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<h3 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Outside Group Funding to Consumers for Smart Solar:</h3><ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) – $100,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">NBCC President and CEO Harry Alford wrote in an op-ed in the New Pittsburgh Courier that he was recently asked if the NBCC receives money from fossil fuel companies, he wrote, "That is a 'no brainer.' Of course we do – it is only natural."<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[4]</a> Alford has testified before the U.S. Congress at least 16 times, claiming that solar power and alternative energy initiatives have a disproportionately negative economic impact on minority business owners.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[5]</a> The U.S. Black Chambers describes this claim as misleading.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[6]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Since 1998, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" title="ExxonMobil" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">ExxonMobil</a> has given $800,000 to NBCC.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[7]</a> Since 2011, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Edison_Electric_Institute" title="Edison Electric Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Edison Electric Institute</a>, the utility industry trade association, has given $25,000 to NBCC.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[8]</a> Sponsors from NBCC's 2015 Annual Meeting included Southern Company's Gulf Power, Koch Industries, Koch Industries subsidiary Georgia-Pacific, Chevron, and the American Chemistry Council.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[9]</a> According to tax filings, President Harry C. Alford and his wife are the only key employees in the organization.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[10]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">NBCC's funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">60 Plus Association – $500,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Since 2010, the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=60_Plus_Association" title="60 Plus Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">60 Plus Association</a> has received at least $34 million from organizations financially backed by the Koch brothers, including at least $15.7 million from <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Freedom_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedom Partners" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Freedom Partners</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[11]</a> The <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=60_Plus_Association" title="60 Plus Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">60 Plus Association</a> has also received at least $258,000 from the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Petroleum_Institute" title="American Petroleum Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">American Petroleum Institute</a> since 2008.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[12]</a> In 2013, Arizona's largest utility, APS, secretly funded the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=60_Plus_Association" title="60 Plus Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">60 Plus Association</a>, who then ran ads opposing home solar. This funding was exposed by the Arizona Republic.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[13]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=60_Plus_Association" title="60 Plus Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">60 Plus Association</a>'s funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Energy and Social Justice Project – $15,000</li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Energy Equity Alliance – $1,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Both <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_and_Social_Justice_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy and Social Justice Project (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy and Social Justice Project</a> and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_Equity_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy Equity Alliance (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy Equity Alliance</a> are connected to <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Net_Communications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Net Communications (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Net Communications</a>, a public relations firm run by Julia Johnson, a former Public Service Commissioner who was paid nearly $400,000 in 2014 to serve on the boards of two major utility companies. <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Net_Communications&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Net Communications (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Net Communications</a> has been retained for public relations campaigns by the utility industry and worked for <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" title="ExxonMobil" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">ExxonMobil</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[14]</a> The <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_and_Social_Justice_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy and Social Justice Project (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy and Social Justice Project</a>'s website was registered by David Honig, who was the Executive Director of the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Minority_Media_and_Telecommunications_Council&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Minority Media and Telecommunications Council</a>, and is also a founder of <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_Equity_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy Equity Alliance (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy Equity Alliance</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[15]</a> Joe Gibbons, the Chairman of <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_Equity_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Energy Equity Alliance (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy Equity Alliance</a>, makes around $60,000 a year as a "public policy advisor" for Akerman LLP, a Miami-based power-broker law firm. Previous Akerman clients include Florida utilities, including the local powerhouse Florida Power & Light.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[16]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Funding for these organizations is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) – $126,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">PACE is directly linked to <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matrix,LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matrix, LLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Matrix, LLC</a>, an opposition and lobbying firm that provides political consulting. Matrix paid PACE Director Lance Brown's salary in 2009 and 2010, while he was also employed by PACE.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[17]</a> PACE is further funded by dark money groups such as <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Partnership_for_Alabama_Leadership&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Partnership for Alabama Leadership (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Partnership for Alabama Leadership</a> (PAL) and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Vote_Alabama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vote Alabama (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Vote Alabama</a>. These two groups are connected to Southern Company's Alabama Power through Matrix, LLC. Mike Fields, the head of PAL, is on retainer has a consultant to Alabama Power.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[18]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[19]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">PACE's funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – $50,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Trustees of the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce include <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sabal_Trail_Transmission,LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC</a>, a joint-venture of <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Spectra_Energy_Partners&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spectra Energy Partners (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Spectra Energy Partners</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=NextEra_Energy,Inc.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NextEra Energy, Inc. (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">NextEra Energy, Inc.</a>, and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Duke_Energy" title="Duke Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Duke Energy</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[20]</a> The Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is also a member of DC-based, ]]National Association of Manufacturers]]-based Partnership for a Better Energy Future. Southern Company, the Georgia-based parent company of Gulf Power, is represented on their board of directors.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[22]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc – $150,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">This organization is the Florida affiliate of the national <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Faith_and_Freedom_Coalition" title="Faith and Freedom Coalition" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Faith and Freedom Coalition</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[23]</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Faith_and_Freedom_Coalition" title="Faith and Freedom Coalition" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Faith and Freedom Coalition</a> President Ralph Reed runs <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Century_Strategies" title="Century Strategies" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Century Strategies</a>, which has worked for multiple, large energy concerns.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[24]</a> Reed announced the formation of the Faith and Freedom Coalition at a rally sponsored by the Koch-funded <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Americans for Prosperity</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[25]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida Faith and Freedom Coalition's funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida Council for Safe Communities – $20,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Florida Council for Safe Communities recently hired <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=McGuireWoods_LLP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McGuireWoods LLP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">McGuireWoods LLP</a> to represent their petition ot the Florida Supreme Court against the original pro-solar ballot initiative.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[26]</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=McGuireWoods_LLP&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="McGuireWoods LLP (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">McGuireWoods LLP</a>'s clients in the past two years have included <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=America%27s_Natural_Gas_Alliance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="America's Natural Gas Alliance (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">America's Natural Gas Alliance</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dominion_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion Resources" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Dominion Resources</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Duke_Energy" title="Duke Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Duke Energy</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Energy_Future_Holdings" title="Energy Future Holdings" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Energy Future Holdings</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" title="ExxonMobil" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">ExxonMobil</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Southern_Company" title="Southern Company" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Southern Company</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Petroleum_Institute" title="American Petroleum Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">American Petroleum Institute</a>, and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Xcel_Energy" title="Xcel Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Xcel Energy</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[27]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Florida Council for Safe Communities' funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Floridians for Government Accountability – $61,750<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Floridians for Government Accountability is a non-profit run by Florida public relations firm <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Front_Line_Strategies,LLC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Front Line Strategies, LLC (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Front Line Strategies, LLC</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[28]</a> Front Line Strategies' recent clients includes Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a major opponent of the pro-solar ballot initiative.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[29]</a> Jim Hart, the President of Floridians for Government Accountability, is a former <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Duke_Energy" title="Duke Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Duke Energy</a> executive.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[30]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Floridians for Government Accountability's funding is not transparent.</li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Let's Preserve the American Dream – $500,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">In its September 2015 filing, Consumers for Smart Solar reported a $200,000 contribution from Let's Preserve the American Dream PAC, but Ryan Tyson, Executive Director of the PAC, said this was a mistake and that the contribution was actually from the 501(c)(4) group with the same name, formally named Associated Industries for America's Future. The filing has been updated and the amount was changed to a total of $500,000.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[31]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[32]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[33]</a> The 501(c)(4) organization does not need to disclose its funding, but the PAC does and has received $10,000 from Florida Power and Light in June 2015, $5,000 from Floridians United for our Children in February 2015, and $6,000 from Floridians for a Stronger Democracy.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[34]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The leadership of Let's Preserve the American Dream, Tom Feeney, President, and Ryan Tyson, Executive Director, are also President and Vice President of Associated Industries of Florida.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[35]</a> The Associated Industries of Florida Political Action Committee has received a total of $156,500 from Florida Power and Light in 2015, a group which has itself received $50,000 from [Duke Energy] in February 2015 and $100,000 from Florida Power and Light.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[36]</a></li></ul></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options – $50,000<ul data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("");" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options is a non-profit that received $50,000 in funding from the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jaquelin_Hume_Foundation" title="Jaquelin Hume Foundation" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Jaquelin Hume Foundation</a>, which also supports numerous right-wing organizations, including the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a> and several of its think tanks, the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> and the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Heartland_Institute" title="Heartland Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Heartland Institute</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[37]</a> They are also listed under the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a>'s "education reform resources."<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Consumers_for_Smart_Solar#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[38]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options' funding is not transparent.</li><li>...</li></ul></li></ul>