President Donald Trump is in the midst of clawing back renewable energy investments, rescinding climate policies and attempting to dismantle federal programs that promote solar and wind energy.
But recently released filings with the Federal Election Commission show that one of the country’s largest developers of renewable power — NextEra Energy — helped back Trump’s inauguration, along with a host of other major companies, some with business before the administration.
Hundreds of pages of disclosures reveal that a slew of powerful lobbying groups, companies, individuals and even utilities collectively contributed almost $240 million to Trump’s second inaugural committee since last fall.
NextEra is among them, donating $1 million. The utility, which did not respond when asked for comment, is aggressively moving to build out power generation, including solar and wind, to meet the growing demand for energy-hungry data centers that Trump has touted.
