A promotional graphic for the Clearwater Energy Alliance showing bold text that reads "New Dark Money Group," with "Dark Money" in red handwritten font and an arrow pointing to a turquoise logo that says "Clearwater Energy Alliance" with a palm tree and waves.
A person wearing a black hoodie with the face covered by text that says 'Another Dark Money Group?' and a logo with a yellow sunburst and text 'St. Pete Energy Alliance'.

who’s behind the new

dark money

group in town

A new 501c6 organization, Pinellas Energy Alliance, was established in October about a week after the Clearwater City Council voted to move forward with an appraisal of the electric grid, the next step toward Dumping Duke for publicly owned power. Now we’re seeing a huge propaganda push from two groups, Clearwater Energy Alliance & St. Pete Energy Alliance.

A scanned incorporation document with a signature and date, annotated with a red arrow pointing to a digital ID card showing the name Lisa Lohss, who is identified as a Manager at Duke Energy Corporation.

The incorporator on record is a manager at Duke Energy.

The registered agent is the same one used for Duke Energy Florida.

A document showing the registered agent as 'C T CORPORATION SYSTEM' located at 1200 South Pine Island Road, Plantation, Florida 33324, with added handwritten text indicating 'System' and a red arrow pointing to the address, questioning why it's the same as Duke Energy's. The image has bold text stating, 'THE REGISTERED AGENT IS' at the top, and 'WHY IS THAT FAMILIAR?' in the middle, with a large red text at the bottom saying, 'OH! IT'S THE SAME AS DUKE ENERGY'.

YOU ARE PAYING FOR THIS.

If we look at similar fights for public power, we can prepare for Duke to pull out all the stops and spend a LOT of OUR money. In California, investor-owned utilities (IOU) spent more than $2.7 million to stop municipalization efforts and in Maine two IOUs spent $40 million!

Utility companies spend BIG to protect their profits, and then they charge US for it.

A black background with white text and red arrows illustrating a cycle of misinformation. The text reads: 'Duke energy overcharges you,' 'Duke funds dark money groups to spread misinformation,' and 'Duke's propaganda tries to disarm you from having a real choice,' connected by red arrows forming a continuous loop.
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