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Energy and Policy Institute

U.S. left-leaning clean-energy advocacy watchdog

The Energy and Policy Institute is a San Francisco-based watchdog that investigates utilities, fossil-fuel interests and their political influence, and it favors clean energy. Its ownership and funders are not publicly itemized. Its recent coverage of Trump administration energy actions, such as emergency orders keeping coal plants running, has been critical.

Owned byNot clearly documented. Critics report it has operated as an unincorporated association rather than a registered nonprofit or company. Its site says it is a nonprofit, and it is based in San Francisco.

LeaningU.S. left-leaning clean-energy advocacy watchdog

On the administrationbroadly critical

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7.3average bias score across 4 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

6 Earls and Stevens Close Out N.C. Supreme Court Race; Result Will Leave GOP Majority at 5-2 or Make It 6-1
8 NC Regulators Weigh Duke Energy Progress Rate Settlement That the Company Calls a 6.8% Residential Increase and the Attorney General Calls 9.3%
7 NC Attorney General Files Testimony Opposing Most of Duke Energy Progress's Proposed Two-Year Rate Increase
8 Duke Energy Seeks 11.6% Residential Rate Increase in North Carolina as Low-Income Bill Credit Nears Expiration