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FTI Government Affairs has signed on with Apex Clean Energy, representing the Charlottesville, VA company on energy, environmental and tax matters.
Apex develops, builds and operates utility-scale wind and solar power facilities across the US.
The company last month completed the sale of the Isabella Wind I and II projects to Michigan’s DTE Energy. The facility is the largest renewable energy producer in the Wolverine State.
It also provides wind power to McDonald’s outlets and Facebook facilities.
Bryan Zumwalt, senior managing director and head of FTI’s government affairs group, heads the four-member lobbying team.
He was executive VP-PA at the Consumer Brands Assn. (the former Grocery Manufacturers of America) and VP-federal affairs at the American Chemistry Council, prior to joining FTI in February.
Gagnier Communications has hired Frontera Energy's Brent Anderson as managing director in Calgary, which is the capital of Canada’s energy sector.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, which is America’s top coal producer.
Steven Soper, a six-year veteran at ExxonMobil who ran its US state government relations practice, has joined FTI Consulting in Dallas.
Rachel Ryan, deputy head of corporate communications at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is joining FTI Consulting in March.
Sarah Venuto, director of external affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will join Cornerstone Government Affairs on Feb. 1, 2023.
