Executives at the Edison
Electric Institute, the trade group for U.S. investor - owned
utilities, told
Utility Dive this month they see decarbonization and electrification of other
industries as the central drivers of sector
revenues in the 21st century.
Data from OpenSecrets.org shows that MWR Strategies has been retained by Koch
Industries; Southern Company, which is the second largest
utility company in the country; Dow Chemical; Competitive Power Ventures; GDF Suez, which is Europe's largest liquefied natural gas importer; Public Service Enterprise Group; and Tampa
Electric Company; for a combined lobbying
revenue of $ 320,000 in 2014.