Percoco stands accused of accepting more than $ 300,000 worth of personal bribes in exchange for favorable action on behalf of two of Howe's clients — Steve Aiello and Joe Gerardi, executives at Syracuse real estate firm COR Development, and Peter «Braith» Kelly, a government relations
executive at energy company Competitive Power ventures.
Percoco served as the governor's executive secretary, he is accused of taking more than $ 600,000 in bribes from an energy company that needed state approval to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley and an upstate developer that received several state contracts, as well as getting a job
at the energy company for his wife.
Several former V&E lawyers now serve as general
counsel at energy companies, including Richard McGee at Houston - based Plains All American Pipeline, Berg at Pioneer Natural Resources, Jim Matthews at Denbury Resources in Plano, Texas, and Stacey Doré at Energy Future Holdings in Dallas.
Prosecutors described Lisa Percoco's job
at a energy company as a «low show job» where she was given $ 7,500 a month, while working no more than 15 hours each month
Dissident shareholders are seeking to shake up the board of Empire Oil &
Gas at the energy company's annual general meeting next month.
O'Reilly: It seems to me, Kinder Morgan obviously cut their dividend recently in order to fund their expansion projects because Wall Street definitely is not throwing
money at energy companies right now, but I do think the dividend will eventually get reinstated.
He has tried to point the
finger at energy companies, but his own department let the truth slip out in the small print of a report released on Wednesday.
As Percoco and Howe are emailing about a possible dinner with Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., an executive
at an energy company eager to win state business.
Two Cor executives — along with a former vice
president at an energy company — are on trial with Percoco over whether they engaged in an alleged bribery scheme in which payments allegedly flowed to Percoco and his wife in return for the former senior Cuomo adviser helping them.
Bakersfield has been one of the hardest - hit regions in the state, as crude oil prices dipped two years ago, leading to
layoffs at energy companies and throughout the region.
When
looking at energy companies, look at ones that are fully integrated — meaning they drill, transport, refine, and sell their own products.
«May the Force Be With You: Best Practices in Risk Management for Energy Companies» Rachel Giesber Clingman will moderate a panel focused on risk management issues facing in - house
counsel at energy companies.
The trial had been expected to start Jan. 8 in New York City for Cor President and co-founder Steven Aiello; Cor general counsel and co-founder Joseph Gerardi; Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a consultant to Cor; and Peter Galbraith Kelly Jr., an executive
at the energy company Competitive Power Ventures Holdings LLC.
Look
at energy companies.
Environmental groups concerned about climate change fire «legal warning shots»
at energy companies, Ottawa Citizen