• Number of top 100 Bush Administration officials who were either affiliated with or had professional/economic interests in the energy industry: 51 1

• Upper range of the total estimated amount invested in the energy sector cumulatively by these top 100 officials: $144.6 million 2

• Number of Bush campaign "Pioneers" (people who raised at least $100,000 each) who work in the energy sector: 28 3

• Number of energy industry executives and lobbyists who met with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham while the Bush energy plan was being drafted: 103 4

• Total federal campaign contributions given by these individuals and companies since 1999: $29.1 million 5

• Ratio of amount given to Republicans vs. Democrats: 3-1 6

• Campaign contributions given by environmental organizations since 1999: $2.1 million 7

• Number of meetings Energy Secretary Abraham held with environmental groups while the Bush energy plan was being drafted: 0 8

• Total campaign contributions by alternative energy producers, 1989-2002: $1.5 million 9

• Total campaign contributions by the rest of the energy sector (oil, gas, mining, utilities, waste management), 1989-2002: $251.4 million 10

• Amount the U.S. spends annually on solar power research: $90 million 11

• Amount the U.S. has spent over the last ten years subsidizing wind power: $55 million 12

• Cost of tax breaks for the oil, gas, coal and nuclear industries, over the next ten years, doled out in the House energy plan: $27.6 billion 13

• Cost, per taxpayer, of those tax breaks: $145 14

• Cost, per taxpayer, of full public financing for all congressional elections: about $10 per year 15

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1 Center for Public Integrity, http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=15&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&L4=0&L5=0

2 Ibid. This estimate is based on financial disclosure reports that give a range of stock values, not an exact number. The actual total amount could be less than the one given here.3 3Texans for Public Justice, http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/industry_index.html

3 Texans for Public Justice, http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/industry_index.html

4 Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org/alerts/v6/alertv6_49.asp

5 Ibid.

6 Ibid.

7 Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?ind=Q11

8 "Environmentalists say they were rebuffed in request for meeting," Associated Press, March 28, 2002.

9 Center for Responsive Politics, http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?ind=E

10 Ibid.

11 Matt Bivens, "Fighting for America’s Energy Independence," The Nation, April 15, 2002.

12 Ibid.

13 U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Analysis of House and Senate energy bills, April 25, 2002, http://www.uspirg.org/reports/pirg_analysis_final.pdf

14 Based on a total number of 189,806,000 taxpayers, according to Citizens for Tax Justice.

15 Public Campaign staff analysis.