Energy
Mainstream Media Reports Cite ‘Nonpartisan’ Research Firm to Trash Trump’s Repeal of Green Energy Subsidies. Its Leader Helped Biden Write Those Subsidies Into Law.
Energy Innovation CEO Sonia Aggarwal, a former Biden climate adviser, goes unmentioned in coverage of her firm's study
Thomas Catenacci
August 11, 2025
Recent reports in NPR, CBS News, and CNBC have cited a study from "nonpartisan" research firm Energy Innovation to argue that President Donald Trump's repeal of green energy subsidies will cause energy prices to spike. Those reports did not mention the firm's CEO and cofounder: Sonia Aggarwal, a former Biden climate adviser who helped write those very subsidies into law.
Energy Innovation's study, which also generated coverage in CNN and the Chicago Tribune, argues that Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill will lead to higher energy prices for U.S. households by phasing out green energy subsidies and slowing electric vehicle purchases. It's the latest in a long line of studies from the firm, which is known to produce research warning of the downsides to oil and gas while extolling the benefits of green energy alternatives.
Such research is aligned with Aggarwal, who cofounded Energy Innovation in 2012 to "mitigate climate change by promoting the most effective and equitable energy policies" and usher in "a safe climate future." Aggarwal left the firm in 2021 to serve as the Biden White House's senior adviser for climate policy and innovation. In that role, Aggarwal was "instrumental" in shaping the Inflation Reduction Act, which put hundreds of billions of dollars behind the subsidies Trump is ending.
https://freebeacon.com/energy/the-media-keeps-citing-nonpartisan-study-claiming-energy-prices-will-skyrocket-under-trump-a-powerful-climate-group-funds-the-studys-researchers/
