#shorts Hawley: You briefed a funders-only session at a left-leaning grant-making foundation called the Energy Foundation about FERC 2022 priorities. Who are the donors who attended that session?

Clements: The… there were not, there was not a fundraising meeting you asked about. It was a convening of foundation staff from across the country …

Hawley: Wait a minute. You said it was, you said it was staff. The FOIA information says it was advertised as a funders-only session.
Clements: I’m not sure it wasn’t an advertised thing. There are foundations that work together.

Hawley: It was briefed as a funders-only session, meaning that there were donors there. So who were the donors?

Clements: … When I was invited to present to a group of foundation staff, just like when I’m invited to present to the board of…
Hawley: I don’t understand what you keep using the word “staff.” The information says that there were funders present, there were donors. I want to know who the donors are. Who are the donors?
Clements: I’m…
Hawley: you give me a list.
Clements: I’d be happy to. I could remember specifically, but I’d be happy to.
Hawley: Good.

On 5/4/2023, during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources focused on oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) questioned FERC Commissioner Allison Clements about her closed-door meeting with funders of a left-leaning organization called the Energy Foundation. The meeting was uncovered from a FOIA request made during IER’s ongoing FERC transparency project.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/kgL97sIpkz0
Q: a funders-only session A: foundation staff