Opinion | Guess Who's Been Paying to Block Green Energy? You Have.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : They've also funded opposition to policies that would speed clean energy.
57% : Electric utilities have even opposed policies to hasten the development of desperately needed long-range transmission wires for clean energy, as NextEra Energy, Florida Power & Light's parent company, spent millions to do in New England, where NextEra generates and sells power from oil and gas.
56% : It's not that utilities aren't interested in building and profiting from clean energy.
54% : One of the Democrats had repeatedly introduced legislation supportive of rooftop solar power, which Florida Power & Light has crusaded against for years, including writing legislation in 2021 that would have slowed its growth.
51% : Fortunately, Colorado, Connecticut and Maine passed laws this spring that prohibit utilities from charging customers for their lobbying, public relations spending and dues to political trade associations like the American Gas Association and the Edison Electric Institute.

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