Echo Founder and President Chris Moyer was quoted in E&E News:
Emboldened clean-energy donors eye big campaign spending
Money from renewable energy executives helped defeat conservative Rep. Chip Roy’s campaign for Texas attorney general — and now those donors are planning to deploy more cash against foes of wind and solar.
A political action committee called the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition — which spent $1.7 million against Roy (R) to avenge his relentless push for ending renewable energy tax incentives — says supporters have pledged at least $15 million ahead of the midterm elections.
The effort is emblematic of an industry hobbled by President Donald Trump’s Washington looking to fight back when it had once tried to seek broad support. And strategists and executives say the debate is ripe for more big spending.
“The industry can’t waste another moment in building political power and understanding how to play hardball, how to instill fear, so that anyone who thinks of crossing them when it comes to an important vote thinks twice and knows that there will be political repercussions if they do,” said Chris Moyer, a Democratic strategist who leads clean energy-focused Echo Communications Advisors.
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