Solar, Wind Power Groups Becoming Prominent Washington Lobbying Forces

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Another step on the path to becoming Big Renewables.

By 2007, the alternative energy industry had begun to drastically increase its lobbying spending, almost doubling its expenditures from the previous year. In 2009, alternative energy organizations shelled out an unprecedented $30 million to protect and promote their interests on Capitol Hill.

The alternative energy industry’s lobbying expenditures have grown to 12 times from its 1998 level. In comparison, oil and gas spending and mining spending have grown less than three times their 1998 amount, and electric utility spending has grown to just twice its 1998 amount.

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1. Dwarfed by nuclear industry lobbying

http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/investigations/nuclear-energy-lobbying-push/story/nuclear-energy-working-hard-win-support/

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2. They have gone from about 1/10th the spending in 2004 to 1/4 in 2009

Looks like they are catching up quick. Also lobbying expenditures are growing at much faster rate than nuclear. If this trend continues they will be equal by 2016 (just in time for election).