The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is an industry association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies.
In its official communications, EEI mostly cast doubt on climate change in the 1990s. In the 2000s, EEI no longer cast doubt on climate change. However, in its official communications, the organization called for a delay in transitioning towards cleaner sources of energy. The organization heavily promoted "clean coal" as a cleaner source of energy (mentioning "clean coal" as much as all other carbon-free technologies combined). Since 2015, EEI's official communications have acknowledged the scientific consensus on climate change, although its chairman in 2017 said he did not agree with the scientific consensus.
The industry association continues to lobby against critical climate-related regulations and maintains that fossil fuels, particularly fossil gas, have a prominent role to play in the power sector. Across the 2022-2024 time period, EEI strategically opposed (including via legal challenge) the ambition of the Biden administration's proposed carbon standards to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. In August 2025, EEI endorsed the Trump administration's proposed repeal of these carbon standards, stating that the power sector "needs the ability to continue adding capacity of all types to ensure reliable, affordable electricity."
Leadership EEI's current president and CEO is Drew Maloney, who succeeded interim President and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn in April 2025. Drew Maloney is head of the American Investment Council and served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Trump's first term. He also acted as an advisor in Mitt Romney’s losing presidential campaign in 2012 and was formerly an aide to Representative Tom DeLay (R – Texas, retired). In 2025, Emily Schillinger was named chief communications officer; Kiel Weaver became chief advocacy officer; and Rachael Marsh was chief legal officer.
Exelon's CEO Calvin Butler is serving as EEI Chair for the 2025-2026 cycle.
Former Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette was president and CEO of the EEI across the 2023-2024 time period, stepping down in October 2024. The choice of Brouillette as president was criticized by the environmental group Evergreen Action. Brouillette's term as head of EEI was marked by public statements in favor of pro-liquified natural gas (LNG) and against electric vehicles.
Membership Members of the Edison Electric Institute are investor-owned utility companies and are mostly publicly-traded companies that supply power and electricity to businesses and consumers. In January 2026 EEI provided a list of company members on their website, as well as Strategic Partners and Associate Members. Members whose names are not asterisked are parent/holding companies; companies who are asterisked are regulated, operating utilities whose owner are directly above them.
Membership January 2026
AES Corporation AES Indiana AES Ohio ALLETE Minnesota Power Superior Water, Light and Power Alliant Energy
Ameren Corporation Ameren Illinois Ameren Missouri American Electric Power AEP Ohio AEP Texas Appalachian Power Company Indiana Michigan Company Kentucky Power Company Public Service Company of Oklahoma Southwestern Electric Power Company American Transmission Company
Avangrid (Iberdrola) Central Maine Power New York State Electric & Gas Rochester Gas & Electric The United Illuminating Company Avista Corporation Avista Utilities Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Berkshire Hathaway Energy MidAmerican Energy Company NV Energy Pacificorp Pacific Power Rocky Mountain Power
Black Hills Corporation Black Hills Energy
Cleco Corporate Holdings
CMS Energy Centerpoint Energy
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. Consumers Energy
Consolidated Edison Consolidated Edison Co of New York Orange and Rockland Utilities Dominion Energy
DTE Energy
Duke Energy
Duquesne Light Company
Edison International Southern California Edison El Paso Electric
Entergy Corporation Entergy Arkansas Entergy Louisiana Entergy Mississippi Entergy New Orleans Entergy Texas
Evergy
Eversource Energy
Exelon Corporation Atlantic City Electric BGE ComEd Delmarva Power PECO Pepco
FirstEnergy Corp. Ohio Edison The Illuminating Company Jersey Central Power & Light Met-Ed Mon Power Penelec Penn Power Potomac Edison Toledo Edison West Penn Power Florida Public Utilities (CPK)
Green Mountain Power
Hawaiian Electric Industries Hawaiian Electric Company
IDACORP Idaho Power
ITC Holdings Corp. ITC Great Plains ITC Michigan ITC Midwest Liberty Utilities (Algonquin)
MDU Resources Group Montana-Dakota Utilities Company MGE Energy Madison Gas and Electric Company
Mt. Carmel Public Utility Company
National Grid NextEra Energy Florida Power & Light Company NiSource Northern Indiana Public Service Co
NorthWestern Energy
OGE Energy Corporation Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Oncor
Otter Tail Corporation
Otter Tail Power Company PG&E Corporation
Pacific Gas & Electric Pinnacle West Capital Corp Arizona Public Service Company
Portland General Electric
PPL Corporation PPL Electric Utilities LG&E and KU Energy Rhode Island Energy
Public Service Enterprise Group Public Service Electric & Gas PSEG Long Island
Puget Sound Energy
San Diego Gas & Electric Company
Sharyland Utilities
Southern Company Alabama Power Company Georgia Power Company Mississippi Power Company Tampa Electric (Emera) TXNM Energy PNM TNMP UGI Corporation UGI Utilities Unitil Corporation UNS Energy Corporation Tucson Electric Power UniSource Energy Services
Vermont Electric Power Company
Versant Power
WEC Energy Group We Energies Wisconsin Public Service Upper Michigan Energy Resources Xcel Energy
Issues
Opposition to emissions mitigation regulations EEI continues to strategically oppose U.S. federal regulations related to climate, most prominently on the Biden administration's power plant carbon standards.
Positioning on federal regulation of power plant emissions Across the 2022-2024 time period, the industry group used a variety of tactics to weaken the ambition of the Biden administration's power plant carbon standards, primarily via public messaging and comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal regulators. The industry group also legally challenged the standards: when the Biden administration announced the finalized emissions rules for existing coal- and new gas-fired power plants in April 2024, EEI submitted a petition for review in May 2024.
In August 2025, EEI submitted comments endorsing the Trump administration's proposal to repeal the standards finalized under Biden.
Positioning on the National Environmental Policy Act Across 2025-2026, EEI has been advocating for deregulatory permitting reform that takes aim at the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which governs the permitting process for federal actions, such as the assessment of proposed energy projects. This advocacy includes letters urging Congress to support the SPEED Act, which proposes to significantly weaken the rigor and scope of NEPA.
2017 tax cut The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the largest tax overhaul in 30 years, was passed by Congress and signed by President Trump at the end of 2017. The legislation had several provisions that benefit the electric industry: maintaining the federal income tax deduction for interest expense for regulated electric companies; maintaining the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes; and providing for the “continuation of normalization, including addressing excess deferred taxes resulting from a reduction in the tax rate.”
Electric vehicles On June 8, 2015, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and the Edison Electric Institute signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). The MOU sets up a collaboration between the government and EEI to make PEVs, by the year 2022, as affordable as regular gas-powered vehicles were in 2012. The Department of Energy runs an initiative called the "EV Everywhere Grand Challenge", which put forth the 2022 affordability goal. The program coincides with the popularity of electric vehicle sales, which have increased by 128 percent between 2012 and 2014."Energy Department and Edison Electric Institute Sign Agreement to Advance Electric Vehicle Technologies." U.S. Department of Energy, June 8, 2016. Accessed August 19, 2016.
EEI runs a program called the Employee PEV Engagement Initiative. The goal is to "increase electric vehicle readiness, especially in the workplace," according to the Department of Energy. According to the Department of Energy, Kate Brandt, Federal Chief Sustainability Officer at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said, "Today's Memorandum of Understanding with the nation's electric power industry allows the Department of Energy to tap into the experience and scale of an industry that is truly leading the way in moving the electric vehicle market forward."
In pursuing the initiative, EEI and the DOE will work with other federal agencies including Department of Transportation (DOT), General Services Administration (GSA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and the White House.
Grid security The energy grid is a complex, interconnected network of generation, transmission, distribution, control, and communication technologies. Any of these can be damaged by either natural events or malicious attacks such as cyber or physical attacks. The electric power industry has engaged with a series of initiatives meant to protect the energy grid from these threats. The industry collaborates with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, and federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
On September 20, 2018, EEI announced that it supported the Trump Administration's unveiled National Cyber Strategy. The protection of critical infrastructure such as the electric grid were included in the National Cyber Strategy.
Hurricane Maria After Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico in 2017, the federal government invested $3.2 billion into restoring the island's power grid. The Edison Electric Institute deployed Carlos D. Torres, a retired vice president at Consolidated Edison, to Puerto Rico to coordinate storm rebuilding of the power grid. Subsequently, Torres was appointed by Gov. Ricardo Rossello as coordinator for storm restoration.
Unmanned aircraft EEI supports the use of drones (unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS) by electric power companies to maintain electric grids and restore downed service. In July 2016, Congress passed legislation (H.R. 636) that "includes provisions supporting electric power companies utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for energy grid maintenance and service restoration.""EEI Applauds Passage of FAA Reauthorization Legislation for Drones." Transmission and Distribution World, July 20, 2016. Accessed August 19, 2016.
Artificial intelligence power requirements Between 2025 and 2029, U.S. electric utilities are projected to spend $1.1 trillion (U.S) on new capital projects to meet surging electricity demand, according to the EEI’s 2024 Financial Review. In 2024 alone, utilities brought 52 gigawatts of new generation online—an 11% increase from the prior year—while grid-scale energy-storage capacity expanded by 54%.