"DOE: Perry Aide Opens Lobby Firm, Signs Energy Clients"

"A former close aide to Energy Secretary Rick Perry has set up shop on K Street.

Jeff Miller, who managed Perry's 2016 presidential campaign, has launched Miller Strategies LLC — and has already signed up a host of clients, including some with business before the Department of Energy, disclosure records show.

Miller was considered a potential contender to be Perry's chief of staff at DOE (E&E News PM, Feb. 2). Former George W. Bush White House aide and Edison Electric Institute strategist Brian McCormack ended up taking that position.

Miller has registered to lobby for engineering and design company AECOM; Energy Transfer Partners LP, the firm behind the Dakota Access pipeline; electric car company Lucid Motors Inc.; and Southern Co., the electric utility giant."

Kevin Bogardus and Hannah Northey report for Greenwire March 21, 2017.