FutureGen Alliance

The FutureGen Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)(3) comprising 9 major coal and power companies seeking U.S. Department of Energy funding for the construction of the FutureGen demonstration carbon capture and storage power plant at Mattoon, Illinois.

FutureGen Alliance Members
The DOE's private-sector partners on this project are :
 * Anglo American (UK)
 * BHP Billiton (Australia),
 * China Huaneng Group,
 * CONSOL Energy,
 * E.ON U.S.,
 * Foundation Coal,
 * Peabody Energy,
 * Rio Tinto, and
 * Xstrata Coal (Australia).

Staff

 * Michael J. Mudd, CEO, FutureGen Alliance
 * Lawrence Pacheco, listed as a media contact on press releases.

Board Members

 * Paul W. Thompson, Chairman of the Board
 * Chris M. Hobson, Vice Chairman of the Board
 * Steven Winberg, Secretary and Treasurer
 * Paul Champagne,
 * Mark Davies,
 * Chris Ellefson
 * Jeff Gerard
 * Samantha Hoe-Richardson
 * Bradley Jones
 * Frederick Palmer,
 * Scott N. Smith,
 * Greg A. Walker,
 * Jun Xiao

FutureGen Alliance Lobbyists
The Center for Responsive Politics lists the FutureGen Alliance's lobbyists between 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the reported expenditures as having been:
 * Susan Carver $60,000 (2007), $160,000 (2008), and $40,000 (2009); and
 * Gephardt Group $30,000 (2007), $95,000 (2008), and $20,000 (2009).

FutureGen Alliance PR Advisors
Dittus Communications, which is now known as FD Americas Public Affairs, boasts on its website that FutureGen has been one of its clients.

Contact Details
Website: http://www.futuregenalliance.org/

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * U.S. Department of Energy
 * FutureGen