A top Biden administration official briefed a "funders only" event hosted earlier this year by the Energy Foundation, her former employer, according to records obtained by an energy policy group.
Allison Clements, a Democratic commissioner on the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), ultimately agreed to attend the Jan.
10 funder event despite an Energy Foundation official suggesting her presence might be "inappropriate," according to text messages and emails obtained by the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and shared with Fox News Digital. "Not sure if this is inappropriate to ask or not-would you be interested/willing/available to talk with funder group about Ferc 2022 priorities," Energy Foundation fossil fuels program director Meredith Wingate wrote in a text message to Clements in December.
Wingate then said the group would consider rescheduling the event if Clements wasn't able to attend on Jan. 10. Records involving FERC Commissioner Allison Clements are pictured. (Institute for Energy Research) One week prior to the event on Jan.
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