By Kevin McCauley
Grayling’s Dutko lobbying unit is representing the American Gas Assn., which is pushing for increase in the use of alternative fuels in Uncle Sam’s transportation fleet.
AGA contends that natural gas is a low-cost and low emissions option to gasoline and diesel, presenting an opportunity to reduce both oil imports and urban smog.
The organization of 200 local utilities (National Grid, Pacific Gas & Electric, Xcel Energy) is headed by former Oklahoma Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy, who also did a stint as CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
Dutko’s team includes David Conover, one-time chief counsel to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee), Marian Marshall (staffer to former Wyoming Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop) and Dave Murray (ex-Booz Allen Hamilton consultant and VP-government affairs for the Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Assn.).
Grayling belongs to Huntsworth of the U.K. |