Chris Moyer, founder and president of Echo Communications Advisors, was quoted in E&E News in a story on efforts to hold members of Congress accountable for voting to dismantle IRA tax credits.
Chris Moyer, founder and president of Echo Communications Advisors, was interviewed by Fabien Cros on the Pricing for the Planet podcast.
“The larger issue is the extreme careening of federal policy in the United States,” said Chris Moyer, the founder of Echo Communications and a former Democratic staffer on Capitol Hill who now advises clean energy companies. “There’s no consideration of the business cycle. It’s all about the political cycle.”
We’re sharing a candid conversation with the leader of a community-scale solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) developer/owner operator. "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) has already devastated our business."
Nearly two dozen House Republicans who had leverage to push for better policy failed to use it. We will know very soon—perhaps within hours—if these four senators will cave to Trump or hold out for a better bill that doesn’t undermine massive investments and raise energy bills on their constituents.
Heatmap News featured Chris Moyer in an interview about the wind energy's communications strategy and how he believes the industry and companies should be more aggressively countering attacks based on falsehoods.
"Choosing to stay silent is choosing to forfeit. That's letting opponents define the narrative," he said in a memo. "If the industry loses public support, members of Congress and other elected officials will follow. That means projects won't get approved and more companies may go out of business," he added.
Silence invites defeat. Strategic, disciplined communication builds strength and shapes narratives. The wind industry should adopt a stronger posture—their survival may depend on it.
Edwin Luevanos is a climate entrepreneur focused on accelerating clean energy adoption in low-income and disadvantaged communities across the U.S.
Chris Moyer, founder and president of Echo Communications Advisors, was interviewed by Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick on the Environmental Professionals Radio podcast.
