of scrutiny is exactly why this scheme couldn't survive in the daylight. This wasn't philanthropy, it was a billionaire paying the salaries of government lawyers to drive up costs on working Americans so he could feel good about his climate legacy. They didn't even bother defending it in court, choosing to shut the lights off and hope no one would notice. Nobody should be fooled: these groups will simply find new ways to hide, and vigorous oversight needs to continue during the remainder of the 119th Congress."

Washington, D.C. — After passing the U.S. House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support, the Ratepayer Protection Act hit a roadblock in the U.S. Senate when Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) objected to a request for immediate passage. Having cleared the House by a 417-3 vote, the bill would direct state utility regulators to consider standards designed to ensure large data centers bear the costs of new electricity rather than shifting those costs onto existing customers. Heinrich objected to fast passage of the bill.