#shorts Hawley: You use “stakeholders” now several times. Does that include industry donors? Is that a definition of stakeholders?

Clements: No, major donors.
Hawley: Is it appropriate that you would be giving closed-door briefings to donors?
Clements: No, and I didn’t do that, sir. The…
Hawley: What do you mean you didn’t do it? This is… this is the information. It says that it was a funders’ event, a funders-only session at a foundation that raises money from donors.

I provide my stump speech on my own priorities to many different kinds of groups, donors, any convening. Some of them might be donors in any capacity. Um, certainly,

Hawley: did any of those donors who were present that day have a financial interest in the energy industry?

Clements: Almost everyone I speak to has a financial interest in the energy industry.
Hawley: Oh, wow. Okay, so this is a normal practice of yours to speak to groups that have financial interests in your industry.

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: stakeholders? donors wow A: Almost everyone I speak to has a financial interest